Business

A local company is riding a
wave of enthusiasm into a new
market following the successful
sea trials last week of a pre-
fabricated fire boat constructed in
Sidney.

CQAE on Mills Road was estab-
lished in April 1990 as a custom
manufacturing company specializ-
ing in custom fabrication for the
aeronautics industry.

But a new project has shifted the
company’s focus from the air to
the sea.

Earlier this year the company
was awarded a contract to con-
struct the hulls and decks for five
firefighting boats to serve in Van-
couver’s Inner Harbour.

Designed by Vancouver naval
architect Robert Allan, the alu-
minum boats had to be cut to exact
specifications, so the craft could
be quickly assembled at a ship-
yard.

CQAC manager Rolf Bjornert
said he appreciated the chance to
work on one of Allan’s projects.

“He’s one of the most success-
ful naval architects in Canada.”
Allan’s credits include everything
from ice-breakers used in the
Beaufort Sea to a high speed

.CMP vessel.

Using computerized equipment,
CQAC fabricated the sections for
the first fireboat. The pieces were
then shipped to a Vancouver ship-
yard, where the finished craft was
completed within a month.

“They assembled the whole
thing like a Lego kit,” Bjornert
said. “We put together a build-by-
numbers kat for the shipyard.”

The completed fireboat sailed
through its sea trials last week,

TheReview

Wednesday, August 26, 1992 — A23

Company launches pre-fab boats

THE SLEEK LINES of a scale model aluminum work boat are

examined by John Begg of North Saanich, who works for
C@AC, the Custom manufacturing company building the

craft.
achieving a speed five knots faster
than expected.

Buoyed by that success, CQAC
is now completing the components
for the remaining four fire boats.

In addition, the project gener-
ated so much interest that CQAC is
working with Robert Allan on a

SPREADING STUCCO is an
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owner John Steven won
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- Sales stable
_ein real estate

The real estate market on the
Saanich Peninsula remains stable,
according to a recent report from
the Victoria Real Estate Board.

The MLS median price of single
family homes increased from
$194,00 in June, to $210,000 in
the month of July.

In Sidney, 18 properties were
sold for a total of $3.2 million. The
average selling price was
$178,000.

North Saanich recorded 24 sales
for a total of $7.2 million. The
average price was $264,500.

And in Central Saanich, there
were also 24 different properties
sold for a total of $6.1 million. The
average selling price was $204,000
for Central Saanich.

The total number of sales for the
month of July on Vancouver island
included 430 single family resi-

dences, 132 condominiums and 80

| townhouses.

Geet eee ieee

new shipbuilding project, an alu-

minum work boat.

On Friday staff were working on
a one-fifth size scale model of the
boat to serve as a prototype.

“It’s probably going to be one
of the best-engineered aluminum
boats on the coast,” Byornert pre-
dicted.

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