Month: May 2019

MSPO Kielce 2017 – Maskpol System Dromader, MAPA I WMASG Events

This is WMASG.pl crew from 25th International Defence Industry Exhibition in Kielce, Poland. We had a chance to present MAPA camouflage, this time in a new edition. Under Polish Armaments Group supervision.

– MASKPOL, as far as I can see, right?

– Right. With MASKPOL we are presenting here one of the versions of MAPA camouflage. It’s the debut at exhibition in Kielce. Alongside camouflage, the Dromader webbing is being presented. The camouflage is adopted for two types of textiles already. That’s US22 – standard textile used at Polish Armed Forces and cordura 750D from local production. Thanks to that we could have prepared additional presenting the camouflage itself and solutions regarding personal webbing. There are rumours, the camouflage is created specifficly for Teritoral Army being formed. Can you tell us more about that? If it comes to decisions regarding politics and strategy of using these products in a future I am not authorized for disclosing such information. So, still in mysterious circumstances.

– Yet, we still can find out what other color versions are to be planned, right?

– Yes. The version presented here is universal. There are also versions dedicated for seasons, such as Spring or Summer.

– So, when can we expect wider offer? I presume, the ready-made products will be presented in June 2018. Tell me please, binding with Polish Armaments Group is a boost, brake or necessity for you?

– I think it’s a great boost. Mostly because now we can conduct various types of research and later there are huge manufacturing capacities. That’s a huge step ahead, as before all of these actions were conducted on a very small scale. Mostly due to financial possibilities. MAPA is a great example, as if we have something good and we are ready to invest in it, so we can have something own, splendind an constantly developed. I think it was some kind of determination to overcome some obstacles and imaginary limits. Other important factor was a patience to develop this idea. When it comes to camouflages, some various concepts are still being researched.

– If you have mentioned that, let me know how it will be with commercial market? Is it just for military will it be available for civilians?

That’s a question for MASKPOL management. The company will decie to either make it exclusively for military or not. Splendid. My qustions are done.Thank you and good luck! Dromader is the system designed by PGZ. The target is Teritorial Army. The key question is not only MAPA camouflage, but also the webbing proposed by PGZ to Teritorial Army. It contains belt, plate carrier, helmet with a cover and all other pieces, including the uniform. One of the biggest novelties is Shooter’s Cut plate. In comparison to usual SAPI it’s easier to shot from a carbine. As we know, Teritorial Army will be using MSBS “GROT” carbines. That’s why all the pouches are prepared for STANA magazines Apart from the plate carries, crucial piece of the system is a belt having various functions, yoke, battle belt and traditional belt with harness attachment point. A lot of pieces, a lot to talk about. Making long story short – plate carrier with ballistic cummerbund.

– What else can I say?

– We used Special Forces experience, but it’s designed for light infantry. It may seem it’s the equipment for Special Forces but the entire design is so clever it will work fine with light infantry. Thanks for a lot of details. I can see some side plates here. Right. Side plates are very important. That’s why this soldier will be protected better. Also the helmet with a nw cut. It will facilitate using active ear muffs an comes. With completly new cover. The net on it prevents shining in IR when wet. I could talk hours about all the little pieces. Generally, we consider it a revolution in military. We hope it will make the way to Teritorial Army. Recently “Made in Poland” is very fashionable. So, is the textile sewed and printed in Poland? Yes. Everyting is made in Poland, in MASKPOL company the textile was pronted in ANDROPOL It’s entirely local product From design to manufacture.

– I understand it while having Cordura as a reference the performance is similar to what density?

– 750. Cordura 750 with DWR. It’s thin Cordura, but as I have said, we used aramid as support in crucial points. A thin layer of ballistic material I got it. Thanks a lot for a conversation. I think we know everything. We are happy about the fact of Polish products being better and better, as well as rising interest of Armed Forces.

– Hello. My name is Maciej Stopniak. Maskpol company. The member of Polish Armaments Group. I am responsible for entire Dromader project. The aim of a project is designing 90 pieces of equipment for light infantry. As well as new camouflage pattern. So far we have 28 pieces I would like to mention, they were created in a very short period of time. About 30 working days, sitting in the office from 6AM to 10PM. With the use of Maskpol resources of course.

– Do you plan to fix some upgrades to already made pieces?

– Or it wasn’t simply done for this exhibition? Obviously it’s not done. It’s just a first prototype. For sure there will be some amendments. When it comes to uniform though we made unique polycotton textile similar to US22 rip-stop. We also got a material corresponant to Cordura 750 DWR. We gave up on traditional 1000 or even 1100 with dubble rubbering. We wanted to make it as light as possible. Some innovations – we obviously use MOLLE/PALS standard. All pieces from ITW NEXUS poliamid tapes. Not to mention high-class velcro, but well – it’s not all. We will do a lot more. OK. I got it.

