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SPRING 2016

PCL Winnipeg Construction Giant Turns 50

Fast Air Blue Skies Ahead

Poulin’s Pest Control Services No Foolin With Poulin

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Leading the Way Working for business, the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce points the way to opportunities.

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Big 70th Birthday Poulin’s Pest Control Services celebrates 70 years of eliminating pests.

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PCL Winnipeg celebrates 50 years of construction excellence.

Fast Air: diversified aircraft services for 20 successful years.

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s a Manitoban, chances are that you are familiar with the work of PCL, an $8-billion international construction company with a very busy district office in Winnipeg. Just stroll downtown, and you can’t miss the MTS Centre, sports and entertainment venue that draws thousands to city centre, and the construction that is happening now for True North Square, southwest of the MTS Centre.

ly-owned aircraft in Manitoba that founder and CEO Dylan Fast is putting to work for clients in a variety of innovative ways. Clients can, of course, charter aircraft for work and leisure activities, but the company also maintains aircraft for other owners, operates a medevac service for the province and installs late-model technology into its own fleet and aircraft owned by other companies and individuals.

PCL Winnipeg is behind many of the showcase buildings, museums, bridges, renovations and projects that make Winnipeg, the province and parts of Ontario special and have been doing so for 50 successful years.

The company is also committed to the communities it works in in a personal way, contributing to countless fundraisers and causes that make life better for all of us.

Whatever the type of company you patronize, own or work in, the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce works for you. Learn how the chamber, as the “Voice of Business”, works with government and stakeholders to create a strong and positive business climate.

Welcome to a closer look at PCL Winnipeg on the pages of this issue of Manitoba Business & Trade Magazine.

From an employee-owned international giant to a family-owned 70-year-old pest management company, Poulin’s Pest Control Services has built a history as rich and interesting as the provinces it has worked in. Part of that history is the story of how founder Napoleon Poulin helped to rid Alberta of its influx of rats, a legendary beginning to a company that is still going strong and a story that the company shares here.

In an entirely different sector, meet Fast Air, a growing private company with the largest fleet of private-

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Last, but not least, I thank all the valued companies that advertised with us and others which sent us their news releases for Around Canada and Around Manitoba. Please continue to keep us abreast of your latest developments, whether it is the announcement of an expansion, a merger, an appointment, an acquisition, an anniversary, or a new product or service introduction. We would like to hear from you.

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CHAMBER HISTORY

t’s easily overlooked – a small, wellworn wooden gavel sitting on the office shelf of Winnipeg Chamber president and CEO Dave Angus.

But it symbolizes a history that goes back nearly 15 decades.

A brass plate on the gavel, given to the Winnipeg Board of Trade, recognizes a settlement expedition down the Red River in 1870.

That was three years before the Board of Trade was officially incorporated. To look after the growing interests of the business community, there was pressure to organize a governed board representing commerce.

On March 8, 1873, an Act of Incorporation was passed by the Manitoba Legislature,

creating the Winnipeg Board of Trade.

Later that year, Winnipeg itself was incorporated.

The Board of Trade tackled serious issues of the time – one of the earliest being transportation. The Board asked the Dominion Government for an engineering study of the Red River and an estimate of what outlays would be required to bypass the St. Andrews Rapids.

The Board also urged the building of a railway line to the northern seaboard. To stimulate rail development, the government was further asked to drop the dollaran-acre charge and give free land permits.

The demise of Winnipeg’s first real estate boom in 1883 prompted the Board to

defend Winnipeg against British newspapers, which attacked the prairie town and alleged its demise.

Fast forwarding more than a century, The Chamber continues to champion many similar issues.

The Chamber has vigorously championed the revitalization of our downtown, which continues to transform and progress in a positive direction.

A catalyst for this transformation is the now decade-old conversion of the former Eaton’s department store into MTS Centre, originally True North Centre. The arena project was highly contested before its inception, but The Chamber publicly supported the project because of its ambitious community-minded vision.

As the current largest business organization in Winnipeg, advocacy and policy, along with business, community and professional development, continue to be priorities for The Chamber and its 2,000-plus members.

With more than 130 annual events and numerous leadership opportunities, The Chamber offers each of its members an opportunity to learn, grow and influence for the benefit of their business and the greater community.

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March 8: A Board of Trade was needed to protect the interests of the business community. The Act of Incorporation is passed.

United Way Winnipeg is created through a partnership between the Winnipeg Labour Council and The Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce.

Sunday Shopping: The Chamber sets out to provide freedom of choice for retailers and customers, and one-million hours of additional annual employment to the Manitoba economy.

The Chamber’s BOLD movement is kicked off ahead of the provincial election.

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November 8: Winnipeg is incorporated as a city.

The Board of Trade changes its name to The Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce

Together with the Johnston Group, The Chamber realizes the Chambers of Commerce Group Insurance Plan in Winnipeg. The plan now provides group benefits to over 25,000 firms nationally.

Volunteer Manitoba and The Chamber partner up to begin Leadership Winnipeg, a yearlong program providing our city’s future leaders a first-hand perspective on what’s happening in our community.

The World Trade Centre Winnipeg is established in partnership with The Chamber as a part of our Manitoba BOLD initiative.

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The Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce is the “Voice of Business” The Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce is proof positive of the old adage that there’s strength in numbers, says Executive Vice-President Loren Remillard.

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ffecting political change is difficult, but The Chamber can and does because of its more than 2,000 members, who give it credibility and respect as the “voice of business.”

“Policy is critical to what we do,” Remillard says. “The business climate (taxation, regulation and labour legislation) has as much to do with business success as does competition, price and service.”

The Chamber’s role is to engage its members to determine the biggest challenges and potential opportunities, and then to lobby government for change.

It goes beyond criticism or complaint, he says.

“It’s about constructively working with government and all stakeholders. It’s about solutions, not a win-lose proposition.”

Some issues may take considerable time to achieve the desired outcome, such as Sunday shopping, which took over 10 years, but others, such as regulatory amendments, can be quickly realized.

“In many ways, policy is like all the plumbing and wiring in your house. You might not see it or understand how it all works, but it’s critical to your house functioning properly.”

Just over a year ago, The Chamber re-invented its approach to policy development – introducing leadership councils to replace its committee and task force structure. Today, there are eight leadership councils – Economic Competitiveness, Human Resources, Transportation, Creative, Environment, Innovation, Procurement and Retail.

“We drew on senior ‘thought’ leaders in these various disciplines - relying on their expertise and connections to global best practices, innovation and creativity - to advise and guide us on our strategic policy direction and in finding innovative solutions.”

Chamber policy and that of government needed to speak to a new reality - a world marked by disruptive technology.

“We wanted to empower The Chamber to be able to advance a more thought-provoking and boundary-pushing agenda.”

In 2011, The Chamber saw a need for candidates in the provincial election to be BOLD in their thinking. The Chamber launched its own BOLD platform and publicly proposed the merits of that platform.

“Since then, the need (for being BOLD) has only grown. Manitoba is truly at a BOLD crossroads. Other communities around the world have embraced innovation and risk, and are reapingthe benefits.”

In April 2016, Manitoba voters will again go to the polls, and The Chamber is stepping forward with a 2016 Manitoba BOLD plat-

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form - a call to action.

Over the past four years, community leaders and advocates, young entrepreneurs and students, among others, were consulted and made it clear they are more progressive in their thinking than Manitoba’s political parties.

“Our platform has an ambitious vision, and we make no apologies for wanting to make Manitoba the first choice for investment, our youth and entrepreneurs here and abroad.”

“Our platform has an ambitious vision, and we make no apologies for wanting to make Manitoba the first choice for investment, our youth and entrepreneurs here and abroad” - Loren Remillard, Executive Vice-President , Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce

One area of focus in The Chamber’s BOLD platform is the Share Economy, which has been defined as the shared creation, production, distribution, trade and consumption of goods and services by different people and organizations.

To promote discussion, The Chamber hosted an event with Uber Canada and attracted more than 400 participants through Periscope’s live video.

“This is a case of the genie already being out of the bottle,” Remillard says. “It’s become clear it’s a bigger issue than just Uber.”

Peg City Car Co-op is already operating in Winnipeg – giving people who don’t own a car access to vehicles they can use to get their groceries or go for a drive in the country.

“Our platform will deal with the Share Economy from a regulatory, taxation and environmental perspective.”

Manitoba can be a global success story, and the Manitoba BOLD platform is the community-authored how-to manual.

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The blurred line between business and community

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Chamber events designed to foster collaboration gaining momentum

he event was one befitting of the venue. The Bonnie & John Buhler Hall at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, our first national museum dedicated to the celebration of human rights, was filled to capacity on Monday, Jan. 25 with Winnipeggers eager to hear from those deeply involved and impacted by the immigration of Syrian refugees into our community.

The first to speak was Khalid, a Syrian refugee who fled the frightful reality in his home country to build a better life for his family in Canada. The humanity and emotion of his story – translated on stage from Arabic to English by local businessman Albert El Tassi – was echoed throughout the event.

To bridge the gap from initial settlement to finding a job, The Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce, a leading business organization in Winnipeg, partnered with the Canadian Islamic Chamber of Commerce and The Winnipeg Foundation to host the aptly named Welcome to Winnipeg: Understanding and Embracing Syrian Refugees event. The aim was to foster discussion between members of the private sector, settlement agencies and newcomers.

“One of the strengths of The Chamber is the fact that we’ve developed relationships in the community and so we’re in a position to bring different groups together around a common cause,” said Dave Angus, President & CEO of The Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce. “None of us could do it alone.”

The Winnipeg Chamber hosts many events geared towards supporting the development and growth potential of its business membership, including dedicated business mixers, a half-day summit designed to connect small businesses to the City of Winnipeg, and luncheons featuring inspiring keynotes delivered by beacons of success in commerce. Welcome to Winnipeg is an ex-

ample of The Chamber’s recognition that a healthy community is inextricably linked to a healthy economy.

Mohammad Almaleki, a local real estate developer, was the final speaker at Welcome to Winnipeg. He faced integration challenges as an immigrant to Winnipeg from Iran in 2001 and noted there is an important link between the business community and the recent Syrian newcomers.

“We are in the process of bringing in between 1,500 and 2,000 Syrian refugees who won’t be a burden on our province,” said Mohammad Almaleki, the final speaker at Welcome to Winnipeg. “They’ll be our future doctors, nurses, and teachers. They’ll be an important part of the economic and social fabric of our community.

When you have a strong social fabric and you have people who trust and help one another, there’s safety in our province. All of that contributes to the economic well-being of our province.”

A few months prior to Welcome to Winnipeg, The Winnipeg Chamber collaborated with the Aboriginal Chamber of Commerce to host Understanding Urban Reserves. The event invited key members of our First Nations community to speak about the positives of developing another urban reserve in Winnipeg, in particular the development of the Kapyong Barracks site.

“The Chamber doesn’t have the capacity to be involved in everything, so it’s important to think about where we can add meaningful value and identify the initiatives that will take community collaboration to accomplish,” said Dave Angus. The intended outcome of events like Welcome to Winnipeg and Understanding Urban Reserves is to open up a dialogue on how the business community can assist in these broader community issues, and how individual businesses can get involved.

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Winnipeg Chamber events are as interesting and diverse as its membership

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he name of the event should have announced the tone of the luncheon. And if that didn’t give attendees the hint, then the clown from Folklorama in full makeup and costume walking around on stilts on the second floor of the Delta Winnipeg surely gave it away.

The Chamber was throwing a party.

The first annual Celebrate Winnipeg membership luncheon hosted by The Chamber in May of 2015 was about bringing people together to do just that – recognize and celebrate success in our community.

