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For Northumberland United Way. i o en i 4o n y example, there are steep roofs with "I was always interested in construction," | . . | _ | <in~). 4&1“ s oftsie_t pitchels and speciality shingles or John says. "My dad, Dave, was always into it. |= ~_ _ |___â€" W es o s > l * * architectural treatments. As I was growing up, I was always With my ; f ';'I::;‘ i;: * ut ";‘.» wf, 4 '\V "F | I "And a lot of homes are going to nineâ€" dad; I would work with him, learn from E3. ! t e?*. [ ) t [EA foot ceilings now. You can actually buy him, on projects. " ‘ f‘; Womeadit i B =< Sm . w iY | the studs in those lengths now, as a f ul No d k es VA ho j : e 4 When John completed high school in 1976, 0 8 c ) t /‘,j:}‘_‘.‘ " | C b"'.'f‘i‘?v ‘_‘:‘ 4 A, § C standard. The nineâ€"foot ceiling makes it was his father who urged the son to form [ }; .. > e N_‘ ,‘,»f' hy lt i tb rooms look larger, more roomy? his own company. â€" ?‘f‘ w i t0r ooo w ':.“.:}‘,.\_f;}_. © Y Cutaalc) ’.’ M oo e ie i l John was prescient when it comes to "He helped me for several years. He taught ‘, 31, s e (“.:,i‘ ‘..1.‘,;,» & ol t3 Licpiit + oo esc energy efficiency. me how to bid projects, and from him I ol ob ts [ es A xo d PM \ ENP T Td hok d wl t ie e w lt cOe "In the late 1980s, I took a course in || learned a lot of the trade on the job. It tEX n “é Wl «_;-‘/'f,’,;. Cofkes. 0022 e t t l Aluces R2000 design and starting using and 1 : t I O aghnads al T4 s l hi e id I E rpagin + tm S ds ) ) f 2 certainly is nice to have someone with you , ELE i0 kE ; fnyd “;‘?\ <WF } A iesd oib t tm uce ul 1Â¥ Wt tw‘ building using those techniques. I still to learn from, to show you how things are [( / %“""’i 4 ‘;;"‘*‘_ ;‘ ,);1 :‘ z H ‘z SWfet d Sb h p s insy un ope t do. Interestingly, a lot of those done" AJ ‘M y '”L,'ial ‘?; # j 4) f{fin.s Ftohe togofsd [A agnton 4 ~\U“ principles have been adopted in today‘s J $ R m P ol Nok i > mm t n EdE Wbdona (Pibe Bd naliag y n e l : s The construction business "kind of goes "r».‘in ,;;, 8 '},»‘;':j!\ N ~!7, !E‘f 1/ Fkel dn M feticr io lt -";\.‘ Building Code. with the trend of the economy," John notes. [ M x,, s ) W . A«!;j t4 i4 PP e bibor l 0 0 og ied i Mss x § {f:vl \\& "If you build a tight house, you can || "Right now, housing is busy, so 75 per cent . [EMIAWWI@ L 3 3 L0 o shiven 1.3 Mitimies 1 S on w ie se control the air flow inâ€"and out, which of our business right now is homise@e The .__c_. cool« Joln Kernaghan 01"IL,g.»'Kcrnngh’arrConstructlon Ltd;=â€">~= ~=>*>> means you can better control the heat, other projects are smaller commercial and industrial work and we do some farm work, air ventilation and moisture levels within a home." 4 tog" i In another step forward, John and his Kernaghan Construction staff are trained and "I like to do a project from the ground up, turnâ€"key jobs" John says. "That way, you have qualified geothermal heating systems installers. better control of the ;\;lh)olf p;o;ectt startlt{oltvlr,111sllthlil;f|l;3:w15e. After all, your N&ME i8 _ cypg ne most energyâ€"efficient house available, operating a heating and cooling system | attached to a project. The work must meet a high standard. . using a ground source system. My staff and I have learned the trade. We sell and install The Kernaghan Construction crews arrive on a project and remain throughout the the units in our own homes (built for sale) and for other people, too." excavation and in_-groqnd gfadmg and setting of footings through the framing and In business for 27 years now, John Kernaghan has successfully cycled through two finishing for moveâ€"in residency. economic recessions and boom times. He credits maintaining high quality standards "You have to.have a good drawing of the plans," John insists. "Some people have a pan _ throughout the years for the the company‘s respected reputation. veu o loleedaller Jook throuch books andl 1ll meet with vthexln' ds ie lfypf Otf "I think it‘s going to be very busy in this area over the next decade," the builder says. home they want. Then, 1‘ll have a drawing produced, If you have an exact Set Of PMOL _ «rhe pressure for new housing is building. And with the construction freeze on the Oak _|| _ it‘s easy to get an accurate pricing and, in the long run, it can save a lot of money. With a Ridges Moraine, it‘s just that much more for this area."â€" good set of blue prints, there‘s little room for error.