C2 - Wednesday, Augest 11, 1982 - North Shore News

MORE THAN ONE MILLION

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work force, says the com-
missioner of an inquiry into
part-time work.

The number of female
part-time employees rose to
more than one million in

VANCOUVER (UPC) -
Female part-time workers’
participation in the work
force increased by 55 per
cent between 1975 and 1981,
compared with an increase
of 18 per cent in the general

MONTREAL (UPC) -
chitect Don Collins oon
design the outline of a
modern. skyscraper in less
time than it takea a drafts-
man to sharpen his pencil
and draw a straight line.

The feat can only be
achieved with the aid of a
sophisticated computer that
presents Collins with an
accurate rendition of what
he sees in his mind's eye to
combine elements into a
working model.

Collins, 42, is  spear-
heading the first research
project in Canada ever to
use computers in building
design. It has introduced
technological advances that
have revolutionized the
manner of

His Concordia University
laboratory walls are papered

in colorful drawings of three- '

dimensional office towers,
evidence the computer has
become 4 versatile and
creative means for ar-
chitects, engineers or
planners to communicate
concepts.

Computer programming
has so far been developed
for the design of the basic
truss work of a structure, its

elevation and energy
requirements.
“The computer is not

going to make a better
design. We're going to have
a tool that will give designers
the information for decision-
making,” says Collins, a
professor at the university's
advanced Centre for
Building Studies.

The challenge facing
Collins is to develop an
information data base for
use in designing a variety of
structures. “Each  ap-
plication feeds into the
computer's memory, a data
base that can be used by
other applications. So the
designer is using his time
only in the design process.

“The data base now is held
in the head of an architect or
the designer,” Collin says.
But a computer information
base automatically transfers
any change to a completed
design into all relevant files,
climinating cxpensive

changes during’ con-
struction.
The computer has _ fast

become an cssential tool for
engincers and Collins has
ensured that ecngincers arc
well-equipped to meet future
demands by requiring all
undergraduates enroll in a
computer design course

“If the designer turns out
bad buildings using a
computer, please don't
blame it on the computer
We forget that there was a
programmer, so if there's a
problem, it’s human error ”

Using computer lingo,
Collins feeds the machine (}
variables including = the
aumber of floors and stylic
and dimension of windows
Within seconds, the “per
fect” building is drawn on
the video screen, accurate to
onc 10 thousandthe! an inch

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Commission of Inquiry into
Part-time Work, in her
preliminary report.
Seventy-two per cent of
all part-time workers are
women, with most of the
remainder being. either
young men, students or

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and seventies, Wallace said.
While women comprise 40
per cent of the total. work
force, 24 per cent of these
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One-third of the one
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68,000 are divorced,
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time employees work to
contribute to the family
budget.

The National Council of
Welfare has estimated that
the number of poor families
in Canada would increase by
51 per cent if all working
wives left the work force.

Some 89 per cent of
female part-time workers are
employed in the service
industries, primarily in
community, business and
personal services and in

trade, Wallace said.

About 70 per cent of the
female part-time workers are
involved in clerical, sales
and service fields where the
pay is low, the commissioner
said.

The commission, struck in
February to investigate
aspects of part-time work,
was to hold public hearings
across Canada commencing
Sept. 2 in Ottawa and report
to the federal government in
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