Chamber President Dave Angus, emcee of the event, began the proceedings by orchestrating “the wave” across a capacity room of more-than 400 attendees. That’s correct, the wave. Where every person in attendance rose from their chair in sequence as a wave of extended arms moved across the room.

From the active audience participation to the beaded necklaces with a write-in “I Celebrate Winnipeg because…” nametag, there were many unique features about this particular Chamber event. But the common component between this and many other events was the excitement in the room.

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owners or hearing from speakers that can be energizing for me and my business” said Rob Read, owner of Bison Fire Protection. “Networking and learning with other members of the business community can help put you in a position to have success.”

With an event schedule as diverse as its membership, Chamber events are varied and numerous. There were over 130 Chamber events over the last calendar year ranging in scale from smaller intimate speaking engagements, like the new Toasting Winnipeg breakfast series at Free Press Café, to membership luncheons welcoming prominent speakers or key political figures and more than 1,000 attendees.

A marquee event on The Chamber’s event calendar is the Spirit of Winnipeg Awards.

There’s no event like it in Winnipeg that brings attention to leaders and innovation in our business community.

Then there are also events that promote activity and rare business interactions, like the kind that happen on the putting green at the annual Chamber Golf Classic or over cocktails at our regularly scheduled After Business Mixers.

Interaction is a key component of Chamber events. Networking opportunities are at the heart of many of The Chamber’s event offerings.

“Sitting next to someone at a Chamber event can result in doing business with them down the road,” said Laura Mikuska, partner and principle owner of the Mikuska Group and also a regular attendee of Chamber luncheons. “It’s not necessarily about sales it’s about creating and maintaining relationships.”

Relationship building is a key aspect of attending Chamber events, and there’s no telling who you will meet and strike up a

conversation with. Rob Read recalled a connection he made at a Chamber event that didn’t lead to a business proposition, but was cherished and only possible by attending a recent luncheon. Read met Winnipeg Police Chief Devon Clunis and initiated a conversation on behalf of a friend organizing a program that educates authority figures on dealing with citizens with autism.

“To be able to meet (Chief Clunis) and make that connection was invaluable,” said Read. “I’m confident in saying that connection wouldn’t have happened from my office.”

In addition to being regular attendees of events, both of Rob Read and Laura Mikuska have been avid participants in various Chamber programs. These include The Chamber’s Chapter program which separates area businesses into quadrants of the city to allow individuals to share about their business in a supportive group setting, and also the Ambassadors program, which recruits Chamber members to act on behalf of the organization to help promote growth in the business community.

“Attending and participating in the Ambassadors and Chapter programs has helped us to deepen relationships with both Chamber members and staff,” said Mikuska. “I would certainly recommend these programs. Ambassadors are able to not only promote the Chamber, but their own businesses as well.”

The Chamber prides itself on the diversity of its membership.

Providing value to each one of those unique members is a challenge met through The Chamber’s various events and programs.

Business owners, entrepreneurs, and professionals are all encouraged to visit Winnipeg-Chamber.com to find an upcoming event that caters to them and can help their business grow and prosper.

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Leading the way Identifying our strengths and opportunities to achieve even more

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he scene was a private room at the Norwood Hotel on Jan. 15. The attendees of this particular gathering included representation from an assortment of local industries, from tech innovation and financial services, to craft beer, oil and gas, and even hydro infrastructure.

The Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce had organized a roundtable discussion – one of several The Chamber has hosted in recent months – in order to facilitate meaningful discussion across all sectors on the state of Manitoba’s economy. By facilitating, The Chamber’s intent was to learn about successes and challenges in various industries, leading to identifiable opportunities to achieve even more.

The prevailing message from this roundtable discussion, and at previous roundtables, was that Manitoba is leading the way on many fronts.

Daniel Blair, 25-year-old entrepreneur and owner of Bit Space Development, attended the Jan. 15 roundtable and proudly declared that Winnipeg is an exciting place to be.

“We have an abnormal amount of interesting technologies being developed here,” said Blair. “The landscape is very promising.”

This is a similar theme across many sectors in Manitoba. Winnipeg-based Cypher Environmental has made remarkable developments in environmental technologies which are being adopted across the world. Todd Burns, President of Cypher Environmental, credits a relationship with a Winnipeg educational institution as one of the keys to their technological advancements.

“In terms of the innovation we’re doing, Cypher Environmental has a really great link with Red River College,” said Burns. “Our technical staff is able to utilize resources at the college that we don’t have in our own facility. It’s a great way to build on our capacity to do the research and innovation we need to do to grow our business.”

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with educational institutions. Manitoba Harvest was established in 1998 after years of advocating for the legalization of industrial hemp as an agricultural commodity. Now nearly 20 years later, Manitoba Harvest is the leading producer of hemp in our province.

“We need to continue to support our educational institutions in this province and in this city,” said Kevin Greenwood, VP of Marketing at Manitoba Harvest. “We see some really great students coming out and we need to make sure we continue to support that energy.”

While the relationships Burns and Greenwood described are clear examples of what we are doing right in Manitoba, both commented on ways that the Manitoba government can be doing more to support our industry leaders.

“There’s huge opportunity but we need the provincial government to lean in to say, what more can we do?” said Greenwood. “(The provincial government) can come to these companies that are growing fastest and find out what they can do to help. It’s a subtle difference but it’s an important one.”

A specific example of how government support would advance the environmental sector, and many others, is through incentive for local procurement. This is a subject that Todd Burns feels passionately about.

“There doesn’t seem to be a policy within Manitoba to actually buy within the province,” said Burns. “A great strategy would be a form of vertical procurement or incentive to companies or the province to procure within Manitoba and actually use some of that innovation development.”

Identifying these opportunities is the essence of The Chamber’s roundtable discussions. But bringing an influential ear to these roundtables is an equally important element. At the roundtable on Jan. 15, The Chamber welcomed Kevin Chief, minister of jobs and the economy in Manitoba. The hope of The Chamber is that these productive conversations are heard and help influence how our province chooses to lead.

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Poulin’s Pest Control Services No Foolin with Poulin for 70 years

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s a family-owned and managed business, the history of Winnipeg-based Poulin’s Pest Control is as rich in the folklore of the Canadian Prairies as is the company’s own wellrecognized slogan, ‘No Foolin’ with Poulin’ — which has become a household jingle.

Over the past 70 years, Poulin’s Pest Control has not only become a leader in the pest control industry but a trusted friend throughout the numerous communities the company works in. Poulin’s has earned an outstanding reputation for its work, from ridding Alberta of the diseasecarrying rat in the 1950s, to its ever-progressing and specialized pest management professionals of today. As the third-largest pest control business on the Canadian landscape, Poulin’s Pest Control is continuing the ongoing war between man and pest.

“We go out of our way to make sure all jobs are done satisfactorily,” says Don Poulin, son of company founder Napoleon Poulin, who is still involved in the company’s daily business. “This may mean going back to check that a job was completed efficiently, communicating with clients and advising them on the best procedures or whatever the work demands.”

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Pied Piper of Manitoba Legend has it that a hotel keeper in St. Jean, Man., once refused to let his son have a dog. Like most young boys, he found a way around the problem by hiding a small puppy in a grain shed. One morning, he headed out for his usual visit only to find that his tiny pet had been attacked by rats. Unfortunately for the rats, they had outraged the boy named Napoleon Poulin, who later founded Poulin’s Exterminators.

He incorporated the company (which specialized in fighting rats) in 1946 and opened his first office in Winnipeg. Continuing with the legacy, the company’s head office is still located at the original location and had the street name legally changed in March of 2000 to Poulin Drive.

Early in his career, Napoleon developed an outstanding reputation for his no-nonsense professional skills, and the word quickly spread. The Province of Alberta became eager to stem an influx of rats from neighbouring provinces and contracted Napoleon to stop the spread of the highly destructive and disease-carrying vermin. It was a move that was greeted with great enthusiasm, especially by the farming community, who typically experienced thousands of dollars in loss and damage from these destructive pests.

What happened next became part of Canadian history.

“In the early 1940s, my grandfather was providing pest control services before the company was incorporated,” explains Lincoln Poulin, company vice-president and the third generation of the Poulin family to work in the business. “He got a reputation for his skill in eliminating rats and cockroaches, so when the Alberta government approached him in 1951 about what they could do to

control the rats, he developed a decisive program and was hired to implement it.”

Napoleon went to work by applying his own rodent tracking powder, called Poulin’s Rat Doom, to a reported 8,000 buildings and 2,700 farms on the Alberta/Saskatchewan border, an area of some 4,800 square miles ― and successfully eliminated thousands of rats.

Alberta’s Agriculture Department formally declared that the area had been “rat-proofed” and an article published in the Edmonton Journal on Aug. 26, 1953, reported that the “pied piper of St. Boniface, Manitoba has completed the rat-proofing job which

Our mission We at Poulin’s are committed to providing the highest quality of pest control service possible in Canada.

Our promise We value and appreciate your business and promise to maintain the highest industry standards to protect your health and your property. We will do this by utilizing cutting edge, environmentally friendly pest management technology applied by highly trained professionals.

Our guarantee We guarantee that we will work on your behalf for a prompt and satisfactory resolution of your pest problems.

Poulin’s Code of Ethics I will supply every customer the highest quality of pest management services.

I will remain one of the leaders in the Pest Control Industry.

I will stay informed with new up to date methods and practise these methods for long successful control.

I will protect the environment, people’s health and property.

I will respect customers and employees fairly and equally.

I will serve my company with loyalty and always be conscious of my company’s best interests.

I will never criticize publicly the business or private affairs of my competitors, my company, my fellow employees or my customers.

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1938

Napoleon Louis Poulin starts providing bedbug, cockroach, and rat services.

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Poulin’s Pest Control is officially incorporated.

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Alberta government hires Poulin’s to eliminate all the rats in the province.

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Alberta declared rat free.

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Napoleon L. Poulin became known as the man who killed 10 million rats.

1956

Calgary and Edmonton branches are opened.

he undertook 13 months ago.”

A photo of Napoleon along with an enormous mound of rat carcasses heaped in

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“We go out of our way to make sure all jobs are done satisfactorily.”

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front of company trucks was featured in another publication in 1953. The Alberta government paid Napoleon for his work in September of 1953, and took over Poulin’s well-established rat elimination program.

In October 2010, National Geographic ran a story titled “Canada Province Rat-Free for 50 Years”, and to date, the Alberta government still markets the province as a rat-free region.

Poulin’s Pest Control is a proud western Canadian company. In addition to Winnipeg, it has offices in seven other cities including Brandon, Regina, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Calgary, Lethbridge, and

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Regina and Saskatoon branches are opened.

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Vancouver branch opens.

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‘No Foolin with Poulin jingle is branded.

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Lethbridge branch opens.

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Poulin’s opens 5,000 sq. ft. warehouse and manufacturing facility.

Vancouver, serving customers in those surrounding regions.

“We’re the largest pest control company in western Canada and third-largest in Canada overall,” says Lincoln, who credits the growth of the company to a number of factors: the standard of excellence set by founder Napoleon Poulin, its highly skilled and trained employees, and the company’s innovative and entrepreneurial spirit among them.

“For instance, some homeowners who want us to check for bedbugs will insist that we check only one room in the house, not all of them. This is not a good strategy because bedbugs don’t always have the same pattern. In one home we inspected, a woman was being bit in her bed, but the bedbugs were travelling from her children’s rooms, where they were living, to her room.”

There were no bedbugs found on her bed, adds Don, who has fought nearly every type of pest over the lifetime of the business.

