b'For example, the Vancouver market abides by CSA standards that allow crews to use bosuns chair access up to a suspension height of 150 metres (492 feet) with adequate stabilization measures.If Jones company opened operations in the Toronto market, where local regulations limit chair accessregardless of stabilizationto a suspension height of 90 metres (295 feet), he would need to research that difference in standards before starting the project.Without adjusting for the new height limit, Jones and Canada Scaffold might be inadvertently subjected to a citation or fine.And up until now, there have been little to no resources available other than Jones himself taking the undertaking of going through all the different regulations, McKinlay says. So an outside party coming in, and accustomed to their own home market regulations, could find themselves inadvertently in a punishable offence situation without even having been aware of it.How is the Vancouver company to know this at the outset? he says. The answer comes in the form of this gap analysistool.A LIVING DOCUMENTCreating a gap analysis tool is a big first step in streamlining the process of researching the institutional and regulatory differences between provinces.But laws and standards can change, and McKinlay says the spreadsheet is set to adapt to those new rules over time.For the gap analysis tool, one of the things that we all agreed on [as the Canadian Council] is that its a living, breathing thing, McKinlay says. Were not creating something, putting a few years worth of effort into it and then filing it in a folder somewhere and never looking at itagain.He says the council has appointed members as owners of the content for each geographic region, and these owners will continue updating the gap analysis through periodic reviews as local Canadian governments amend construction regulations and legislation.The key to keeping the spreadsheet fresh and up to date is communication, which is the driving force behind the gap analysis project overall.We need to help each other; we need to talk to each other, Jones says. We all have the same problems. We cant find those out unless we communicate with each other.ACCESS CANADA FALL/WINTER 2023/2024 19'