Agenda

10:00 am – 5:00 pm 
Group Experience – Historic St. John’s, Quidi Vidi, Cape Spear and The Rooms Tour

Become acquainted with the city of St. John’s and its surroundings, including Cape Spear, the most Easterly point in North America. This is the oldest colonized region in the new world and your local guide will regale you with its steeped history, legends & lore – all flavored with their personal anecdotes and good humor from which Newfoundlanders are so famous. Enjoy the brilliant vistas from Cabot Tower and Signal Hill, one of the most recognizable skylines in Canada. Walk through a cliffside World War II gun battery, watch for whales and seabirds and visit the oldest standing lighthouse in North America. Other stops include Quidi Vidi Village, Jelly Bean Row, Government House, the Roman Catholic Basilica and an orientation of the shops and restaurants of the downtown core. Following the tours, you will transfer to The Rooms where a personal guide will provide a tour of the museums showcasing Newfoundland and Labrador’s history.

5:00 – 7:00 pm
Free Time

7:00  – 10:00 pm
Welcome Event – Rally in the Alley

St. John’s has more bars and pubs per capita than any other city in Canada and most of them are located on the famous George Street. During “Rally in the Alley”, you will get the opportunity to experience the nightlife of downtown St. John’s, kicking off with a traditional Fish and Chips dinner. Following your delicious meal, the night continues with stops at 3 popular pubs with organized activities featuring local entertainment and cultural experiences in each venue… A night you won’t soon forget!

7:30 – 9:00 am
Breakfast for delegates & spouses 

9:30 am – 4:00 pm
Spousal Activity – Around the Bay Tour

Experience the culinary traditions of the many outport communities that sprinkle the shores of Conception Bay, and make a stop of the incredible “Conception Harbour Shipwreak”. Not only is the region teeming with stories about ancient pirates, WW2 submarine attacks, and North America’s first European colony, it is also a place to connect to traditional relationships with food. The tour includes a traditional Newfoundland Seafood meal, as well as a visit to the Newfoundland Distillery, which uses local ingredients to craft unique and award-winning drinks.  

9:00 – 10:00 am
1st Business Session – The Advantages and Deliverables of Drones in the Roofing Sector

Speaker – Steve Priestley

Steve will focus his presentation on the advantages and deliverables of drone potential. The vastly emerging technology is allowing the building sciences and roofing sectors to change the ways they can enhance outputs. Steve will cover off topics such as zoom inspections, thermal inspections, 3D mapping and enhancement, training requirements and how to upscale a larger or small drone program in a cost-effective manner.   

10:00 – 10:15 am
Coffee & Networking 

10:15 am – 12:15 am
2st Business Session – Two Decades of SIGDER’s Scientific Advancement to North America Roofing Community

Speaker – Dr. Bas Baskaran

On Nov. 16, 1994, members of the roofing community met at the National Research Council of Canada and formed a group with a common focus of evaluating roofing systems under dynamic environment. Thus, a Special Interest Group on Dynamic Evaluation of Roofing Systems (SIGDERS) was created. The mandate of SIGDERS joint research program is to carry out generic, pre-competitive research of benefit to all its members. SIGDERS operation is one of a kind in the world not only for its legacy of a long-lasting R&D consortia, but also the some of the following industry impacts it created.

Some of these advancements will be presented in this business session.  

12:15 – 1:30 pm
Lunch 

1:30 – 2:30 pm
3rd Business Session – Empowering Your Field Leaders

Speaker – John Kenney

Your frontline field leaders are professionals who need to build people as much as they do projects. Do they have the skills to motivate people, use influence over authority, and mentor, coach, and empower their crews? To ensure employees are ready to take on a higher or slightly different role, leaders can help nurture their talents by providing consistent training, coaching, mentoring opportunities, and more. Your frontline leaders need to empower their crews which is one excellent way to make them feel more valued and engaged, which is key to reducing turnover and filling those hard-to-fill leadership positions.

This business session will review how to properly train and empower frontline supervisors, crew leaders, supervisors, and operations managers. Learn ways to improve your crew leaders can improve on safety, quality, production, accountability, and retaining talent. An empowered, engaged workforce translates to greater productivity and profits.  

 2:30 – 3:45 am
Coffee & Networking

2:45 – 3:45 pm
4th Business Session – The Local and Global Roofing Market

Speaker – John Kenney

The global roofing market by 2026 will grow to CAD 250.03 billion, and the Roofing Industry will face various threats impacting contractors on multiple levels. These include skilled labour shortages, the strain on production output, continued supply chain issues, economic changes, and technological advances.

This business session will review current and future impacts and what a roofing contractor can do to adapt processes, embrace technologies and overcome the industry’s most challenging hurdles in any economic environment. We will learn how to best adapt to the new normal and protect a Roofing Contractor’s bottom line.  

3:45 – 6:00 pm
Free Time 

6:00 – 7:00 pm
President’s Cocktail Reception

Mix & Mingle while catching up with industry colleagues. 

7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
President’s Gala

Join CRCA’s President Pierre Lafontaine and CRCA’s Master of Ceremony, Terry Casey, as they kick off a great evening of terrific food, drink and entertainment! With the feel of Newfoundland all around, the evening will exude the local culture of friendly living, natural creativity, and a knack for storytelling. Taking the stage will be The Spirit of Newfoundland as they offer colorful vocals and a theatrical stage show featuring 4 vocalists, an exceptional band, and an irreverent host. Through comedy, quick wit, stage choreography and original musical arrangements, the cast creates beautiful harmonies and musical theatre to celebrate the special culture of Newfoundland and Labrador.

7:30 – 9:00 am
Breakfast for delegates & spouses 

8:45 – 11:15 am
Spousal Activity – Bath Product Workshop

Unlock the secret of soap making in this relaxing and interactive workshop!  Join a local soap shop that specializes in handmade artisan soap, bath bombs, essential oils and other body products that are produce in Newfoundland! Leave the class with your handmade product!    

9:00 – 10:15 pm
5th Business Session – Estate Planning Considerations for Business Owners

Speaker – Sheri Wicks – McInnes Cooper LLP

All estate plans share the same fundamental ingredients. Business owners, however, have additional planning considerations: protecting the business’s legacy as well as the financial security of both family members and key business stakeholders in the event of their incapacity and, ultimately, death. Join McInnes Cooper Commercial & Estates Lawyer Sheri Wicks for a conversation about the key estate planning considerations for business owners.   

10:15 – 10:30 am
Coffee and Networking 

10:30 – 11:15 am
Annual General Meeting

 11:15 – 11:30 am
New Board of Directors Meeting

11:30 am – 12:00 pm
Cocktail Reception

12:00 – 3:00 pm
Awards Luncheon 

 Closing Keynote Speaker – Derm Flynn

In 2001, Derm Flynn was the Mayor of a small town directly impacted by the tragic events of 9/11. His family, like all residents of Central N.L. became fully involved in the efforts to host the 6,800 “Plane People” who landed on their doorsteps. The Flynn’s hosted many guests while being fully engaged in the town’s efforts to support the Town of Gander as a whole. 

Derm’s efforts eventually led to his character being portrayed in the hit Musical “Come From Away”. The Musical has received countless awards and recognition and continues to entertain people around the world.

Derm will be speaking on the 9/11 response, the success of Come From Away and its impact on the beautiful province of Newfoundland, Canada. 

Conclusion of CRCA’s 63rd National Conference