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Our building was fireproofed with asbesâ€" tos along with most buildings that were From time to time the Chronicle reports that Marsland Centre has air quality and asbestos problems. v The September 20 issue contains the latest example of this and the article does not quote anyone, it just states it as if it wfio:hck:wwhy led out fc ‘ we get singled out for t.hisso:w.upechl]ysineeitis being reported without prior research. All unnecessary difficulty in our business which is basically that of supplying leased space for area firms. use | Please let me tell you our side of it. First, the asbestos issue. Despite‘re y Marsland gl:::e air is fine,company pres dilgh Ar i tm success, we often find ourselves saying, "that‘s a great outfit". That is we tend to think of amu business as an impersonal céésture, with a mind of its separate entity, apart from its owners and operators. If we follow this physical analogy the rélationship becomes clear; if the corporationâ€"(or corpus) is an When discussing companies, both large and small, and their growth and own, carrying all its employees along This is the bureaucrat‘s view and in this spate of mergers and takeovers, too gten Wls en oo sloty n aprin it , wil mayhem that is inflicted on the people 1f the corporation â€"(or corpus) i mines and my factorie lrtiflcialbo@yu'e.tedbth,th.':ua: mud:zlbuth mmumnmwu all back again." â€" .. ., houses on our street. OK, OK, so I overdid it a bit and mapped out a route that ran from Bridge and Lexington to that make up the organizations. > _ Legally, of course, a corporation is a I tell you it was no j last stayed home tossing goodies to the trickâ€"orâ€"treaters, I carried our fourâ€" monthâ€"old son back and forth to a few it‘s not And as is our family traditiort, you will advance scout all the houses to find out mfim&um.)m will be missed. I‘ve figured a way to hook up two pillow cases to your belt so you won‘t run out of room, and who will be able to resist our darling‘s dimpled ‘Yes, you â€"will,"â€"countered my wife Beth. "Come fair or foul weather, you will escort Jordan around the neighborâ€" hood,â€"showing: off his .cuteâ€"asâ€"aâ€"button clown guit F took two full weeks to make. And as is our family traditiont vÂ¥on will Halloween humiliation I endured last year when I went doorâ€"toâ€"door with my.. So much for my hard4ine stance. It‘s the people who drive any business of our local contain asbestos, the ;m;-fitywmm:,ma‘: as our area hospitals â€" give you a few examples.: â€" lutely no risk to building occupants. Only when it is disturbed by maintenance or We control access to our asbestos containâ€" ing areas with a rigid, documented asbesâ€" tos protocol that dictates how tradesmen work in its proximity. Our protocol meets government regulations. . ]}Vealaodoregmarairnmphng(month- y). No traces of asbestos contamination have ever been measured in our building‘s air. The asbestos level on King St. should be of much greater concern due to brake pad dust from cars. In spite of this, at the present time we are built before 1975. e : It‘s the people who make a business succeed or fail and some of the largest fimm.h‘aenmlchahamm'by@a:: yet a complete recovery i chnq'-)'inpmnel(m "organ transâ€" Andrew Carnegie, who contributed so much to the building of the steel indusâ€" w,uw‘mon&mhy.mflk,my mines factories, ve me wasn‘t a factor. It. was my honest intention to expose our young ,mtothemmfiadifiondw Hallows‘ Eve. 8 Little did I expect, however, that we would get such a rude reception as I carried our little bunny up to each door. It was mercileas. "Trick or treat, trick or treat, hiya, recognize this cute little bunny rabbit?" ltwmd:r&dq. That‘s sick, dressing up a wee baby on a cold night like this so you can scoop yourself a taffy apple," said the first person we called on. And that was as goo‘guit;gi:t.g little d "I‘m gi out little crayons an books, why don‘t you come back in five wab recommended by a bank to er the management of one of and Westmount,. but © greed &1 Geoffrey Fellows «Rick Campbell can it become hazâ€" was a serious . . provide jobs for 3 jobs fc T ll*&: p'ddopbl nr.mleand] All of this work is being carried on in an approved manner and is being supervised by government certified asbestos consulâ€" tants. So much for asbestos. The second issue is our supposed ventilaâ€" tion problem. During the late 70s and early 80s we were exhorted to reduce our energy conâ€" sumption due to the shortage of oil. In those days we reduced lighting levels, turned fans off at night and reduced the amount of fresh air entering the system (the fresh air must be heated or cooled). We saved a lot of energy. We don‘t do that anymore because it $250, While much depends on people workâ€" ing together in a common cause, it is still the individual mind that can work the miracle of a new idea; an idea that can result in a better product of service, family for generations, had come to every aspect of the operation was most discouraging â€" all except two. I could see that they had a good product line and an excellent work force. That was good enough for me and management, which had been in the believe that the company had a life and momentum of its own and, to them, it was no longer a challenge but a way of It is the will of people that can turn a wumn::intnmuphfllclimbmd chine cannot be devised that can think and create and come up with new ideas for future growth. together we turned that company from a it‘s worth. First, we‘ll do a stroller search on the weekend to see who‘s got all the cute decorations, they‘re bound to have the best goodies as well. Oh, did I tell you, we‘re expanding to the Chicoâ€" pee area this year, now that it‘s more developed. So get plenty of sack time WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 25, 1989 â€" PAGE 7 Geoff Fellows operates the Human Resource Development Institute, P.O. Box 642, Cambridge, NLR 5W1, providâ€" The measure of a product or service, is the measure of the people who provide it; just as the way you do your work is the measure of you, as a person. It should be better this year than last, and better next year than this. 1 read somewhere that a really great accomplishment is known by three signs â€" generosity in design; humanity in the execution; and moderation in success You will find people with these qualities behind every successful business. They are the ones who create the image of their companies in the eyes of the public The next time you reach for a product that bears the name that you have learned to trust, you might find it interesting to reflect that the name represents a collection of people, as is the establishment you entered to purchâ€" ase it. Rick Campbell is general manager of the Waterloo Chronicle. design a configuration for them. In summary, we don‘t have an air quality problem. We are probably as up to date as you can get. â€" heating, ventilating, airâ€"conditioning sysâ€" tem to the current state of the art. Today our system is driven by a computer that automatically controls all of the paramenâ€" ters that are needed to provide comfort. You may be interested to learn that our system supplier has just been selected by the Waterloo County Board of Education to "And like all good little girls and boys, when we get home, you hand over your goodies to Mommy and Daddy who will take good care of them for you. We L.H. Marsland, P. Eng. President Marsland Centre Limited