Construction Site Safety During COVID-19 – Builders’ Panel
Recording of a Live Webinar | taught by Bob Deeks (RDC Fine Homes), Cam Knowles (Trillium Projects) and Dr. Melanie Gorman Ng (BCCSA)
Course Description
The second in HAVAN’s COVID-19 special webinar series, Construction Site Safety During COVID-19 – Builders’ Panel, will be a a panel discussion featuring Bob Deeks, RDC Fine Homes; Cam Knowles, Trillium Projects; and Dr. Melanie Ng, BC Construction Safety Alliance. The moderator will be Mark Sakai, HAVAN Director of Government Relations.
The builders will provide insights into the additional safety protocols and strategies they have deployed to ensure their construction sites continue to operate while meeting and exceeding the requirements set forth by the governments and health authorities. The BCCSA will share the actions they are taking to disseminate best practice solutions to help the industry. This is an opportunity to learn what other builders are doing to adapt their protocols, processes and deliverable to be able to keep moving their business through this pandemic.
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Bob Deeks (RDC Fine Homes), Cam Knowles (Trillium Projects) and Dr. Melanie Gorman Ng (BCCSA)
Bob Deeks, President, RDC Fine HomesBob is President of RDC Fine Homes, a high performance builder and renovation company operating out of Whistler and servicing the south coast of BC. Bob is a past president of CHBA BC, past chair of the CHBA National Technical Research Committee and Net Zero Council and currently sits as CO vice chair of the BC Energy Step Code Council.Cam Knowles, Construction Manager, Trillium ProjectsBorn and raised in Vancouver BC, Cam began his career in construction in 2005 as a carpenter, building custom homes in the Lower Mainland. In 2010, Cam started a general contracting company specializing in renovations and new-home construction. Closing the company in 2012 to focus on continuing his education at BCIT, he earned his degree in Construction Management, and then began working in multi-family construction, eventually joining Trillium in 2017. Cam currently manages several multi-family and mixed-use projects across Metro Vancouver and is a member of Trillium’s Joint Operational Safety and Health (JOSH) Committee.Dr. Melanie Gorman Ng, Senior Research Scientist, BC Construction Safety AllianceDr. Melanie Gorman Ng is the Senior Research Scientist at the BC Construction Safety Alliance (BCCSA). She carries out occupational hygiene research with a focus on the construction industry. She developed the silica exposure database and model the drives the Silica Control Tool.