based company that designs and constructs custom stairs, railings, and walk-in showers from only the highest quality materials. Their experience and product expertise is unrivalled in the Ottawa Capital Region. Another example is Glenn Murphy Contracting – a small, Ottawa-area construction company that specializes in custom exterior finishings such as siding, soffit, fascia, eavestrough, roofing, and other various services. They have been working in Ottawa and surrounding areas for more than 10 years, and they similarly use only the best quality materials. That local experience and commitment to quality is a commonality in Park View’s partners. Logan says that Park View has worked hard to build strong relationships with companies like those. One of the keys to building those relationships, he believes, is being respectful and collaborative. As a designer, he has an interesting perspective on the tradesman-designer relationship and how to make it work as well as possible: “There’s sometimes a beef between trades and designers where trades aren’t happy with designers because they don’t think they understand what they go through, and vice versa,” he explains. “I try to eliminate that as much as I can. I’ve been a tradesperson; I’ve worked on sites, so I know it’s hard. Some days it’s superhot, some days it’s super-cold, some days you’re working in tight spaces. As designers, we have to respect that. We have to respect that the team is out there really grinding to make sure that the product is delivered as per the plans.” NOVEMBER 2022
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