BC Hydro’s boardroom has a new table built at the Tradeworks Fab Shop.  BC Hydro is committed to supporting the new social enterprise and training program and the first order placed with the Fab Shop was for this new table. And the octagonal maple veneered table has now been installed.

Tradeworks has received great feedback that the new furniture was well regarded by directors when the BC Hydro board met earlier this month.

The Fab Shop is capable of producing a wide array of products, up to and including custom furnishings of this kind.  The table reflects high quality mill work and assembly.

Primarily, the Fab Shop is planning to provide training and employment opportunities to at-risk youth.  The 2010 games legacy project is set to launch formally in October. The project is based on the RONA 2010 Fabrication Shop that operated in the run-up to the winter games.  The staff team includes highly skilled carpenters who can undertake more complex design and finishing work, as well as supervise the trainees.

The Fab Shop project is being structured as a social enterprise that will provide services in the marketplace to clients such as BC Hydro.  The work generated for trainees is the key bridging experience for them, as people who have little or no employment history and need to develop their workplace skills.  Recruitment for new participants will start in October 2010.

The Fab Shop is also keen to talk to other prospective clients.