“Quality work also means the kind of skilled work that comes with experience,” says Lincoln. “One of our competitors was servicing a food store; he was trying to catch a mouse and after four weeks of no success, the client called Poulin’s. I met with them, assessed the problem, set my traps, and came back the next morning. We caught the mouse. It’s not what tools you use; it’s how you use them.”

Don began working with his father at the tender age of 15 in 1951; he was a skilled and trusted professional from early on.

“When I started working, I did everything that the technicians did.

Cockroaches were more prevalent then, and so were silverfish. We had quite a lot of work with mice and rats as well. We were working in all kinds of places including hotels, hospitals and restaurants.”

Of course, Don was also part of the famous rat elimination fight his father waged in Alberta. “We didn’t talk much about it,” he recalls. “We were controlling rats way before then. That’s where my father got his reputation, by servicing a lot of grain elevators and disposal grounds. That was a big part of our business in the beginning.”

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Poulin’s hires its 100th employee.

Don Poulin is recognized for his contributions to the pest control industry for the last 65 years.

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Best in industry Don and Lincoln are as dedicated to their employees as those many longtime employees are to them. The company has a payroll of 103 from Winnipeg to Vancouver, and judging by its growth over the last decade, there is the expectation that this could easily increase according to future demand. With the growth of international travel in the early 2000s, a surge in bedbug calls helped to increase the business, resulting in a 28 per cent increase in revenue from 2004 to 2008. That growth has continued.

“We have grown more in the last 10 years than we have in the last 20,” says Lincoln.

When a new employee joins Poulin’s they are provided with not only professional training, but the hands-on experience that is needed while current employees are kept up-to-date by mandatory training

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throughout their employment. The company’s long-term employees say they are valued and supported to do their best work. As a result of this relationship, there are four employees who have more than 30 years’ tenure with Poulin’s Pest Control.

“While Poulin’s is a household name that people recognize, our employees make us superior. We have some of the top pest management professionals in the pest control industry,” says Lincoln.

In an evolving industry, Poulin’s is ready to change with the times when the opportunity presents itself. With the bedbug surge, Poulin’s was the first company in western Canada to use the heat treatment method to eliminate bedbugs. Heat treatment requires an area to be treated to a specific temperature to kill the bedbugs and the eggs and is considered to be effective. Their Edmonton office also has a trained canine bedbug detection dog named Maggie, who is more than able to detect bedbugs in a variety of different settings.

While chemicals are used in many ways to fight various pests, Don points out that a non-chemical method is preferred over chemical use. “Non-chemical treatments are our first option before chemicals.

Chemical treatments are a Band-Aid solution. We want to solve the problem permanently.”

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Over the years, Poulin’s has manufactured a number of effective pest control products to help combat various infestations. One of the more popular products is Poulin’s Gopher Doom, which is used to control gophers and ground squirrels.

“Most of our recipes go back to my father,” says Don. “We still manufacture the No. 1 ground squirrel product. It works so well, my competitors want to buy it from me.”

The company started marketing the product in 2006, and sales have increased phenomenally, says Lincoln — further adding that the company also makes a very successful fogging and insecticide spray for indoor and outdoor use.

Manufacturing takes place in a 5,000-square-foot distribution centre/ manufacturing facility on Bertrand Street in St. Boniface. For people who want to do it themselves, Poulin’s has a retail store in each of its eight locations in Western Canada where they can stop, shop and get professional pest control advice.

According to Don and Lincoln, bedbugs and mice are the pests that Poulin’s is called to deal with most often.

“The German cockroach is coming back,” says Lincoln. “I predict that within the next two years, the German cockroach will become the biggest pest. We now have

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two employees a week working nights treating for cockroaches. When my father started working in 1951, the main pests were rats, bedbugs, and cockroaches. Bedbug work became less and less and was down to three to five calls a year during the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Cockroach calls decreased dramatically in the 90s, and now we’re seeing both of them make a comeback. Both are very difficult to control today in our industry, as opposed to when Poulin’s started 70 years ago.”

While many media stories cite the outlawing of the pesticide DDT by the federal government as a major contributor to the resurgence of bedbugs, both Don and Lincoln agree that other reasons are to blame.

Lincoln believes that the rise in the number of bedbugs calls are to tenants in buildings who refuse to do spraying, and hoarders who maintain clutter.

Challenges Lincoln does note that the Canadian government’s inconsistent approach to regulating pesticides is an ongoing industry challenge.

In the United States, certain products have been removed from the market, such as DDT and chlorpyrifos. The United States has approved three or four new products since their removal from shelves, but Canada has not approved the same products yet.

“There are fewer types of bait available today. So, we are going back to the old snap trap,” says Don. “Sometimes going forward means going back to basics.”

Another challenge is client expectations.

“We live in a society of smartphones and technology where we expect everything to be done now. We still receive phone calls saying, ‘Your guy was out yesterday and we still see cockroaches.’ These products need time to work and depending on the severity of the infestation, there are going to have to be follow-up treatments,” says Lincoln.

What lies ahead for Poulin’s Pest Control?

“Our mission is to be Canada’s largest pest control company,” says Lincoln. “We want to continue to grow as the cities in Western Canada continue to grow, and offer Canadians the best quality pest control that they can get. With high-quality pest control, we offer the most efficient service in a timely manner, while solving the pest control problems that our competitors can’t. That’s why there’s no foolin’ with Poulin!”

For Steve Gilroy, working as a licensed Pest Control Professional at Poulin’s Pest Control Services’ Saskatoon, Sask. office wasn’t his first career choice. But it ended up being the right choice.

“I have been working for Poulin’s Exterminating since January 1991. It all came about when, at the time, I was trying to get in to the RCMP. A family member told me about Poulin’s and that they were hiring. Well, since the RCMP didn’t happen for me, I thought I would rather work for a family run business than a large corporation that doesn’t know who you are.”

He found his career home at Poulin’s. “The fact that it is not a 9 to 5 job works best for me. I enjoy that. It’s actually an exciting industry to work in and Pest Control Professionals will always be needed. Some days are more challenging than others and that allows me to use my mind; it’s not just a repetitive routine. Solving people’s problems is also very rewarding.”

Ernesto Navora Ernesto Navora, a Pest Management Professional at the Poulin’s Calgary office, began his career with the Winnipeg office of Poulin’s in June 1982. When he was asked to do some temporary work in Calgary, he and his wife found that they liked the city, and when an opportunity arose for Ernesto to work full time in Calgary, the family moved to the booming city thirty-four years ago. He says a good relationship with the owners over 30-plus years provided a strong foundation for a successful career.

“They trust me, and I trust them, that’s the main thing,” he says of his valued relationship with the Poulin family. A veteran of the pest control industry, Ernesto has helped remove the whole gamut of pests from pigeons and roaches to bedbugs and wasps. Clients who call Ernesto for help will benefit from the valuable years of experience he brings.

Shawn Sherwood Shawn Sherwood is the branch manager of Poulin’s Regina, Sask. office, but he is not one to sit around behind a desk.

Beginning as a Pest Management Professional in Regina 30 years ago, (the only employee at the Regina office at the time), Shawn today manages an office with 12 employees, but he can also be found out and about taking calls and working with clients.

“I can’t stand being bored,” he says, and admits he likes the challenges of removing pests from homes and offices. “It doesn’t matter what place you go into, there’s always something different.”

Like other employees, Shawn credits a good working relationship with the Poulin family and the nature of the work for his 30-year tenure with the company. “I’ve always loved helping people too. There is satisfaction in that and that seems to be a part of my character.”

Clarence Waldner Clarence Waldner loves his job and the good relationship he has with the Poulin family. So much so that when he considered retiring last year, he changed his mind. “I decided to go one more year to make it 30 years,” he says. However, even then he isn’t sure that when another year rolls around he will be ready to retire just in case he might regret his decision.

Clarence started work as a shipper in the Winnipeg office of Poulin’s Pest Control from 1986 to 1988. He then became a service technician and serviced calls in Winnipeg and Ontario until present, working to eliminate a range of pests.

He enjoys helping people and finds that a satisfying part of his job, and he particularly prefers to kill rats. “I could spend all day on a farm killing rats than killing one stupid bed bug,” he says.

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50 YEARS IN MANITOBA

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On behalf of the membership, board and staff of the Winnipeg Construction Association, I want to offer our sincere congratulations to PCL on the occasion of its 50th anniversary of operation in Winnipeg.

Since arriving in our city in the 1960s, PCL has become a vital member of the local community.

Not only has it built iconic structures like the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and MTS Centre, it has also helped grow our city through supporting organizations such as the United Way and Habitat for Humanity.

PCL has also made valuable contributions to the development of the construction industry through its long-time involvement with the WCA, including having several representatives serve on our board of directors.

Over the past 50 years, PCL has certainly made its mark on Winnipeg. We’re excited to see what innovative new projects and inspiring charitable endeavours the next half-century brings.

Congratulations again from everyone at the Winnipeg Construction Association and all your colleagues in the construction industry!

Ron Hambley President Winnipeg Construction Association

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WINNIPEG Celebrating the past 50 years and building for the future

As a city’s culture is defined by its people, a city’s architecture helps to define the very soul of an urban environment. For 50 years, PCL Winnipeg has been at the forefront of change as Manitoba’s capital city grew, helping to construct many of the buildings, infrastructure and green spaces that make Winnipeg’s and Manitoba’s landscape uniquely our own.

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ven before PCL Winnipeg was established in 1965, the Poole Construction Company Limited, the forerunner of today’s PCL, was working in Winnipeg. The first jobs in the city were Mall Centre in 1963 and the Royal Bank Building on Portage Avenue, the city’s main thoroughfare. The company worked out of the Edmonton district office at the time.

Later, that auspicious start led to the establishment of PCL Winnipeg in 1965, a district office located in Winnipeg, and a lengthy list of major projects that traced the very history of the city itself, and later, the province. Banks, office towers, hotels, multi-level parkades, industrial buildings all rose out of the Prairie soil under PCL’s valuable experience and expertise, and many of those projects remain today as a testament to the company’s many management and construction skills. Today, PCL Winnipeg continues to build upon its 50-year legacy and celebrates a half century of growing with the province.

The Winnipeg district, part of the $8.5 billion PCL family of companies, works in the buildings, civil infrastructure and heavy industrial markets throughout Manitoba and northwestern Ontario and continues to set an unrivalled record of constructing and renovating many of the high-profile, significant and impactful projects throughout its market area. PCL is consistently one of the top construction companies in Canada and has offices in countries around the world.

Whether construction management, design-build, engineerprocure-construct, general contracting or public-private partnerships, the projects are backed by the company’s extensive capabilities and services which include everything from ensuring government compliance requirements to sustainable construction, all with the use of technology and innovation.

Sean Barnes, vice-president and district manager responsible

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for operations within Manitoba and Northwest Ontario, credits the company’s outstanding employees and corporate culture for its successful track record, a corporate culture that is underpinned by the company’s employee-owned structure and the many supports provided to the employees of PCL Winnipeg.

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The Winnipeg district also excels at smaller projects, such as renovations and tenant fit-outs through its Special Projects department and self-performs its own concrete formwork in Winnipeg.

As PCL Winnipeg celebrates its half century of excellence in construction, employees only need to take a drive through the city to recognize some of the outstanding projects the company has completed over the years. They include the Richardson Building, 360 Main (Trizec Building), the Board of Grain Commissioners, United Grain Growers, Eaton Place, Assiniboine Credit Union, Winnipeg Square, Bank of Montreal, Four-Hundred St. Mary, 200 Graham, the Provincial Remand Centre, Fairmont Hotel, TD Parkade Foundation, Norquay Building renovations, tenant improvements to 10 floors of the TD Centre, Eaton Powerhouse Tunnel, among many more recent high-profile, world-class structures with unique demands.

