Local cabinet maker Allan
Friberg has brought local
cabinet making into the com-
puter age. Friberg has been
building cabinets for a living
since 1984.-In his compact but
modern shop in Old Remo,
Allan now has a computer room
and office to accommodate his
new KitchenCAD system.

KitchenCAD, an automated
kitchen design system by Com-
‘Workstations Inc., of Denver,
Colorado, was developed to put
sophisticated CAD/CIM capa-
bilities in the hands of ion-
technical artists and craftsmen.
It was originally developed for a
major cabinet and appliance
manufacturer,

The KitchenCAD can do cus-.
tom kitchen design in less‘ than

_ 30 minutes. It does 3D modeling
for presentations, cost estima-
tion reports, bills of material
listings, shop and installation
drawings. ©

It is a computer-aided design
and drafting program which
allows rooms to be designed
more quickly and with fewer er-
rors than by hand. It is used to
design rooms with cabinets,
shelving, appliances or other
modular or custom objects.
After a design is complete, Kit-
chenCAD automatically draws
floor plans, wall elevations,
countertops and black line
perspectives and color render-
ings. '

Before February of this year,
Friberg had never owned or
Operated a.computer. With a
special week and a half course in

Denver on the operation of the
KitchenCAD system, Allan was
well on his way. KitchenCAD,
with updated information and
prices which Allan enters in the
program can answer questions
faster than you can ask them. It
even tells you when you’ve made
a mistake. KitchenCAD can
hold all new designs until the
clients are ready to build their
cabinets.

Allan has cut his estimating
time by 75 percent and he saves
more than 20 hours per job with
pattern systems itemized, com-
puterized materials list and
specifications for cutting cabinet
dimensions and all the pieces re-
quired to put it together. The
system works on imperial,
metric. or both measuring
systems. It has a catalogue of

cabinet designs, appliances — .

generic or brand names — size
and alignment, which interface
with KitchenCAD.

Friberg thinks this will be a
real selling point for contrac-
tors, able to show their clients a
3D drawing of the finished pro-
duct. The KitchenCAD system
can show a room from any.
angle, and from any height,
depending on the commands
given it.

KitchenCAD and pattern
systems can also do commercial
work — offices, furnishings,
counters, work-stations. Ar-
chitects can show 30 presenta-
tions to their clients, and
customers thinking of renovat-
ing can see the finished design
before they start.

for a demonstration.

CABINETMAKER ALLAN FRIBERG will be demonstrating his computer-
at the Trades’ Fair in the Arena May

Since

models of kitch

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age 3-D ens

4, 5 and 6. People are invited to bring in their plans or ideas

The basic computer-aided
draughting system is AutoCAD,
KitchenCAD produces the three-
dimensional drawings. Pattern
systems gives the full details and
cutting lists. Allan himself
creates the formulas,

The computer prints out the
cabinet details, a materials list
including hardware, costs, sup-
plier vendor (each time freight
comes in, Allan updates the
price lists), a batch cutting list
(now Allan can cut out the
pieces for a whole kitchen in one
day), and assembly lists. Each
cabinet is listed individually.

All the cabinets are assembled
in Allan’s shop. He will install
kitchens from Prince George to

Prince Rupert. That cost is in-
cluded in his estimates. If Allan
Friberg Cabinetry builds your
cabinets, the 3D drawings and
specs are included. If you only
want the design from him, that
will be charged separately.
Allan Friberg Cabinetry is the
only company in Terrace which
manufactures cabinet doors.
They can be made of oak panel
or whatever the customer
desires. Friberg can also accom-
modate customers who desire
melamine cabinets. Last year, he
bought a ten-foot floating top
scoring tablesaw. The scoring
blade scores the veneer and then
the main blade cuts through the
material. Friberg says, ‘You

have to have the right machinery _
to do good work.”

Friberg came to this area as a
millwright and machinist and
has lived in Terrace with his wife
Maria and daughter Ingrid since
1977. When the woods industry
slowed down in ’82, he started in
the cabinet business. He had
always dabbled in cabinetry at
home.

