Concordia to manage CP hotel construction CANADIAN PACIFIC Hotels Corporation has appointed Con- cordia Management Company as project and construction manager for its new development, a $50- million 400-room resort hotel in Whistler. Construction of the 19th cen- tury-style Chateau Whistler Resort has begun, with an opening set for late 1989. Upon completion, the Chateau Whistler will be the larg- est resort hotel to be built in Canada since the turn of the cen- tury and the biggest in B.C. According to Canadian Pacific vice-president Hartmut Sahi, Con- cordia was a prime candidate for the job because of its reputation and wide experience in the con- struction management of hotels and large multi-use complexes in the United States and Canada, in- cluding such landmarks as Place | Conference te aid women A SERIES of Business Ownership for Women conferences will start this fall in major British Columbia ' communities. They will be sponsored jointly by the Women’s Secretariat of the Ministry of Advanced Education and Job Training, the Ministry of Economic Development and the Federal Business Development _ Bank. The conferences are designed for . Women entrepreneurs and focus on strategic business planning. * New and potential business owners will learn how to. minimize risks and maximize profits in a new business venture, while more seasoned business owners will ex- plore strategies for maintaining the competitive edge of their businesses. - The recurrent theme will be that planning is the key to the success of ary business regardless of its chronological age. “ The conference cludes Kelowna, Vancouver, Prince George, .Kamloops, Nanaimo and Cranbrook, beginn- ing October and continuing on to March 1988. The Business Ownership For Women conferences will be modelled after the successful Van- couver conference held last Oc- tober which drew over 400 partici- pants. Businesses represented at the Vancouver conference comprised a somewhat non-traditional cross- section of the local economy: a skateboard manufacturer, fur- niture repair service, financial ad- visory service, courier delivery ser- vice, a school of music and com- puter rental service. Several of the workshop topics slated for the upcoming con- ferences are Identifying Business Opportunities, Business Plan, Developing New Markets, Strategic Planning, Fi- nancing for- Expansion and Operating a Home-Based Business. itinerary in- “The Vancouver conference is scheduled for Oct. 29 at the Four Seasons Hotel. For more informa- tion call 660-3984 or 660-6800. Preparing ‘a . Bonaventure in Montreal and the Crown Center Hotel in Kansas Ci- ty. Other major hotels to Concor- dia’s credit include the Prince and Westin Hotels in Toronto, La Cite and the Sheraton Centre in Mon- treal, Le Concorde Hotel in Quebec City, and the renovation of Montreal’s Queen Elizabeth Hotel and the Bradford Hotel in Boston. Concordia has managed the construction of numerous other projects in B.C., receiving recogni- tion for developments such as Robson Square and the Law Courts Building in Vancouver, the Expo 86 Yukon Pavilion, Fraser Valicy College, an extension to Simon Fraser University and many more of the province's colleges. As architects for the Whistler resort, Canadian Pacific has selected two Vancouver firms, Musson Cattell Mackey Partner- ship and Downs/Archambault Ar- chitects, both of whom have specific expertise in grand resort design. Bull Volkman Stockwell Ar- chitecture and Planning, a San Francisco-based firm, will act as snow management consultants. The Chateau Whistler Resort, to be located at the base of Blackcomb Mountain, will feature ski lifts directly outside the hotel lobby, an outdoor skating rink, a ballroom for 600 people, and ex- tensive fitness and recreational fa- cilities including two pools, an 18-hole championship golf course and 10 tennis courts. Weather, plus road and vehicle conditions, are factors in about 20% of accidents in B.C. But the other 80%? They're caused by people: by human action and human condition. Accidents in 1986 resulted in a record-breaking 539,000 Autoplan claims. About one every 60 seconds. In 1987, we're breaking that record. 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Stick to the speed limit. Use your turn signals. Don’t run yellow (and especially red) lights. Come to a complete stop al stop signs. Don't drink and drive. These are the “human actions” that preven? accidents. In any weather. ACCIDENTS HURT EVERYBODY.