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Rempel Driver Mentor Program

To ensure customer satisfaction, we initiated the Rempel Driver Mentor Program in 1993 for drivers, plant personnel and customer service representatives. We keep our staff informed and up-to-date about Rempel products, services and environmental initiatives to provide unfaltering service and expertise on-site as well as off-site. The Rempel Driver Mentor Program helps make Rempel #1 in customer service in the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley.

At Rempel, we work as a team, share ideas and nurture individual strengths. We work together to provide our customers with the best possible service while building our community.

Congratulations, Ken Walker!
Employee of the Year 2009 - Frank Dahl Memorial Award

Ken Walker started with Rempel Bros. Concrete Ltd. in December 1988 with the truck wash crew at the Langley plant. He worked a short period of time as a yardman before accepting the opportunity to join the Maintenance Department as a mechanic’s helper. Ken worked as a mechanic’s helper until 1995 when he started a Heavy Duty Mechanic Apprenticeship Program. Ken completed his apprenticeship in 2000. Ken was appointed to a leadhand mechanic position at our Langley shop in 1996 and held that position until being appointed Maintenance Foreman at the Langley shop in 2004.

Over the years Ken has become an expert at troubleshooting and maintaining our fleet of mixers and pumps and has a reputation of being a hard worker.

Ken resides in Abbotsford with his wife Barbara and son Zachary and has been very active in the local Boy Scout organization for many years.

 

Congratulations to Will Liaw!
2009 Community Service Award

Will Liaw started with Rempel Bros. Concrete Ltd. on October 7, 1989 in our Dispatch Department as a Customer Service Representative. In April 1998, his duties expanded to include relief dispatching.

In March 2001, Will was appointed to a full-time dispatcher position and is currently our Dispatch Coordinator. In the past, Will served three years as the Dispatch Representative on our Safety/Employee Relations Committee.

Will is being recognized for being a great supporter of our annual United Way Campaign.

 

Congratulations to Derek Bird!
2009 Suggestion of the Year Award

Derek Bird started with Rempel Bros. Concrete as a mixer driver July 1979. During 1983 he was appointed to a Plant Supervisor position at the Coquitlam Plant. He also worked for several months as a Plant Supervisor at the North Vancouver and Langley plants in the mid eighties as well. In the mid eighties Derek also spent two years as a Driver Trainer & Area Supervisor.

Derek’s “Suggestion of the Year” was the installation of timers on the boilers to shut them off when not in use. Previously we continually heated the water in our boilers 24 hours a day during the winter for addition of hot water into our concrete. Derek saw an opportunity for the company to save money by having a timer shut off the boilers overnight when hot water was not needed for concrete production. The timers would then turn the boilers on at 5:00 am in the morning so that hot water was available for the first batched load in the morning. Because of Derek’s idea we have installed timers on all our boilers at the plants and this will lead to savings in natural gas costs. In our present economic environment all cost reductions allow us to be more competitive in our concrete pricing.

Derek currently is Plant Supervisor at our Coquitlam Plant.