Canadian Museum for Human Rights When it came time to choose a construction company to build one of the most controversial, demanding and iconic buildings in Canada, it only made sense for the owners to select PCL Winnipeg as construction manager for the $351 million Canadian Museum for Human Rights located in Winnipeg, given the district’s strong track record.

Designed by world-renowned architect Antoine Predock, the museum is influenced by Aboriginal spiritual concepts. Its concrete “roots” sprout Prairie tall grass, representing humanity’s connection to the Earth. A limestone “mountain” houses the Museum’s galleries. The visitor’s journey culminates in the light-filled Garden of Contemplation beneath the massive glass “cloud” and the spiral staircase leading to the shining Tower of Hope.

The building’s irregular and nonrepetitive shape did not allow for the use of typical, repetitive construction techniques. As a result, very detailed coordination and meticulous planning had to be implemented at every step.

The building is supported on 136 caissons, resting on bedrock 25 metres (82 feet) below the ground surface, plus an additional 378 precast driven piles. Approximately 17,000 cubic meters (22,235 cubic yards) of concrete (the weight of 9,000 elephants); 6,000 tonnes (6614 tons) of steel (the quantity in 35 train locomotives);

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PCL CONSTRUCTORS MTS CENTRE 175,000 individual pieces of limestone, alabaster, and basalt stone and 11,148 square metres (120,000 square feet) of glass (the surface area of almost two football fields) were used in the museum’s construction.

The concrete work, which was self-performed by PCL, was complicated by the structure’s complex geometry. “Some concrete walls were sloped, concave, and tapered, all at the same time, requiring the adoption of some unique formwork and placing methods,” said Rob Duerksen, PCL construction manager.

Project trades were equally challenged. The structural steel frame was so complex (some structural steel connections incorporated the framing of up to 13 members into a single node) that it could not be built without first developing a 3-D model. The model was also critical in building the facility’s custom-framed glass façade, known as the “Cloud,” which stands 12 storeys high and comprises approximately 1,200 individual pieces of glazing.

To help install the glass Cloud, PCL built 60,000 square feet of vertical, conventional scaffold and a forest of tube-and clamp scaffold to fill the entire Hall of Hope, a 170-foot clear atrium space with an intricate gallery ramp system passing through it. The structural main floor slab of the hall had to be redesigned to hold the scaffold weight, and the scaffold specifically designed to fit around the ramps, giving trades the access required.

When the national museum opened in 2014, it was clear that PCL had met the challenges inherent in the unique steel, concrete, and glass edifice.

“PCL has been a valued partner in the construction of Canada’s newest national museum in Winnipeg,” stated Stuart Murray, Past CMHR president and CEO in a statement. “The company’s solution-focused approach to the demanding requirements of complex architecture, multiple development phases, and stakeholder needs has been supported by a highly professional and experienced team, who are sensitive to the corporation’s important role within the community.”

The Winnipeg operations account for some $300 million to $350 million of work annually, an amount that is expected to grow in

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future years. It maintains a payroll of 152 salaried employees. And, like PCL Canada, which celebrated its centennial in 2006, the Winnipeg district can draw on expertise and best practices, as well as a raft of experienced local trade contractors.

“Eighty to eighty-five per cent of the companies we worked with were based in Manitoba,” says Barnes, who said the company welcomed the prospect of constructing such an ambitious structure.

“There were usually 20 to 25 of our people on-site at any one time, up to 140 trade contractors at times, and everyone was aware that this was a once-in-a-lifetime project that we all could take pride in for years to come. It was certainly not repetitious. Our team really functioned at a very high level and we had the same team throughout the project.”

Other high-profile, local projects in PCL’s distinguished portfolio include Manitoba Hydro Place, Winnipeg’s LEED Platinum building; University College of the North in Thompson, Manitoba; Winnipeg’s Disraeli Bridges project; Outlet Collection Winnipeg, a brand new shopping mall in a quickly growing suburb in south Winnipeg and two 10-megawatt hydroelectric projects on the White River in Northwest Ontario.

Opportunities for solutions To PCL Winnipeg, building challenges are looked upon as opportunities to provide solutions. In many cases, that is achieved through the use of industry-leading tools such as the sophisticated 3-D Revit software for building design and construction that has already proven its worth in numerous high-profile projects.

The modelling software proved invaluable to PCL Winnipeg as it was possible to fit together hundreds of scaled-down component parts into a 3-D model to ensure proper fit before the parts were fabricated to scale for construction use.

“When we built the large curving concrete roots and all of the core, we did all the design work for the false work and the formwork in the model,” said Barnes, referring to the 3-D model created in the Revit software.

“It was arguably the most complicated building built in North America right here in Winnipeg. Using the model allowed us to actually develop shock lines and clash detection. That was the advantage. All the different trades that were working on the project, from structural steel to electrical and mechanical, all had the ability to do their designs for their elements using the model.”

The soil conditions also posed an unexpected problem when the company encountered bedrock of poor quality.

“Every time we dug down to a depth of somewhere about five feet, we had to have that soil excavated and moved to the side to be sifted through and examined for any possible archeological finds because The Forks is a national historic site,” adds Alfred Schleier, Director of Business Development and Preconstruction Manager.

“There’s an archeological layer that exists at about five feet below grade.”

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What accounts for PCL Winnipeg’s success?

“I think it’s our people first and foremost. We’re celebrating our 50th year in Winnipeg in 2015, and we have a reputation that’s largely based on undertaking more high-profile projects in Winnipeg and throughout Manitoba and Northwest Ontario. So, our people are able to gain a great deal of experience on some of these more complex projects and bring that experience to a job like the CMHR, which was entirely staffed from the Winnipeg office. We didn’t need to bring in any outside experts,” says Barnes.

A major factor undoubtedly was the company’s employee-ownership structure. Throughout the PCL network, all salaried employees have the ability to become part owner of PCL, a corporate structure the major construction company is convinced adds to employee motivation and pride.

“It is the difference between being an owner versus an employee,” says Barnes. “An owner is entrepreneurial, is focused on our service delivery and client satisfaction. Owners have customer ser-

PCL CONSTRUCTORS vice in mind. You always look at people as a repeat client. Our team is rowing the boat in the same direction. We see ourselves as solution providers, not problem presenters.”

Quality work = repeat customers As in many industries, one measure of good work lies in the number of repeat customers. As the construction manager for another of Winnipeg’s high-profile buildings, the MTS Centre, PCL Winnipeg has been involved with the gamechanging centre and owners True North Sports & Entertainment for years. It speaks to confidence in PCL. PCL Winnipeg recently completed millions of dollars of renovations in order to transform the MTS Centre into a facility suited to NHL hockey, then expanded the downtown complex this summer in a further building project. It was just one of many repeat customers for the local district.

Ask Barnes whether PCL Winnipeg benefits from being part of the national PCL network, and the answer is an unequivocal “Yes.” “Everyone in our district, including myself, has had an opportunity to work in other cities, and that provides people with a broader experience base, a frame of reference. There is a lot of training in our company as well. We have a number of training programs that have been developed

by PCL, and we train our staff so that systems across Canada are done the same way, so people can move from province to province and pick up the processes in very short order,” he says.

“So even though we have a separate office here in Winnipeg, we have customers that operate in every city in Canada, and they have an expectation when they work with PCL, whether in Winnipeg, Edmonton or Toronto, that the service delivery is going to be consistent.”

The local district offers more than just excellent building techniques. It also boasts years of successful experience working under specialized local conditions.

“We have one of the more challenging climates to work in, and given that we’re also at the bottom of glacial Lake Agassiz, we have some of the worst soil conditions in North America. People who tend to be successful in building in Winnipeg have a hard time finding a more difficult or challenging place to build,” says Barnes.

“We have extremes in temperatures.

The heat and the cold when you’re doing concrete work can create challenges as well,” adds Schleier.

In addition, the Winnipeg district operates in a massive geographical area: all of Manitoba and Northwest Ontario up to Sioux St. Marie.

“We are mobile. We operate from Winnipeg to all of Manitoba, and I believe that is about 1.2 million square miles,” says Barnes. “About 700,000 people live in Winnipeg. But the opportunities we pursue are not necessarily here. They are all over the place. One of the things we take a great deal of pride in is that our people are mobile and have diverse experience.”

As 2016 began, a busy year was shaping up for PCL Winnipeg, with even more challenging and intriguing projects on the horizon.

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PCL Winnipeg leads with LEED L

EED, or Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design, is a green building certification program that recognizes best-in-class building strategies and practices.

It is also a professional accreditation program administered in Canada by the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC).

Buildings that meet LEED standards can be certified as platinum, gold or silver. All are generally more energy efficient than conventional buildings, and when well maintained, LEED-certified buildings produce fewer waste products and are easier on the environment.

At a time in global history when scientists and countries around the world are developing agreements to control greenhouse gas emissions, a LEED-certified building represents a commitment to protect the planet we depend upon and offers numerous other benefits to owners and users.

A showcase project for PCL Winnipeg is downtown Winnipeg’s Manitoba Hydro Place, a platinum-certified LEED building. Opened in 2010, the 21-storey commercial office tower built for Manitoba’s electrical utility represented the highest LEED standards for a building of that time and an opportunity that the Winnipeg district was quick to embrace – along with all of the inherent challenges that come with relatively new green building practices and building strategies.

Today, the striking, highly glazed downtown Manitoba Hydro building is the workplace of more than 2,000 people and stands as testimony to green building construction.

“We are the only general contractor in Manitoba that has successfully completed a LEED-certified platinum building of this size,” says Sean Barnes, vice-president and

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district manager responsible for operations within Manitoba and Northwest Ontario.

Eight PCL Winnipeg employees in a variety of building disciplines and roles have also earned green building designations through the Canada Green Building Council. The AP accreditation speaks to someone’s knowledge of green building construction and can be earned by professionals in a variety of disciplines, from architects to product manufacturers and representatives, among others. There is also a LEED Green Associate category.

“PCL Constructors Canada Inc. are leaders in Manitoba with respect to LEED and green building construction,” says Barnes. “Our local team is supported by a corporate network of over 260 LEED APs and over 110 LEED Green Associates. The combined local and corporate expertise with LEED projects allows us to share lessons learned and utilize innovative approaches to the successful achievement of credits.”

Congratulations to PCL Winnipeg’s LEED employees. They include Mat Baranowski, LEED Green Associate; Chris Fisher, LEED AP; Brent Geake, LEED AP; Chad Greene, LEED Green Associate; Mikyla Hildebrand, LEED Green Associate; Eric Johnston, LEED AP (BD+C); Lance Marohn, LEED AP (BD+C) and Corey Mahoney, LEED AP.

PCL CONSTRUCTORS In addition to the Manitoba Hydro building, the Winnipeg district’s LEED projects include:

• the Canadian Museum for Human Rights - LEED Silver; • the U of M Active Living Centre - LEED Silver; • the University of Winnipeg United Health and RecPlex Project - LEED Gold; • Women’s Hospital Redevelopment Project Excavation and Foundation Package - LEED Silver; • University College of the North Thompson Campus - LEED Gold; • JC Wilt Infectious Diseases Research Centre - LEED Silver; • New School of Art Building - LEED Silver; • RBC Portage & Edmonton - LEED Gold; • MPIC New Customer Service Centre - Barnes Street - LEED Silver; • BMO Springfield & Henderson - LEED Certified.

With today’s focus on sustainable development and the Manitoba government’s commitment to constructing all new buildings to a minimum silver LEED standard, PCL’s skills are sure to be in high demand in the years ahead.

Congratulations PCL Winnipeg on your 50 th Anniversary!

