{"id":48068,"date":"2022-02-28T13:09:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T18:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/the-network\/uncategorized\/new-beginnings-in-vancouver"},"modified":"2024-05-07T15:45:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T19:45:04","slug":"new-beginnings-in-vancouver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/the-network\/team-members\/new-beginnings-in-vancouver","title":{"rendered":"New beginnings in Vancouver"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>A rocky start <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On September 26, 2021, I landed in Vancouver with no idea about the situation at this brand new AGF division in Port Coquitlam.<\/p>\n<p>I found a group of highly capable people who needed support to pull together in the same direction.<\/p>\n<p>There can be many challenges in starting up a new plant. Port Coquitlam was no exception, since we had no electricity or Internet for several weeks, which can be very discouraging.<\/p>\n<p>We also had to be patient and perseverant when it came to sales. Most of our contracts came either through competition or through another division.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>A promising future<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since then, with support from Dana Lingwood (Director of Sales and Estimating at AGF Rebar) and the team on site, we&rsquo;ve gotten operations back on track, and the electricity and the Internet are now connected.<\/p>\n<p>As well, we can now handle 100% of the fabrication for our contracts.&nbsp; Our team, supervised by James Shannon and Dave Palmer, is producing an average of 25 MT per day with only five men and one shift. So far, only half of the equipment has been installed, which is only partially satisfactory. We hope to be able to move forward quickly.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the detailing is done by our colleagues at AGF Tecnik, with guidance from Andrea Holiday and her team. On-site installation is handled by our own team and that of STK.<\/p>\n<p>The team might still be small, but it&rsquo;s very agile and efficient! James Miller, recently promoted to Acting Superintendent, is heading the team.<\/p>\n<p>Since STK has a larger team, we can work on larger projects.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, the good news is that a new operations director&mdash;John Hallam&mdash;is coming on board this month.<\/p>\n<p>After the tough early days, the team is now looking forward with optimism.<\/p>\n<p>Kudos to the entire team for their efforts!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Ligne_bleue_separation_version_e-2399.jpg\" style=\"height:67px; width:400px\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nuevo inicio en Vancouver<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Inicios dif&iacute;ciles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>El 26 de septiembre de 2021, aterric&eacute; en Vancouver sin conocer la situaci&oacute;n en esta nueva divisi&oacute;n de AGF en Port Coquitlam.<\/p>\n<p>Descubr&iacute; un grupo de personas muy competentes que necesitaban acompa&ntilde;amiento para trabajar todos hacia la misma direcci&oacute;n.<\/p>\n<p>Los desaf&iacute;os de puesta en marcha de un nuevo establecimiento pueden ser m&uacute;ltiples. Port Coquitlam no fue la excepci&oacute;n ya que, durante varias semanas no tuvimos ni electricidad, ni Internet. Situaci&oacute;n que desanim&oacute; a m&aacute;s de uno&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>En cuanto a las ventas, tambi&eacute;n tuvimos que actuar con paciencia y tenacidad. La mayor&iacute;a de nuestros contratos llegaban por parte de la competencia o gracias a otra divisi&oacute;n.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Un futuro prometedor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Desde entonces, con el apoyo de Dana Linwood (Directora de ventas y de estimaci&oacute;n para AGF Rebar) y del equipo en el lugar, pusimos en marcha las operaciones.<\/p>\n<p>Pudimos conectar la electricidad e Internet.<\/p>\n<p>Igualmente, de ahora en adelante fabricamos nuestros contratos en un 100%. Nuestro equipo, bajo la supervisi&oacute;n de James Shannon y de Dave Palmer, produce en promedio 25&nbsp;t por d&iacute;a con solamente cinco hombres en un turno de trabajo. Actualmente, solamente se ha instalado la mitad de los equipos previstos, lo que nos proporciona una satisfacci&oacute;n a medias. Esperamos poder hacer evolucionar todo r&aacute;pidamente.<\/p>\n<p>Nuestros colegas de AGF Tecnik realizan la mayor&iacute;a del detallado, guiados por Andrea Holiday y su equipo. En cuanto a la instalaci&oacute;n del acero en la obra, est&aacute; garantizada por nuestro equipo y el equipo de la empresa STK.<\/p>\n<p>Hasta el d&iacute;a de hoy, el equipo todav&iacute;a es reducido, &iexcl;pero se distingue por su agilidad y su eficacia! Lo dirige James Miller, recientemente promovido como superintendente provisional.<\/p>\n<p>STK dispone de un equipo m&aacute;s grande, lo que nos permite tratar de obtener proyectos de mayor tama&ntilde;o.<\/p>\n<p>Finalmente, una buena noticia: un nuevo director de operaciones, John Hallam, entra en funciones este mes.<\/p>\n<p>Despu&eacute;s de los oscuros d&iacute;as del inicio, el equipo ahora ve el futuro con optimismo.<\/p>\n<p>&iexcl;Felicidades a todo el equipo por los esfuerzos realizados!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A rocky start On September 26, 2021, I landed in Vancouver with no idea about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":48063,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[231],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-team-members"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48068"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59801,"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48068\/revisions\/59801"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}