To view his work or discuss an
estimate on his new Kitchen-
CAD system, drive out towards
old Remo, past the stock car
turn-off to Skaarland Road. It’s
the first house on the left. The
shop is a barn-shaped building.
The sign in the window says
“Allan Friberg Cabinetry.’’

Shames appeals to community conscience

by Michael Kelly

The Shames Mountain ski resort
west of Terrace will certainly be
up and running this coming winter,
but the rate at which it develops is
going to depend on how much
community support the project
gets.

That’s the message a group of.

about two dozen local businessmen
at a recent Chamber of Commerce
meeting got from three people
deeply involved in the resort de-
velopment. Shames president Gerry
Martin began with a rundown of
the corporation’s current financial
position, noting that the project’s
viability would have been in seri-
ous doubt without the Ministry of
Highways commitment to build the
access road, "It will be $3 miltion
by the time it’s finished — the
project wouldn’t have happened
without that."

The cheque’s still in the mail
from the joint federal-provincial
$.5 million tourism development
loan, Martin said. "I’m still being
told the papers are on the way."
He added that the cost of moving
the lifts and other equipment from
Kitsumkalum Mountain have gone
up from the original estimate of
$250,000 due to changes in the
regulations governing ski. hills.

Shames now wants to raise
$250,000 through a venture capital
corporation and finance the re-
maining development cost of about
$1 million. yO

Martin’s summary was followed
with a slide presentation by Grant
Piffer. Several shots from the top
of the runs showed a mountainside
bathed in sunshine overlooking a
vallye obscured in cloud. Piffer

noted that the natural terrain within .

the bow! where initial development
will take place is well suited for
skiing, with small, widely-spaced
trees and good slope angles that
will be appropriate for all accom-
plishment levels of skiers. Unlike
some other high-altitude lodges, he
said, Shames will not have a prob-
lem securing a supply of fresh
water.

Piffer said the area offers year-
round recreation potential, with
hiking trails and sport fishing
possibilities. The corporation has
assessed the regional market at a
population base of 62,000, a base
Piffer called a "day-trip market"
which could ski the mountain and
retum home the same day, An
additional 15,000 people live with-
in a "weekend and overnight mark-
et" distance, he said.

An international market equal in

size to the local one lies in south-
eastern Alaska, Piffer added. "We
have talked with them, and the
interest is definitely there," he
said. "The transportation network
is there, and they would see this as
a destination area."

Piffer and George Clark noted
that the basic development will
also spawn offshoot industries,
including transportation between

the city and the mountain and.

possibly heli-skiing and heli-hik-
ing.

Clark’s section of the presenta-
tion outlined the Venture Capital
Corporation structure and its rela-
tionship to the Shames project.
There are 50 shares available at a
cost of $5,000 each; the VCC rules
provide an immediate tax credit of
$1,500 to investors: on each share
purchased, Clark said to date 12 of
the shares have been sold and
another eight are at various stages
of commitment for purchase, The
tax credit, he noted, has to be
repaid if the shares are sold within
seven years of the purchase date.

Clark didn’t say the project
would not pay short-term divid-
ends, but he did say that in the
opening years profits would be put
back into further development of
the mountain. There are a number

of reasons to invest in Shames, he
told the Chamber, and cash divi-
dends are not the most compelling.

It’s a project that will add to the
community, he said, helping it to
compete in the battle to attract a

stable base of professional people,
business and industry. Clark also
appealed to ptoential investors’
consciences: "This community’s
been good to us, I challenge you to
put something back into it.

"We need this commitment now."

this type of individual.

Le

Terrace Health Care Society Presents

“Len Fabiano”
“Caring For The Mentally
Impaired Elderly”

A Two Day Seminar

Mr. Fabiano is a nationally recognized educator in the
field of geriatrics. This session is designed to examine
areas involved in caring for the mentally impaired
elderly. Participants will find this personal presenta-
tion provides each an opportunity to discuss and work
through personal problems encountered in caring for

Everyone Welcome

April 30 & May 1, 1990

Place: Terrace Hotel

Date:

Time: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Phone:

Terraceview Lodge 638-0223 (Ramona)
for Registration Information