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The right people make the difference PCL supports its greatest resource: its people.

PCL employees are creative, talented, and diverse in skills and trades, and committed to applying their expertise to solve the challenges associated with the highly competitive field of construction.

PCL Winnipeg is dedicated to helping each and every employee achieve his and her potential, and does so through outstanding support and mentoring.

Within the PCL companies, mentoring is defined as a “supported opportunity to share knowledge, information, and skills with others who aspire to learn.” What that means in practice is that employees are encouraged to ask for help and support when needed – across boundaries and lines of authority.

Mentors and mentees mutually benefit from a mentoring relationship: “Each one – teach one” works in all directions.

In alignment with the PCL Strategic Plan to raise the profile of mentoring, PCL Winnipeg has defined the Winnipeg district mentoring program in such a way to ensure that all employees understand and appreciate the benefits of mentoring and know where to go with questions related to the program.

It is a program that employees helped to develop. PCL Winnipeg conducted a mentoring survey in March of 2013, the results of which helped the company to develop the following mentoring guidelines: • 74 per cent of Winnipeg employees have someone they consider to be their mentor.

• 63 per cent of Winnipeg employees consider themselves a mentor to someone.

• 84 per cent of employees appreciate the opportunity to have a mentor.

The specific mentoring programs include: - Informal Mentoring Program. This is an important concept in Winnipeg and a key factor in supporting professional development in the district.

- Field Leadership Mentoring Program.

This program is designed to reach hourly field staff and junior superintendents.

- Accelerated Superintendent Program.

This program is designed to accelerate the development of junior to intermediate superintendents.

Speaking to the policies of PCL Winnipeg, Sean Barnes, vice-president and district manager responsible for operations in Manitoba and Northwest Ontario, notes that every company that works in Manitoba is required to follow the Workplace Health and Safety legislation by the Manitoba Department of Labour. “Our policies support and complement that, and in some instances exceed that legislation.”

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Labour. Our WCB premiums are below the industry average, and we walk the walk. We have training tools and individuals whose specific function is to ensure that we’re administering safety properly in the field and adhering to our policies and legislation.”

A robust benefits package, among other employee supports, has resulted in the company being listed consistently among Fortune magazine’s 100 Top Employers as one of the best places to work in the United States.

“We believe that our benefits package is quite comprehensive and one of the best in the industry,” sums up the vice president.

Safety first!

Safety considerations are important to every industry and workplace, but a constant focus on safety is especially important in the construction industry, where employees work with equipment and materials. PCL Winnipeg is committed to ensuring that each and every employee goes home safe at the end of each day.

With an average of more than 20 million work hours annually, the PCL family of companies maintains an overall total recordable incident rate (TRIR) and overall lost-time frequency rate (LTFR) that are among the lowest in the industry.

PCL Winnipeg, like the PCL family of companies as a whole, is committed to providing employees with equipment, training, and best practices to achieve a shared goal of zero incidents.

PCL’s innovative safety program has set standards for the construction industry. Its achievements include: • Safety Management Center – a web based software solution used to reduce time spent creating safety reports, im prove the accuracy of tracking and provide real-time safety statistics, and help analyze trends using graphical data.

• Safety Observation System – teach employees to eliminate hazards and dangerous conditions by correcting un safe behavior through positive coaching.

• Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) manuals – a comprehensive system of policies, procedures, guidelines, and practices for performing work safely.

In addition to everyday safety programs and practices, every PCL operating company undergoes a thorough safety audit annually.

PCL is dedicated to providing and maintaining a safe and healthy work environment for all employees at work and at home.

By demonstrating and communicating the importance of safety with family, friends, and neighbours, PCL’s safety culture extends beyond its job sites and offices into the community at large.

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innipeggers who happened to be out and about in September of 2015 might have been treated to an unusual sight: people pulling an 86,000-pound Boeing 272 over 20 feet at the Stevenson Campus of Red River College.

No, this was not a new fitness craze. Nor were the pullers, including those from PCL, trying to set a new world record.

The event was the United Way of Winnipeg’s Airplane Pull, one of the fun corporate fundraisers that employees at PCL Winnipeg take part in annually. In that year, volunteers in the Winnipeg district raised $108,300 for the United Way (through sponsors) and ended up raising $206,500

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“We are the largest supporters of the United Way in Winnipeg in our industry.”

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_____________________ in total for the charity, thanks to the company’s Corporate Match program.

As a bonus, the PCL team came in second in the 12th annual plane pull in terms of the time it took to complete. A fun and innovative fundraiser, the plane pull helps to

support a variety of initiatives to make Winnipeg a better place in which to live.

Steve Johnson, who organized the PCL volunteers for the plane pull, says he was happy with the response of the employees who turned out in healthy numbers.

“We needed a maximum of 20 people but we had from 28 to 30, including some who came out to cheer.”

“We are the largest supporters of the United Way of Winnipeg in our industry,” says Sean Barnes, vice-president and district manager responsible for operations in Manitoba and Northwest Ontario. In addi-

tion to the plane pull, the company held internal fundraisers to contribute to the United Way, which contributed to PCL’s winning the Campaign Chair Award in 2015. PCL was awarded the Campaign Chair Award also in 2009.

Another ongoing volunteer project is PCL’s home sponsorship of houses built for Habitat for Humanity. Every two years, employees and trade-contractor partners donate their time to build a new home for a deserving low-income family. In 2015, between 50 and 60 PCL volunteers worked for four and a half months to construct the home at 1838 Midmar Ave. “PCL, subcontractors and suppliers donated the entire house to Habitat,” says Darek Paluszek, who headed up the PCL volunteer effort for the Habitat project.

“This means excavation, concrete work, wood framing, trusses, roof, interior finishes, siding, mechanical and electrical systems.”

These are just two of many volunteer commitments that employees make to better the communities in which they work and live – part of the corporate soul of PCL Winnipeg that extends throughout the PCL network.

While financial sustainability is the key to survival for every company – no corporation can exist for long without solid financial management – bettering the lives of the people in the communities in which it works and lives, through community giving and environmental stewardship, is a principle that is practised daily as part of PCL’s comprehensive corporate culture.

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PCL employees strive to make a lasting difference. They feed the hungry, support sound environmental practices, support military personnel and their families, and help to create a greater appreciation for the arts. Dedicated to the belief that everyone has the right to a quality education, personal health, and a safe and healthy planet, their efforts support a broad range of initiatives. Some PCL charities like the Red Cross support numerous life-enhancing programs internationally.

“We see ourselves as an organization that cares about the social and economic health of Winnipeg,” declares Barnes. “We are the largest United Way supporter in Winnipeg in our industry, and every two years we build a new house for Habitat for Humanity in Manitoba. In addition, we are active on numerous boards and associations throughout the province.”

“It’s not only the money we donate, but also the account executives and other employees who help with volunteer fundraising within our industry who participate,” adds Alfred Schleier, Director of Business Development and Preconstruction Manager.

Sometimes, it’s the district manager himself who trades his corporate suit for outerwear suitable to withstanding the fall temperatures in Winnipeg in an effort to raise funds to combat homelessness.

The occasion was the 5th Annual CEO Sleepout in downtown Winnipeg on Sept. 24, 2015. Barnes had joined 150 other CEOs and community leaders in raising money to fund initiatives that will better the lives of the often-invisible homeless community. Like the homeless do routinely, the participants slept overnight on the downtown streets of Winnipeg.

As a result, $200,000 in total was raised by all participants, money that goes to social agencies for a variety of initiatives to help folks. This includes employment or school for some.

In another event, Alfred Schleier raised $8,615 this year in the Canadian Cancer Society’s First Annual Jail-N-Bail fundraising campaign. Jail-NBail is a fun activity in which volunteers “arrest” someone they know and take the “suspect” to a mock prison, built & donated by PCL, in a public place such as a shopping mall. After a mock trial, a judge sets the bail that the accused must raise, money that is then donated to the Canadian Cancer Society.

Wherever there is a need, PCL Winnipeg is often there to respond.

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We are proud of our association with a company which holds the highest standard of professionalism.

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PCL Winnipeg Project Spotlight

Norwood Bridge Owner:

City of Winnipeg Completion Date:

October 1996

The Norwood Bridge is a five-span, 167-metre-long vehicle traffic bridge across the Red River. The foundation consists of four cast-in-place piers founded on a tremied footing on bedrock. A Winnipeg focal point because of its artistic archway, it is a lasting landmark to PCL’s construction expertise. A large number of new construction methods were implemented in Winnipeg for the building of this bridge. By using large flat-topped barges in lieu of work bridges, which had never been done before, the project team was able to reduce the ecological impact on the river and reduce the construction schedule by several months. By implementing ice-road building techniques used in northern Manitoba, the project team was able to safely work with large cranes off the ice throughout the winter. A major challenge was the layout required for construction. The bridge had been designed with curves, flares, and super elevations at a time when the use of 3-D modeling was not commonplace. The input of skilled field engineers allowed the team to accurately lay out and construct the bridge.

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“PCL was a key partner, bringing value to the project during the many phases of development.

Pre-construction services, valueengineering, and ultimately the experience and capacity to execute a complex construction effort was integral to the success and completion of the MTS Centre.�

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MTS Centre Owner:

True North Sports & Entertainment Ltd. Completion Date:

November 2004

The MTS Centre is a state-of-the-art, multipurpose sports and entertainment venue that has helped to revitalize Winnipeg’s downtown. The 15,000-seat arena includes a private suite level, food outlets, three wide concourses, retail store, ample washrooms, several floors of office space, and the redevelopment of an adjacent heritage building as a sports bar and restaurant. The project team completed the concrete work using PCL’s labour force and equipment, including four freestanding tower cranes, and worked with the owners to reduce construction time to 21 months from 24. Initiatives included doubling the quantity of formwork, increasing the labour force, and working overtime throughout the concrete work. A year later, the facility was ranked among the most successful entertainment facilities in the world.

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Richardson Building Owner:

Oxford Properties Group Inc. Completion Date:

1970

The Richardson Building was the first highrise in Winnipeg, built in 1970. Constructed

by PCL, it remained the tallest building in Winnipeg for 28 years.

When construction began in 1968 on the Richardson Building, the design team proposed a different exterior wall system not typical of the era. Through innovation and a team effort, the exterior of the Richardson Building was designed to expose the precast and incorporate window infills. The design and innovation on this project won for it standing as “One of PCL’s 20 Remarkable Projects of the 20th Century.”

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HSC Critical Services Redevelopment Project (CSRP) Owner:

Winnipeg Regional Health Authority Completion Date:

September 2006

The Critical Services Redevelopment Project (CSRP) at Health Sciences Centre for the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority was the largest provincial healthcare project in Manitoba’s history when built. The 280,000-square-foot building consists of three floors and a basement connected to existing facilities at all levels and completed over 36 months. CSRP includes adult and pediatric emergency departments, shared ambulance garage, pediatric intensive care unit, adult surgical medical intensive care unit, surgical (adult and pediatric) operating rooms, and additional operating room.

PCL’s labour forces formed over 63,000 square metres of surfaces and placed over 10,500 cubic metres of concrete. PCL brought in an extensive value engineering process to meet the client’s needs.

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The Institute for Advanced Medicine at Health Sciences Centre is an 8,320-square-metre facility for innovative medical technologies. Building features include a Cyclotron (with associated laboratories that produce radiopharmaceuticals required to operate a PET Scanner), Neuroscience Artiste Linear Accelerator (Linac), a high-energy X-ray operating machine used to perform surgeries on patients without creating an open cut, and operating rooms with real-time MRI. The project team built separate Cyclotron and Linac bunkers, using two different types of special, high-density concrete for radio-magnetic and radiation shielding. With virtually no space available for equipment and material delivery and storage, the facility required a great deal of planning, scheduling, and managing to build.