– So the equipment we have here will be also developed or simply modified? I mean will elements like grenade pouches be added?

– First of all – backpacks. Right now you can see here just single pouches for magazines and ammo. We will extend it to cargo pouches, RT pouches etc. When it comes to backpacks – 5L, 15L, 30L and 120L infantry backpacks. All of that is the part of a project.

– Do recently signed contracts let us know, when and who will use it?

– The test phase will be aggressive and starts this year. In October our products are going to be sent to combat units for tests. Of course we intend to introuce it large-scale Both in Land Forces and Teritorial Army. There are a lot of challeges ahead, as we need to follow some procedures. Some events may be done faster, but not all. What can I say about contract? Maskpol company got exclusive license for MAPA camouflage. That contract was signed before this exhibition.

– There is a question that must be direct – Is MAPA and Dromader to be introduced at Teritorial Army only?

– Well, some of Dromader systems piece may appear in TITAN Future Soldier System. For sure Terotorial Army won’t be exclusive on this solution. That’s simply good webbing system. We also wanted to have some “exhibition effect”. When we start to analyze webbings. On one handle we have CT elite units. Working in small teams. On the other hand, we have so called “the rest”. Needs of these groups are complettly different. This, what you can see here is somehow making it in a middle for them. It’s both interesting for spectators and also durable enough to make a good job in a field. For sure it’s not an ultimate answer for needs of all plausible users. That’s just a fragment of bigger entity.

– I understand.

– It’s still being developed. You are pushing forward. I am curious, what can you show within next 30 days if previous 30 was so fruitful. One of the option is recently popular laser cut. The technology made some leap recently. At Maskpol we got technology of blending various types of layers. So, we can make some durable laser-cuts. Laser cut is lighter and provides better camouflage properties. On the other hand we want to introduce vests with greater protection surface. Something like Kandahar system employed to middle east with Polish Armed Forces.

– Thanks a lot for a conversation then.

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– It’s easy to take electricity for granted, until the power goes out. That’s why we rely on today’s featured career: the electrician.

– Hi, I’m Viviana.

– Hi, I’m Rob.

– Nice to meet you.
– Uh, my name is Rob Couturier. I’m an electrician. I work in all sorts of fields, from residential, commercial, um to industrial as well. Anything from building houses, where we get to put in uh receptacles and lights, to um working in uh sawmills, and pulp mills, and hospitals, um some schools. There’s so many different things you get to do in this trade. It’s exciting because it’s technology and we grow with technology because electricity is the basis of our technology. This is your worksite.

– What exactly is your role as an electrician within all this wood?

– Our role as electrician, is to make sure that you have all your amenities, all your utilities, your cable, your television, your telephone, your power. Um, so right from the poles outside, right to every room in the house, whether it be your kitchen to your bathroom. So, one of my favorite things, about working uh as an electrician, is working as a team, right from designing, to the carpenters, to concrete guys. We have to work with the drywallers as well. So, you got to make sure everything’s done ahead of time before anybody else can go forward in their trade.

– Rob, how do you know where to put all these holes? And where to put all these wires? And where to put all the receptacles for the appliances? So what you do, is you have a, a plan or a layout. You look at the drawings, you’ll know where um all your appliances are going to be. Then you start saying okay, ah we need a wire over here. Here is a dishwasher, here and the telephones gonna be on the side as well, and all the receptacles that go on the counters. You start drilling holes, and say that’s where I need to go. I mean you need to learn your drawings inside and out. So, you need to be able to read a print very well, be able to pinpoint exactly where something is. Because the last thing you want, is um your kitchen not to be lit properly when you’re trying to get into the fridge. So, let’s go to the control center.

The main part of the house. This is the mechanical room. This is basically where um all the electrical and mechanical stuff, the furnace, everything’s going to be. So, this is the beginning stages of our electrical. There’s only a few breakers in there now. This will be completely full, filled right up by the time we’re finished.

– Um, we’ve got one light switch, and a couple receptacles ready for our first inspection. Yeah, you need to be able to work with your hands. You need to be coordinated I guess, be able to go up and down ladders safely. Um, math is very important. We do a lot of math, building stuff, sometimes it’s design-build stuff, which switchgear and stuff is all numbers based. Everything is lots of different formulas. A grade 12 education is um imperative. You need to have a grade 12 education and then after, after you’ve done that, there’s four years of college, ten weeks a years all you have to do, eight and a half months or nine months of on-site training and then you’ll get your two months of school.

