OCTOBER 2021 Vancouver, and he needed to turn it around as fast as possible. With the help of local government – who expedited the permitting process – he managed to fully deliver it in only 10 weeks. Two of those weeks were spent designing the building and earning the permits. Construction was fully completed in just eight weeks. “That was a really exciting project,” Cary says. “It’s always exciting when you get to do something that contributes to the greater good.” Cary met the client on that project through the Richmond Mandarin Lions Club – a nonprofit, community service organization that Cary has been a part of for many years. That client, the owner of Sunwins Enterprises and Sunwns Health, typically did much larger projects, but after the onset of the pandemic, he wanted to do a project that would make a positive impact, and he wanted to do it fast. He first approached Cary to ask him to do the design. “I quickly said ‘yes,’” Cary recalls. “I’d done some industrial projects before and I was very familiar with the zoning and codes. I wanted to be involved, but I told him that usually the review process would take quite a while. He told me to not worry about it and to just get the design portion done.” With the help of some of their fellow Lions – who knew people who worked for the city – Cary and the client were able to expedite the approval process of the much-needed facility. In the midst of the process, the client approached Cary about doing the construction. Cary was excited by the challenge, as well by the opportunity to make a difference. He said ‘yes’ just as fast as he did before. Cary credits the speedy delivery of the project to the buy-in from every member of the project team, including the trades and suppliers. For example, one supplier was able to acquire certain materials in days that would have otherwise been on back-order for weeks.
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