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August 2009

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Manitoba Hydro Place Owner:

Manitoba Hydro Completion Date:

April 2010

Manitoba Hydro Place, a LEED Platinum-certified building, is a 21-floor office tower that includes a three-floor podium and one level of underground parking. Manitoba Hydro’s goal was to build a corporate office that demonstrates its commitment to sustainable development—the tower’s energy consumption is reduced by more than 60 per cent—and showcases signature architecture in which. It features in-floor heating, a double-wall curtain wall system, solar chimney, geothermal wells, green roofs, passive ventilation, 100 per cent fresh air, operable windows, and water features to control humidity. The project team worked closely with the architect to determine the best configuration and orientation for the building to maximize climactic, economical, and building criteria. The PCL project team developed, for example, a detail that met one design challenge, the need to maximize day lighting onto the floor plate. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat named the tower the 2009 Best Tall Building in the Americas.

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This two-kilometre-long P3 project consists of two new vehicular structures and three new stretches of reconstructed roadway. Once vehicular traffic was travelling on the new bridge, the existing bridge over the Red River was modified to become an active transportation corridor. The client’s goal was to retrofit the existing structures and minimize bridge closures (estimated at 16 months). PCL’s design-build team solved the issue by building two new vehicular structures adjacent to the existing one, thereby allowing traffic to be fully maintained. Ensuring no weekday traffic closures during business hours was key to providing a successful solution. The permitting process was streamlined by involving the various regulators from the start. The permits were thus received without delay to the project. The Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships awarded the project the 2012 C.W. Chuck Wills Outstanding Municipal P3 Project award.

Disraeli Bridges Project Owner:

Winnipeg GP, by its general partner Plenary Roads Winnipeg GP Inc. Completion Date:

November 2013

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University College of the North Thompson Campus Owner:

Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation Completion Date:

August 2014

The University College of the North (UCN) in Thompson is the only postsecondary educational institute in northern Manitoba. The project site is over 700 kilometers (435 miles) north of PCL’s Winnipeg office. The UCN project involved a four-storey, 8,360-squaremeter (90,000-square-foot) building, an extensive roadworks package, relocated and installed utilities, campus parking lots, and landscaping. The project was delivered under a construction management contract and was sequentially tendered to accelerate the schedule and save money. When tendering the piling, the project team challenged the stated requirement for a certain coating, and, in eliminating this coating, saved the client $500,000.

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Canadian Museum for Human Rights Owner:

Canadian Museum for Human Rights Completion Date:

September 2014 The Canadian Museum for Human Rights project involved the construction of a new state-of-the-art national museum (LEED Silver) located in the historic Forks area of Winnipeg. This building has been designed by world renowned architect Antoine Predock. The Canadian Museum for Human Rights is Canada’s fifth national museum and the first to be located outside the Ottawa region. The CMHR includes 260,000 square feet of area stretched over 12 independent levels. The design presented the project team with many unique challenges. The design includes large-scale irregular and freeform surfaces representing organic elements such as stone roots, glass clouds, and a basalt plug. Virtual design and construction methodologies were key to the successful delivery of this project. The project team solved construction challenges with complex geometries using collaborative 3-D software. The team led a comprehensive analysis on those surfaces that were identified to be the most complex or challenging; these analyses resulted in 3-D model coordination and clash detection between several different building elements and trade-contractor scopes of work. The end result was a thoroughly researched element of the work that was fully coordinated among disciplines, saving both time and costly changes for the client. Awards included a 2014 Canadian Institute of Steel Construction Design Award (in the Engineering category), 2014 ENR Global Best Project (in the Cultural category) from Engineering News-Record magazine, and a 2014 Presidential Award from the Manitoba Masonry Institute.

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The company’s solution-focused approach to the demanding requirements of complex architecture, multiple development phases, and stakeholder needs has been supported by a highly professional and experienced team, who are sensitive to the Corporation’s important role within the community.”

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White River Hydroelectric Project Congratulations to PCL on your 50th Anniversary building in Winnipeg!

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December 2015 The White River Hydroelectric project consists of two 10 MW hydroelectric power stations located on the White River in White River, Ontario. Each consists of a main powerhouse, overflow spillway, low-level spillway, compensation unit, and switchyard. PCL’s scope of work included the form, placement, and finishing of approximately 20,000 cubic metres of concrete. Numerous exclusions to our bid, including winter protection, were performed as an extra to the contract.

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The University of Winnipeg United Health and RecPlex Project Owner: The University of Winnipeg Completion Date: October 2014 The University of Winnipeg United Health and RecPlex is a state-of-the-art recreation and wellness facility has LEED Gold Certification. U of W signed a unique Community Charter that ensures one-third of the new facility’s use is dedicated to inner-city residents. Amateur- and universitylevel sports also receive one-third use of the facility. The RecPlex features a large multiuse artificial turf field, a four-lane rubberized sprint track and jump pit, retractable batting cages, multipurpose room, community gym with climbing wall, and an underground parkade for 190 vehicles and 56 bicycles. The PCL Team helped steer the design to accommodate the client’s budget and ensure delivery of a facility that optimized value and met all the client’s needs. A number of innovations were required to meet these objectives. One was the measures taken to eliminate all excavation shoring on a very tight downtown site. This created savings of almost $2 million. PCL also worked with the team to deliver the project two weeks ahead of schedule, despite working through one of the coldest Winnipeg winters.

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True North Square Owner:

True North Sports & Entertainment; James Richardson & Sons, Limited Completion Date:

Late 2019

PCL Winnipeg is currently constructing the first phase of True North Square; phase one includes Tower 1, public plaza, and underground parking. This exciting project consists of four towers and over one million square feet to be occupied by an office, hotel, residential complex, retail space, and parking.

It will offer direct access to public transportation, a LEED Gold work environment, and a beautiful public plaza, and will transform Winnipeg’s downtown.

Parcel one will be located on Graham Avenue and includes a 17-storey, 365,000-square-foot office tower; a 24-storey, 145-unit residential tower; two levels of podium retail with two levels of below-grade parking; and a 200,000-square-foot public plaza. Office tenants for Tower 1 include Scotiabank and Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP. Parcel two will include a 275-suite, five-star hotel and 130-unit serviced condominium tower. Towers three and four are part of the Northland Properties development, the force behind the Sutton Place Hotels and numerous entertainment facilities.

Excavation and shoring work was under way in February, with the completion of Tower 1 scheduled for July 2018.

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Outlet Collection Winnipeg Owner:

Ivanhoe Cambridge Inc. Completion Date:

May 2017

The Outlet Collection Winnipeg project will be built on a 1.57-million-square-foot parcel of land on the southeast corner of Sterling Lyon Road and Kenaston (Route 90) in Winnipeg for Ivanhoe Cambridge. This fully enclosed outlet mall, located in Winnipeg’s Tuxedo Retail Development, will be Manitoba’s first shopping centre of its kind.

The project includes the base building construction of a 562,400-square-foot building area, which includes a leasable area of 428,000 square feet. The building is designed to be LEED Core and Shell certified.

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EMPLOYEES: the backbone of John Osadczuk After 41 years, John Osadczuk retired from his job with PCL Winnipeg on March 11, but he will never be far from his work. That’s because the former general superintendent at PCL Winnipeg helped to build some of the most high-profile projects in the city: buildings like the MTS Centre, Manitoba Hydro Place and the Disraeli Bridges.

John started work with PCL as a labourer, then became an apprentice carpenter, foreman, superintendent and general superintendent before his retirement. But not all his time was spent working out of the Winnipeg district. He also helped to build projects in Chicago and Thunder Bay and appreciated all the opportunities over the years.

“PCL will challenge you. If you want to move up, you have the opportunity to excel. There’s a family atmosphere. You can pick up a phone and phone anybody if you’ve got any issues, and all the while you’ve got relationships with the subtrades and clients you work with.”

He values PCL’s employee ownership, sharing of knowledge and is proud of the company’s safety record and its record of delivering projects on time and on budget.

“We stress safety, and we commit to doing the job on time and on budget.”

John may be retiring but he will still be using his carpentry skills, albeit closer to home building play structures for his grandchildren.

Scott Wallace Scott Wallace’s career is a living testament to the opportunities that can be found at PCL. In 1997, Scott asked for a job as an apprentice carpenter with PCL Winnipeg. He was impressed by the company’s scope and magnificent buildings the company constructed.

A foreman gave him a week to “prove himself” and that was the beginning of a great career.

He started work on the Main Street Bridge project in Winnipeg the same year, then followed up with the Faculty of Nursing building at the University of Manitoba, Health Sciences Centre, Asper Building at the St. Boniface Hospital, wharf reconstruction in Churchill, Man., Skatepark at The Forks, Winnipeg Water Treatment Plant and others.

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His greatest challenge has been the Canadian Museum for Human Rights where “I had the opportunity to work with a great design team,” he says.

“I’ve been extremely fortunate to be able to learn and gain experience from a great company such as PCL. The resources from within the company are endless and anytime I’ve reached out to someone from across the country it’s like they want to feed you with any info they can to help you succeed. The training and development is second to none and they definitely invest in their people.”

Chris McRae Chris McRae knew early on that he wanted to join the PCL team. He was an engineering student at the University of Manitoba nearly 15 years ago when he first joined PCL Winnipeg, beginning as a trainee. “They did not have any positions as a field engineer, so I just took a position as labourer,” he says.

He continued to get summer student stints with PCL until 2005 when he graduated as an engineer and was able to hire on full time.

Today, he sets up and oversees the operations of projects, hires sub-contractors and schedules and tracks projects among other duties.

Some of his projects include the Engineering and Information Technology Complex at the University of Manitoba; the Minnedosa Husky Ethanol Plant, the Duff Roblin building restoration at the University of Manitoba and the University College of the North campuses in Thompson and The Pas. “I find it to be a very progressive company,” he says. “There’s a lot of opportunity here for people who want to work hard, and the ownership model is definitely a plus. There’s also a strong culture of teamwork where we all work together.”

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the company Chad Keuler Approximately nine years ago, Chad Keuler was working for an architectural firm as a technolo-

gist. He had spent a few years assisting with the design of a prison in Regina. After a threemonth vacation, he decided that he wanted a change of pace and asked PCL for a job.

Ironically, the timing couldn’t have been better. PCL had just been awarded the tender for the new prison and quickly hired Keuler to help erect the building that he had worked on.

For the last 14 months he has been in Winnipeg working as manager of special projects for PCL. He has a staff of around 30 that tackle projects up to $15 million. From commercial construction to industrial buildings and from renovations to new construction, they take on projects of all size and complexity.

Some outstanding projects include renovations at the MTS Centre, Donwood Manor deep refresh, affordable housing in Point Douglas, an upgrade to the Jets’ practice facility, a renovation and addition to a Manitoba Hydro building in Russell, Man., and some metal buildings at the Keewatinohk Converter Station in northern Manitoba. An upcoming project is a Petro Canada station and possible gaming centre just outside of Brandon.

“PCL has built its reputation on personal relationships and bring value to the customer.

That holds true for every size of project,” he says.

“Opportunities within the company are endless and anytime I’ve reached out to someone from across the company it’s like they want to feed you with any info they can to help you succeed. The training and development is second to none and they definitely invest in their people.”

David Enns David Enns, a project manager at PCL for four years, knew that he wanted to join a company that provides challenges and the opportunity to take part in many exciting projects.

It only made sense then that he would join PCL in Winnipeg to become a part of one of Canada’s top construction companies responsible for many of western Canada’s most high-profile projects.

