b'Inside the OIRCA OIRCA Has Moved! By Don Marks, Executive Director, OIRCAO ver 25 years ago, the association moved into 940 The East Mall, Suite 301 in Torontoapared to part with our past. Whoever succeeds me may have a different perspective, and if they home that served us well. Unfortunately, we were forced out of our base of operations asdo, they can bring in a disposal bin.that building is scheduled for demolition to make way for a new condo development. JustWhile it is true that, due to the change in many companies working environments, there is what Toronto needsmore condos! no shortage of office space available, it can still be challenging to find the right combination of Our new home, the building pictured above on the left, is located at 190 Attwell Drive, Suitesize, location and price.Space is either too big, too small or too expensive.350, Toronto, a location just east of Pearson International Airport. Our moving date was in mid- I was familiar with the complex we have moved into. Other construction associations main-September. tain offices in one of the three building which make up our business campus.We were given one year of notice to move out. While that sounds like a great deal of time, theMost important to me and our Board of Directors was to have an adequate, even large, board-process of moving an office, even a small one such as ours, is a complicated and stressful adventureroom. We host many meetings throughout the year, including those for the Board, our manyespecially when you are leaving where you have been for 25-plus years. active and ad-hoc committees as well as other organizations that use our space for meetings from Of course, moving does provide an opportunity to purge and discard much of what we accu- time to time. Theres lots of room for everyone here, whether in person or on the big screen.mulate over time. Many are moving to a paperless environment, and while we did toss out a greatWell, that was our excitement for September 2024. A bit of trivia you may find interesting, deal, we have retained much, including lots of paper. though: prior to moving to our new digs, in our 60 years of existence we had only occupied of-As an association, we do have our archives to preserve. Much of the paper we have kept reflectsfice space in two buildingsover 30 years in the first and 26 on The East Mall. Lets hope that the history of not only our organization but that of the roofing industry in Ontario. I was not pre- our new office will be a great home for many years to come.32ONTARIO ROOFING NEWSISSUE 3 2024 THE ONLY SOURCE FOR PROFESSIONAL ICI ROOFING CONTRACTORS IN ONTARIO ORN'