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WHIBYFRME PRE88 WEDNESDAY. JUNE 6, 1M9, PAGE 19 Skydomie ws a maj or wterofigjb By Trudie Zavadovios Robert Montpetit sat amongst thousands of other people at lhe openingaf the Skydome. iàke thousands of others, as the mammoth roof' begani to open, Montpetit got wet - very wet. Montpetit spends his- profes- sional life ensuring that build- ings, and everything in them, including people, stay dry. He is president of Northern Water- prooflng, the company that did Brunch, bake sale June 10 A pancake brunch and bake sale wil be held at the com- munity centre on Cassels Rd., B=ookin on June 10, 10 a.m. to, 1 p.m. Cost for the event, held by St. Leo's Church, ia $4 for adults, $2 for children (free for pre-choo- lers). Paper drive on June 9 Brooklin boy scouts will hold a' paper drive on Saturday, June 9, starting at 9:30 a.m. Nhews ýpe should be left at the ofthe driveway and should be bundled. It will be the last drive until September. For more information, caîl 655- 3005. much of the major waterproofing of the famed Skydome. Home, for Monpett; is Col- umbus. To save the daily com- mute to, the 15-year-old com- pany' main office in Toronto, he opened a branch office in Brook- lin four years ago. Aithon h Northem Water- proofing dlid flot actually work on the main roof, tlhey worked closely with the builder Ellis-Don to determnine the best way to do the roof. «The main roof was done by two other major roofIng com- f anies,n says Montpei e «édid such things as) the interior walls of parking garages, plaza decks (an area cf about 300,000 square feet), and elevator pits.» Montpetit says h e sed but eight different methods of water- proofingmn the Skydome. "There are about 100 different types of materials or systema in place for- waterproofing," explains Monpetit. U/nywhere from rubber to liquid. It is a field that is continuously changing and being udated.» One tf the moat challenging aspects of Montpetxt's work at the Skydome was designing an expansion joint to allow for the shift in the building. "%he roof works on rails to, opnand close," says Montpetit. wehad to design an intricate expansion joint to go nder the rail and ailow the s g move- ment of the Skydome.» He explained that in winter build- ings contract while i suznmer the concrete expands. «The biggest thing iwrkng on the Skydome was schedulig. At night, it looked like a lighted football field." Montpetit says that even with the time constraints, the entire project was extremely well orgaized and very much a team effort with alI the companies who worked on the dome, with Ellis- Don heading the team.. «Ellis-Don gave us every bit of co-operation. It worke very well.» Montpetit says his company worked on the project from 1987 WH1TBiY IMayor Bob Attersley took part in the Brooklin Spring Fair parade on Saturday and then helped 'Statue of Liberty' Nancy McGuigan t01989. "We started in 1987 by rebuilding the John Street pumping station. It supplies water to a large part of Toronto and had to be rebuit on the south aide of the tracks. Ini '88. Wheels to Meals hmncheon June 20 The next Wheels to Meals lun- cheon will be held on Wednes- day, June 20, noon, at St. Tho- mas Memorial Hall, Brooklin. The luncheon is for seniors shut-ins and disabled in the Ash- burn, Brooklin and Myrtle area. There la wheelchair access to the hall. Transportation is available te the lunëheons. Caîl 655-4284 or 655-3187. celebrate her opening of the Sheil station at the corner of Hwy 7/12 and Winchester Rd. we didn't do much work on the dome. Most of our work was done in 1989. We're still working down there.» One of the projects they are now working on is at the north side where the hotel is located. They are replacing the planter with a fountain originally plan- ned for that location. Northern Waterproofing doesn't get a Skydozne te, water- proof every day, but they do keep DBY. "We are working on the Whitby recreation oentre being built on Rossland Rd. We also do work as far away as Huntsville, Kitchener and Waterloo'. We do a lot of new construction and a lot of old.» They also work at a lot of sewage and water treatnent plants. Montpetît sâa this past win- ter his company supplied materials for, and were consul- tants for, the building of an embassy in Tanzania. As far as the Skydome goes, Montpetit says, "It was a onoe in a lifetime project. I was glad te be part of it." Camping offRered at ifeber Down The Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority says the Heber Down Conservation Area camping facilities are now open for the publices use again this year. For $14.50 per night ($87 per week) campers are provided with electricity and water on site. Canadian senior citizens receive a 50 per cent discount on campingr fees when they present their identification card. Larger 'groups requiring camping accommodation or the day use area for picnics, etc. are requested té- book facilities through the main offioe (telephone 579-0411). 1 1