He enjoys the company culture. “The atmosphere here at PCL reflects an employee-owned company that motivates us to excel, while holding us accountable to each other. There are many opportunities provided for extracurricular learning, job experience in a variety of work environments, and a team/family mentality that encourages healthy work/life balance.”

Highlights of his career include taking part in construction projects that positively impact the City of Winnipeg; having the opportunity to work with some of the most experienced construction experts in North America and building relationships with clients, consultant teams and trade contractors that are vital to PCL’s growth and the improvement of Canadian cities.

He gains “a high level of satisfaction and accomplishment” from his work. “PCL has built its reputation on personal relationships and bring value to the customer. That holds true for every size of project,” he says.

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PCL Winnipeg as The Richardson any time in its hisBuildings | Water and Wastewater | Land Development | Transportation Building remains tory with the reas part of the Energy and Industrial | Technology and Telecom | Environment cent construction famous downand renovation of town intersecthe MTS Centre tion today, and Multi-Disciplinary Engineering, Specialty Consulting, Sustainability, and True North the project was Square now under Multi-Disciplinary Engineering, Specialty Project Management and AFP/P3 Advisory Services recognized as development for Consulting, Sustainability, Project Management one of the PCL’s True North Sports 20 Remarkable & Entertainment, and AFP/P3 Advisory Services Projects of the among many other 20th Century. projects. morrisonhershfield.com In 1978, the comIntegral to the company took on pany’s success has its first project been the many emfor Trizec Corployees who have poration Ltd., another longtime partner, lic sector work was the development of the worked tirelessly to ensure PCL Winnipeg’s to construct the St. Vital Centre shopping Engineering Information and Technology excellent work record, drive to excel and the mall. This was followed in 1980 with Trizec’s Complex at the University of Manitoba and good relationships formed with private and Commodity Exchange Tower and later the renovation of older buildings. public sector clients over the years.

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2. 1906 Ernest Poole founds E.E. Poole General Contractor.

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Winnipeg (the owner was Oxford). The mall later renamed Cityplace. PCL Winnipeg proved itself as a highly qualified contactor.

1964 Winnipeg was awarded the Royal Bank Building on Portage Avenue, another Oxford project, the first high rise built in Winnipeg by Poole.

1965 Winnipeg became PCL Winnipeg, a Poole district.

1967 Lombard Place project: the Richardson Building, Winnipeg Inn and parking garage, was the first high rise tower for Oxford Developments. Over the next 40 years, Oxford developed more than 40 million square feet of space, most constructed by PCL district. Oxford became PCL’s “Most Influential Client of the 20th Century”. The project became one of PCL’s Top 20 Remarkable Projects of the 20th Century.”

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1975 Elm Creek Grain Terminal for Cargill Grain. Job ran 24/7 which was rare in the ‘70s. Total Billed Volume: $64,757,700.

9. 1977 RCMP “D” Division Headquarters – Phase II (Owner Public Works Canada).

10. 1978 St. Vital Shopping Centre (Owner Trizec Corporation).

11. 1980 Commodity Exchange Tower (Owner Trizec Corporation).

12. 1980 Great West Life Headquarters (Owner – Oxford Development managed for Great-West Life).

13. 1982 Bank of Montreal Building (Owner Bank of Montreal).

Another milestone project in downtown Winnipeg at Portage and Main.

14. 1986 One Canada Centre (Owner Investors Group).

The Investors Group headquarters.

15. 1991 Oak Hammock Marsh (Owner Ducks Unlimited). Project was unique in design, built in the middle of a marshy breeding ground for ducks. Roof was covered with grass to blend with environment.

16. 1991 Grace Hospital, Addition & Renovations (Owner Salvation Army).

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18. 1993 Keeseekoowenin Elementary School, Elphinstone, Manitoba (Owner Keeseekoowenin First Nation).

PCL Winnipeg’s first First Nations job to be directly contracted with a First Nations band.

19. 1995 Norwood Bridge-Northbound (Owner City of Winnipeg).

20. 1995 PCL Constructors Prairie Inc. and PCL Constructors Pacific Inc. amalgamated and formed PCL Constructors Canada Inc. Bidding work began under this new company.

21. 1998 Nursing Facility and Parkade at the University of Manitoba (Owner University of Manitoba). Design-build project.

22. 2003 Health Sciences Centre, Critical Services Redevelopment Project (Owner Health Sciences Centre). To date, the largest ($85 million) job ever awarded to the Winnipeg District.

23. 2003 I.H. Asper Clinical Research Institute.

24. 2003 District celebrated 40th Anniversary. Also set records in volume, billings, and growth in staff (over 300 employees).

As of this date, Winnipeg had seven cranes highlighting the city’s skyline.

25. 2004 MTS Centre.

26. 2005 Brandon Regional Health Centre Critical Services Redevelopment.

27. 2006 University of Manitoba Engineering & Information Technology Complex.

28. 2006 HSC Critical Services Redevelopment Project (CSRP).

29. 2009 Kleysen’s Institute for Advanced Medicine at Health Sciences Centre.

30. 2010 Manitoba Hydro Place.

31. 2013 Disraeli Bridges.

32. 2014 University College of the North Thompson Campus.

33. 2014 Canadian Museum for Human Rights.

34. 2015 Outlet Collection Winnipeg, 400,000-square-foot mall in Winnipeg.

35. 2016 True North Square

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PCL: the recipient of numerous awards PCL has received many awards over the years. They include:

WINNIPEG DISTRICT 2015 Disraeli Bridges: Canadian Public Works “Project of the Year Award” in the Transportation Category for a construction project valued at more than $5 million.

2014 Canadian Museum for Human Rights: the “2014 Canadian Institute of Steel Construction Design Award (Engineering Category)” from the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction.

2014 Canadian Museum for Human Rights: Engineering NewsRecord Magazine awarded CMHR with the “ENR Global Best Project (Cultural Category)”.

2014 Canadian Museum for Human Rights: “Presidential Award” from the Manitoba Masonry Design Awards.

2010 Disraeli Bridges: the C.W. Chuck Wills (Outstanding Municipal P3 Project) Award from the Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships.

2010 The Waddell Fountain Restoration: Award of Excellence in the Infrastructure Category from the Consulting Engineers Manitoba Awards 2009 Manitoba Hydro Place: 2009 Best Tall Building in the Americas from The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.

CANADIAN CONSTRUCTION AWARDS 2014: PCL was recognized with two awards by the Canadian Construction Association. * The CCA Excellence in Innovation Award by the Canadian Construction Association in 2014. This was for a method of pressure testing on concrete formwork developed by PCL’s Calgary district on the Airport Trail Tunnel project. * CCA Environmental Achievement Award for the Wood Innovation and Design Centre (WIDC), built in Prince George, B.C. by PCL Constructors Westcoast Inc. 2013: the CCA Community Leader Award was presented to president and CEO Paul Douglas for his personal service to the community and for leadership that inspires PCL to donate millions annually to charitable organizations across North America. Anibal Valente, vice president, PCL Constructors Westcoast, was named CCA General Contractor of the Year in recognition of his commitment and dedication to the industry and to the CCA General Contractors Council.

2012: PCL Construction Enterprises, Inc. received the 2012 Associated General Contractors (AGC) of America’s Grand Award for Construction Safety Excellence. This recognizes construction companies that excel at safety and health performance.

The Green 30: PCL named one of The Green 30 most environmentally conscious employers in Canada by Aon Hewitt and MacLean’s magazine. A magazine feature showcased the efforts of those companies that have incorporated environmental stewardship into their business models and corporate cultures.

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PCL CONSTRUCTORS PCL ranked #3 on Engineering News-Record’s Top 100 list of green contractors operating in the United States. The organization has been ranked in the top 10 since 2008. PCL placed third in the Health Care subcategory, second in Retail, and third in Sports, Entertainment, and Civic.

100 Best Companies to Work For: PCL currently ranked #67 on FORTUNE magazine’s 100 Best Companies to Work For list. FORTUNE partners with the Great Place to Work Institute to conduct the most extensive employee survey in corporate America in order to pick the 100 Best Companies to Work For. PCL has been recognized on this list for 10 consecutive years.

Aon Hewitt Associates’ Best Employers in Canada: For the 15th year in a row, the PCL Family of Companies has been named to Aon Hewitt Associates’ 2015 Best Employers in Canada list, published in MacLean’s magazine. The organization has been named to this list since 2000.

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Engineering News-Record’s Top 400: PCL ranked #6 on Engineering News-Record’s Top 400 list of general contractors operating in the United States. PCL has ranked in the top 25 in this highly competitive industry since 1995. The ranking is based on total annual revenue, which amounted to more than $7 billion USD for PCL in 2013.

50 Best Managed Companies: PCL has been a Platinum Club member of the Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies list since 2004 and a member of the 50 best list since 1994.

Canada’s Top 100 Employers: The PCL Family of Companies has earned a spot on 2015 Canada’s Top 100 Employers list. Now entering its 16th year, Canada’s Top 100 Employers is an annual competition that recognizes Canada’s best places to work.

Heavy Construction News On-Site Magazine’s Top 40: PCL is ranked #1 on Heavy Construction News On-Site magazines’ Top 40 list of Canadian general contractors. In the words of former editor Russell Noble: “[PCL is] also making history by being the top spot for longer than anyone here on Heavy Construction News can remember.”

Congratulations

PCL Constructors Winnipeg on 50 Great Years!

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PCL by the Numbers PCL Founded: 1906 PCL Incorporated: 1913 Winnipeg district founded: 1965 Winnipeg district office: 1540 Gamble Pl, Winnipeg, Man. Markets: • Government bodies • Utility companies • Private developers Winnipeg, Manitoba; Northwest Ontario and northern Canada

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

Market position:

Ownership

PCL Family of Companies the largest general contracting organization in Canada for more than 30 years.

The PCL family of companies is 100-percent employee-owned.

That ownership means extraordinary performance by employees and outstanding value for clients. At the same time, local ownership ensures that local dollars remain in the communities where PCL employees live and work.

Winnipeg district accounts for some $300 million to $350 million of work annually.

Teamwork

Every employee and business partner has something to contribute to PCL’s construction teams.

This belief is the key to mutual success.

Congratulations PCL on 50 Years of Building Manitoba

Mutual Obligation

In return for adding value in the business, PCL employees can expect to perform meaningful work and to have satisfying careers.

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PCL will not compromise the health and safety of its people.

PCL provides the accurate and timely information required to support good decision-making.

PCL’s geographic diversity is an asset.

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Testimonials “I cannot tell you enough how much we enjoyed working on Kelsey with your company. Your fellows on the project should be commended as they showed a level of cooperation that is seldom seen. The project was run with military precision. Our needs were met with immediate action and cooperation.”

- Ted Johnston, President Di-Tech International Inc.

“The people at PCL, from the office staff who looked after the accounts, to the on site supervisors carried out their responsibilities professionally and courteously. I would not hesitate to continue to work with PCL on future projects.”

Social Responsibility

PCL encourages and supports its employees in their desire to improve the quality of life in their communities. PCL is a contributing partner to the development of the construction industry through active involvement in its associations.

- Steve Coppinger, Past Associate Vice-President The University of Winnipeg

“Being a hospital environment the coordination of work, whilst maintaining critical services in very challenging.

PCL has met those challenges head on with innovative methodology to meet project deadlines and within budget.”

- Chet Mohabir, former Director, Capital & Property Management St. Boniface Hospital

Innovation Cut in Concrete Specializing in Concrete Cutting and Coring and Selective Demolition Work

Congratulations to PCL Winnipeg on 50 Years!

