WE HAVE A WINNER:  Thirteen individuals correctly guessed that  Park Derochie's first large field painting project was done at the Bowden Refinery in 1956.    Of those, DAN MACKELL was randomly chosen to win golf for two at The Broadmoor Public Golf Course.    To find out more about our coatings projects & services please ...

It's summer and that means it's BBQ season!  Many of us spend our evenings and weekends outside with our family and friends during the summer. While enjoying a few cold drinks and barbecuing some delicious food, it is easy to forget that grilling can become dangerous very quickly if we ...

As the founder and original owner, Rick Pazdzierski has been an integral part of Seaside Coatings for 40 years. Even after the company was purchased by Park Derochie and Rick’s later retirement, he has continued to work voluntarily several times a week as an advisor on safety, equipment, jobs, ...

FUN FACTS ABOUT LIGHTNING DID YOU KNOW? The majority of lightning strikes occur approximately 5 kilometers from the storm cell and can make contact upwards of 10 kilometers from the storm cell. Contrary to rumor, lightning does strike the same place twice. The empire ...

Park Derochie (Seaside) Coatings Inc. President, Andy Bellemore (R) and Office Manager, Olena Pazdzierski (L) welcome two of the newest members of our PD family. Syrian refugees Abdulhafed Almasri and Manhal Alkanakri were referred to us through the Refugee Training and Employment Program provided by BC Alliance for Manufacturing. Both ...

The 13th annual Merle Derochie Invitational Golf Tournament, held at the Broadmoor Public Golf Course on Saturday, June 24th, was once again a resounding success. Golfers enjoyed a great day of golf, on a course sprinkled with activities that aided some golf scores and threw a wrench in others. Games ...

WHAT CAN EMPLOYEES DO TO COMBAT HEAT EXPOSURE? Drink sufficient amounts of water; multiply your body weight by 67%. Example: 175lbs x 0.67 = 117 fluid ounces, or 3451.5 mL (1 fl oz = 29.5 mL) spread throughout the day.  ...

Park Derochie is proud to support the Archbishop Jordan (ABJ) Robotics team this year as they head to Kentucky to compete in the 2017 VEX World Robotics Competition. Each year VEX Robotics’ Challenges give students new engineering tasks to complete; inspiring students to become involved in STEM‑based (Science, Technology, Engineering, ...

Thanks to our amazing sponsors and participants the Annual Merle Derochie Invitational tournament raised over $51,000 in 2016 and we are looking forward to having another successful tournament in 2017!  The Park Derochie Community Action Committee was once again able donate to: Sport Central - $10,000  ...

  PD Group of Companies is proud to have requalified as one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies for 2017. Please see our article in McLean's magazineCanadianBusiness.com-->.