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+ Olympic Oval in Calgary. august 2015 | 19 Building Envelope photography courtesy skyline bes (cgy) inc. have a good core of professionals we need many more – especially those of the new generation who will facili- tate succession," says Black. Compounding the prob- lem are the changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, which include a radical drop in the percent- age of foreign workers employers will be allowed to have, beginning 2016. Skyline, whose project portfolio includes every- thing from the YYC International Facilities Project (IFP) and the Olympic Oval in Calgary to the 36-sto- rey Calgary City Centre tower (for which the company carried out conventional SBS Roofing and developed the highest green roof in the city), is well positioned to take advantage of the impending construction boom, having reorganized to "take a smaller and smarter approach to workloads," according to Black. Many professionals in the building envelope trade argue that they are basically left to their own devices when facing industry challenges, but that is somewhat misleading as it pertains only to a perceived shortfall of government support. Taking up the slack are organi- zations such as the Exterior Insulation Finish Systems (EIFS) Council of Canada, whose Quality Assurance Program Inc. aims to certify and license representa- tives across Canada in order to ensure uniformity of quality for all cladding systems. In a similar vein, the Canadian Urethane Foam Contractors Association Inc. (CUFCA) provides techni- cal support, a Quality Assurance Program, inspection services and other benefits for the sake of promoting the best use of what it considers to be the best available insulation product: spray-applied polyurethane foam. To further fulfill its mandate, CUFCA has for the past three years focused on educating building offi- cials and other industry officials across Canada, with information sessions ranging from small lunches to larger conference presentations. The Canadian Precast Prestressed Concrete Institute (CPCI) is another industry association that is dedicated to educating the construction industry on ways to enhance a building's energy performance. Over the past two years the CPCI, in conjunction with Dr. John Straube, Building Science Labs, has delivered a seminar series entitled High Performance Building Enclosures across the country. Through this series CPCI has educated over 400 architects, engineers, owner/developers and other design professionals. "These full-day seminars provide

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