– Hours can range from uh long hours, to you know 16 hours a day, down to eight hours a day. Um, or even less depending on whether it’s slow times or, or not. It is a seasonal trade. Rob, how did you become an electrician? I got an opportunity. My uncle gave me an opportunity to give it a try and I’ve loved it ever since. We have a really good team atmosphere that’s really lots of fun. An annual salary for uh an electrician just starting out, would be you know 30 to 40,000 and then as you get more qualified, becoming a journeyman or better in your field, where you’re running people, it’ll progress you know, 50, 60, 70, 80. Uh, we’ve got guys that make over 130,000 a year. If I had any advice, for uh somebody trying to become an electrician, there’s pre-op program, which is a six-month course, you can take directly out of highschool. You take that, that will give you hours and um work experience just to get you into the electrical field and then uh you go apply, and bust down doors and say hey I need a job. I mean this is what I want to be. I want to be an electrician and it’s a it’s an exciting job. Well thank you so much for today. I had a lot of fun. Me too. Thanks a lot for coming by. I’m Viviana, and this is Career Trek, reminding you, that this career could be yours.

California Showcase Construction

When the owner of the company, Brian Jones started this company, it was 2008. He started out of his garage and he had a vision to be able to grow his company and move out of that garage someday. He had good people working for him and just has grown ever since. Brian is a very hard worker. He meets every customer so the homeowners are meeting the owner of this company. Our motto is, our most important job is yours. Every single job we do is very important to that homeowner and we have to take care of them like they’re a family member.

We specialize in top of the line, energy star windows. It does help with dirt, bugs, insects, pollen, allergens coming in the house, also security. The first month they see an actual savings in their energy costs. We also do roofing, heating and air conditioning, we do Texcote which is a permanent paint, we do patio covers, whole house fans. One of the major awards that we’ve won was the Anlin Dealer of the Year and we’re very proud of that. If you’re a customer of California Showcase you can expect the job to be done right. You can expect not to pay if the job is not done right.

We don’t try to get over on people. We do good work and we’ll make sure of it and we guarantee our work so you do not sign the completion until your satisfied with the work and it’s done properly. California Showcase Construction is very excited about being a HERO Registered Contractor. We feel it’s good for the customer as well as good for our company. Working with California Showcase was great because not only were they very knowledgeable about the products that they sell and install, they were also very knowledgeable about the HERO Program which made it extremely easy to apply and before we knew it, we had new windows. We’re helping people become more energy efficient and love their house more. It’s a very good feeling to walk away from that.

Ok, so let’s say you own a business or in charge of maintaining a facility. And you have a breakdown, emergency, or just need general electrical maintenance and upgrades. For example – you lose power or a phase, breakers trip for essential equipment, or you just need help with adding or trouble-shooting existing wiring, lighting or switches. Who should I call? “A” – A local electrical worker, you Googled? Or “B” – A professional licensed electrician from Hypower? Your answer should be “B”, Hypower, and there are some pretty important reasons why.

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There’s people who question at times whether I work for Epic or I work for Cullen. And that’s the way I think it should be. I’m providing a service to them and I need to understand their business as much as I can.

It’s literally millions of square feet and it’s all different kinds of things You have auditoriums. You have teaching classrooms. You have high tech conference rooms. A campus is the best description We were really struggling with what’s the next great thing to do. This building is called as a double entendre Deep Space. Deep Space being deep underground and Deep Space being the farthest that the Hubble telescope can see.

The structure is amazing. We have beams that are 278 feet long and 24 feet deep over our heads here as we sit in this theater. It turned out that the easiest way to construct the roof was to build it on the ground and lift it into place 70 feet. It happened to be one of them fall days where the temperature dropped to like 18 overnight. So in the morning it was everybody is all excited to go and we went “uh!” and all the hydraulics were frozen.

I remember getting there. All the pumps were frozen. And there wasn’t, it was almost as though, “Well the pumps are frozen. That’s a minor incident.” And so guys were running around with blow torches and literally, you know, making ice into water. And “bump!” off we went. I think that’s a good hallmark of Cullen too, that they thought the pumps frozen was a minor obstacle, and off we went. It was just amazing. If there were five days in my architectural career that were amazing, that was certainly one of them. The euphoric of, you know, we really accomplished this. I mean those are the wins. Those are the successes. Those are the things that you gotta have on the interim throughout the project. What we really should do is put on a rock concert in here. It would be awesome. The sound system is amazing.