AS - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 23, 1994 TERRACE ST ~ Business REVIEW Her cena Se AE, Na Taking shape THE BEGINNING work leading to exterior finishing of the new liquor store is now underway. On the scaffold are Jerome Auriat and Dominique Vendittelli, Completion of the store is sched- ule for later this year. It'll replace the old facility now located beside the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. EX-TERRACE RESIDENT Michael Day, now with the Pub- lic Works and Government Ser- vices Canada, speaks at a cham- ber of commerce luncheon tomor- row, He’! speak on how businesses can obtain government contracts, The meeling takes place at the Bavarian Inn, Call the chamber office at 635-2063 to confirm at- Out & About as the business voice in Terrace and area, More information is available from the chamber office at 635- 2063. marketing calalogue is now out, It lists crown land for purchase or lease, containing more than 600 listings for commercial, in- dustrial, recreational and residen- Highways heads back to table THE COMPANY now doing road maintenance in this arca is wailing to hear when it can ¢x- pect to re-negoliate its contract with the provincial povernment, Nechako Northcoast Consiruc- tion Services Lid. and the high- ways ministry did come to tenta- live icrms ona lwo-year contract last month, But it and other similar con- lracls around the provinee were {hen rejected as too expensive by the provincial ireasury board. Nechako Northcoast president John Ryan said he felt frustrated by the requirement - to - re- negotiate. “We had already trimmed costs,’’ said Ryan of the first ne- goliations session with highways ministry officials. “We're now waiting for some direction from the ministry on what is expected,’’ he added, Those cost cutting measures al- ready underlaken in the tentative deal that was rejected did not in- clude snowplowing or other road safely items. They: did reduce the. require ment lo mow rights. of way. to - only” once a year,” cut back on | _ brash contrel and cut back slighl- ly on dust control. =’ ~““Nechako Norihcoast’s current contract is scheduled to runout in~ mid-April,’ It is- two. years and three months in length and is for $13.7 million. ° Cost of the tentalive-deal. was. nol. released but highways minis- try officials did say it was for less > than the current figure. Officials also noted the new contract peri- od is shorter than for: the one now ending." Companies judged by the e high- ways ministry to exceed required. Standards were ‘given the chance to negotiate two-year extensions to existing contracts, Those considered average were offered the chance of a one-year _ extension, Also up tor a two-year exten- Sion inthe. northwest. is. Yel-" lowhead Road’. and: Bridge (Stikine) Lid.;: the company that handles «: Bwy37 north : Meziadin.. ch Those with whom. the ministry is «willing ‘to: negotiale one-year ‘extensions include Bulkley :Val- ‘Icey’ Maintenance, which. COveTS ‘he Smithers and: Hazelton arcas and .O’Bricn Road ‘Maintenance, the.- ‘company thal’ covers Prince Rupert and the ‘Quoen Charlotte Islands, The. ‘extensions also. coincide with a government review on pri- ‘vale: Toad’ maintenance: that’ $ in the works, Implications, . if. any,’ of the. review aré¢n’l known so the exten- sions arc -an effective way of coping until more is known, Complete your Package With C LR RAVEN RP2406 Dot Matrix 24 Pin Printer 4 Mb RAM ¢ 245 Mb Hard Drive « 3.5" Floppy Drive Double Speed CD-ROM Drive + 16 Bit Sound Card Stereo Speakers * CD-ROM Software Bundle MS-DOS « MS Windows 3.1 «3 Button Mouse Local Bus Video w/IMb * 14" .28dp Lo-Rad Monitor 2 Year Comprehensive Parts and Labour Warranty tendance. aKkakKK If it's spring it’s time for the Terrace Homebased Business As- sociation’s spring fair. It takes place at the arena ban- tial lots throughout the province. There is no charge and copies are available at the B.C. Lands regional office or from the goverment agent. aka kK tokk kok Also coming in June is the chamber’s business executive of the year selection. That takes place June 25, in wo 24 Pin Letier Quality = Color Graphics and Text = Functional Control Panel = Amazingly Quiet ‘Hush Series’ wet room Saturday, April 9. June m nd far a but it COMjunetion wilh the installation $ $ 1 More’ information is available jg lime to start thinking atout the _ of officers. Complete 2 Muultiddedia System Only 2295. 00 __ itl 1 S olor 35 9, 95 | by calling 635-9415, Terrace and District Chamber of Guest speaker for the event is qe" iw A: Ves} “7 COMPUTER kk tok Commerce’s annual elections. Jack Munro, former head of the _ a, INfe Ae GT Wi WAREHOUSE The latest edition of the provin- cial government’s crown land IWA and now with the B.C, Forestry Alliance. \ Positions are coming open on chamber’s executive which acts 1220-2nd Avene Prince George, B.C. 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