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CentreVenture: 2016 is the year of housing in downtown Winnipeg Angela Mathieson CentreVenture Development Corporation

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owntown Winnipeg started 2016 on a very positive note with the ground breaking of the True North Square project on January 18th, a new $400 million mixed-use development that will include office, retail, hotel, and residential, centred around new public spaces and parks. Over the next three years this game-changing project will be constructed, truly redefining the skyline of downtown.

But 2016 will also be noted as the year housing development in downtown Winnipeg reached tremendous heights. In the last 15 years nearly 2,600 new housing units have been developed, or are currently under construction, in our downtown. Sixty percent of those units are rental and forty percent are condominiums. These projects represent over $500 million in private-sector investment in the housing sector in downtown Winnipeg.

In addition we have another 600 housing units currently in the planning stages. And, at the beginning of this year CentreVentre announced, thanks to support from the provincial and city governments, a second intake of the ‘Live Downtown’ rental housing development incentive program. Through that proposal call we hope to encourage a further 700 new rental units to be constructed in the coming years.

In 2016 we will see the grand openings of ‘Glasshouse’, 200 condominiums on Hargrave Street near the MTS Centre, and ‘300 Assiniboine’, over 200 apartment units right next to the Assiniboine River. These two projects are the first new high-rise housing developments in downtown Winnipeg in over 25 years.

In the Exchange District we will have grand openings of many new housing developments such as conversion projects like The Bag Factory Lofts on Alexander Avenue and The Porter Building on McDermot Street. One of the most unique downtown housing projects, ‘62M’, will also open its doors, 42 new condominium units soaring above the northern end of Waterfront Drive.

Supporting and encouraging more people to live downtown is the cornerstone of our revitalization strategy for downtown Winnipeg. We have seen tremendous success over the 15 years, 2016 will be a benchmark, and we are charting a path to see even more people call downtown home in the coming decade.

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Manitoba’s Centre of Excellence in maintenance, repair and overhaul “I view this as just the start as these new partners work with us to generate future development opportunities to boost our region’s economy by breathing new life into our existing aviation employment assets on the west side of the airport campus.”

“Collaboration has always been critical to realizing new economic opportunities

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About Winnipeg Airports Authority Inc. Named one of Manitoba’s Top Employers for the fifth consecutive year, Winnipeg Airports Authority is a non-share capital corporation responsible for the management and operation of Winnipeg Richardson International Airport, a full-service airport providing passengers and cargo clients access to markets across Canada, the United States, Mexico, the United Kingdom and the world.

Located at the geographic centre of North America, with round-the-clock operations, Winnipeg Richardson International Airport is the number one dedicated freighter airport in Canada as measured by the number of flights. The airport generates over $3.6 billion in total economic output and welcomes over 3.78 million passengers annually.

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WINNIPEG – Winnipeg Airports Authority Inc. is pleased to be partnering with the Province of Manitoba, Yes! Winnipeg and industry in support of the creation of a Centre of Excellence in Aircraft Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) on Winnipeg Richardson International Airport’s campus.

Air Canada, a longtime partner and tenant on the airport, will sublease the existing hangar facilities to three aerospace companies who are new to the MRO sector in Manitoba: Cargojet Airways Ltd., Hope Aero Propeller & Components Inc., and Airbase Services Inc. Each, with their own specialty, will draw upon local workforce expertise to perform aerospace repair and overhaul functions for themselves, Air Canada and others.

“Working as part of a broad community team interested in creating jobs and placing Winnipeg’s aerospace support sector on a positive trajectory is both exciting and rewarding,” said Barry Rempel, President and CEO of Winnipeg Airports Authority.

in our community,” said Vince Barletta, Leader of the YES! Winnipeg Initiative.

“YES! Winnipeg is pleased to partner once again with the Winnipeg Airports Authority to build a foundation for new jobs and investment in Winnipeg.”

Under the agreement with the Province of Manitoba, Air Canada will facilitate and support the establishment of this Centre of Excellence with three of its longstanding suppliers and partners: · Hope Aero Propeller & Components Inc., specializes in propellers, wheels, brakes and batteries; · Airbase Services Inc., specializes in aircraft interior equipment maintenance; and · Cargojet Airways Ltd., one of WAA’s top existing cargo carrier partners, is planning to sub-lease one of the existing Air Canada hangars on Saskatchewan Drive under terms which will enable it to establish lines for its own maintenance activities.

“Without the active participation and partnering spirit of the Province throughout these discussions, I have little doubt we would not be announcing the potential this brings to our community today,” added Rempel.

Restaurant Refresh at Winnipeg Richardson International Airport WINNIPEG – Winnipeg Airports Authority and SSP America are pleased to announce the completion of a new line up of restaurants beyond passenger screening at Winnipeg Richardson International Airport. On the domestic and international side, new restaurants include Freshii, True Burger, Prairie Bistro and Skylights Lounge. Travellers heading to the United States can dine at UrbanCrave, featuring a newly extended bar area with additional seating.

“Initial feedback from travellers and airport staff about the new restaurants and enhanced seating areas has been overwhelmingly positive,” said Barry Rempel, President and CEO of Winnipeg Airports Authority. “In partnership with our experienced airport food and beverage services provider, SSP America, we are constantly reviewing the needs of our customers and striving to offer them an array of appealing food choices.”

“We are extremely appreciative of the opportunity to not only continue our longterm relationship with the YWG team, but also bring a fresh new group of brands to the Airport that provide travellers with a variety of choices and service styles,” said Michael Svagdis, Chief Executive Officer, SSP America. “We thank the Airport team for the opportunity to enhance the offering and passenger experience at YWG.”

New Restaurants Freshii: The brainchild of Winnipeg-born Matthew Corrin, Freshii offers passengers fresh and nutritious meal choices that energize those on the go. Emphasizing the right foods, Freshii provides meals and snacks that help customers live their best life. From salads to wraps, noodle and rice bowls, burritos to soups and more, the Freshii menu offers the passengers of YWG affordable, convenient and healthy options.

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UrbanCrave Recognizing early on that “street food” was enjoying a renaissance across North America, SSP America created UrbanCrave, a brand that brought the first “street eats” to the airport arena. UrbanCrave became an instant hit in the travel industry, winning the Airport Revenue News “Best New Food & Beverage Concept” award in 2012. UrbanCrave combines classic street food options full of fun, originality and powerful taste.

True Burger: A modern burger joint serv-

ing classic burgers and crispy French fries, True Burger offers the convenience of a fast casual restaurant combined with highquality ingredients including naturally raised beef in their patties. At True Burger Co, passengers can savour a well-made burger and cold drink while waiting for their flight to take off.

Prairie Bistro: With a nod to the breadbasket of Canada, Prairie Bistro offers passengers a diverse and hearty menu sure to please every palate, all hours of the day.

Breakfast includes a satisfying bowl of oatmeal, pancakes or skillet scramblers.

Lunch and dinner options include a variety of starters and small plates such as a Prairie Salad, Warm Spinach and Artichoke Dip and Loaded Cheese Fries. Entrees include Herb Chicken and a variety of burgers and sandwiches designed for flavour and comfort.

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cated right next to Prairie Bistro, Skylights Lounge is a relaxing place to kick back, enjoy a cocktail or order from the Prairie Bistro menu. In addition to beer and wine, a cocktail menu is served from the central bar. With abundant seating, Skylights Lounge is an ideal spot for a quick drink or leisurely meal.

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Manitoba-Mexico sign trade deal A dynamic new trading partnership has formed between Mexico and the Province of Manitoba that will see ProMexico, BancoMext, Fideicomisos Instituidos en Relacion con la Agricultura (FIRA) and CentrePort Canada Inc. join forces to create a Mexican investment consortium that will help Mexican companies enter consumer markets in Canada and Midwestern U.S. Partners signed a memorandum of understanding at a ceremony formally witnessed by Premier Greg Selinger and Mario Rodriguez Montero, minister for trade and investment, Mexican Embassy to Canada. The event was also attended by more than 20 Mexican company executives, business leaders and government officials in Manitoba for an investment mission hosted by CentrePort Canada.

The partners will work together to provide companies with single-window access to investor services by the four organizations, as well as provide access to a common, central distribution location at CentrePort Canada, an 8,000-hectare tri-modal inland port and foreign trade zone located in Winnipeg.

“Manitoba is very happy to be opening up new trading opportunities with our friends in Mexico,” stated Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger in a statement.

“Establishing this collaboration at CentrePort – at the northern hub of our shared trade corridor – is a logical and critical next step in increasing trade between Canada and Mexico and ensuring companies are realizing the benefits of NAFTA,” said Rodriguez Montero.

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Around Manitoba New Power Smart program for Manitoba’s small businesses to lower utility bills Thousands of small independent businesses across the province, from family restaurants to small retail shops, are expected to participate in Manitoba Hydro’s new Power Smart Shops Program aimed at lowering energy and water bills, Jobs and Economy Minister Kevin Chief stated in a news release.

Manitoba Hydro estimates that the enhanced Power Smart Shops Program will see about 5,000 small businesses take part in the program by the end of 2020-21, saving these businesses almost $5 million within 15 years.

“Small businesses are the backbone of the province’s economy,” Chief said. “What the Power Smart Shops Program does is help independent business owners keep more money in their pockets that in turn can be used to grow their business and even hire additional employees.

“The added benefit is that we use electricity and water more efficiently, and that’s good for our environment,” the minister said.

Lloyd Kuczek, Vice-President of Customer Care and Energy Conservation for Manitoba Hydro, said the Power Smart Shops Program provides qualifying businesses free or low-cost efficiency upgrades such as light-emitting diode (LED) screw-in lamps, water saving devices such as faucet aerators and lowflow, pre-rinse spray valves if they operate an establishment with a kitchen.

“The program also offers financial incentives to encourage small businesses to replace indoor lighting like fluorescent and halogen lamps with energy-saving lighting such as LED,” said Kuzcek. “Approved lighting retrofits can receive up to 70 per cent of the total project cost including materials, labour and permits. And, qualifying 68

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customers can finance the balance of their lighting upgrade on their Manitoba Hydro bill, making it even more affordable for small businesses to be Power Smart.”

The new Power Smart Shops Program is based on a similar program that ran from May 2009 to October 2010. Approximately 700 businesses in the Winnipeg area benefitted from lighting and water efficiency upgrades with energy savings of 0.8 gigawatt hours over the two years.

Kuczek added the new program is expected to achieve nearly 4 gigawatt-hours in electricity, equivalent to the amount of energy needed to power 240 homes for one year, and 1 million cubic meters in natural gas, enough to serve 425 homes for one year.

“The combined electricity and natural gas reductions are estimated to lower greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 4,820 tonnes over the next 15 years.

That’s the equivalent of taking about 1,000 vehicles off the road for one year,” said Kuzcek.

The program is available to small independent businesses across the province that are Manitoba Hydro electric or natural gas customers, billed at the commercial rate and meet the program’s requirements. To qualify, businesses must be no larger than 10,000 square feet and have less than six locations in Manitoba.

Learn more about Power Smart shops. Business owners can sign up by calling 204-360-3676, emailing powersmartforbusiness@hydro.mb.ca or completing an online form. Customers can also contact the program’s delivery contractor Ecofitt at 1-877-Eco-Fitt (1-877-326-3488).

MTS sells Allstream to Zayo for $465 million TORONTO AND WINNIPEG – Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. has announced that it has completed the sale of Allstream Inc. to Zayo Group Canada Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Zayo Group, LLC, a leading provider of communications infrastructure and network-neutral colocation and connectivity, for $465 million cash.

“We are pleased to successfully conclude this transaction and fully deliver on our commitment to complete the turnaround and planned exit from Allstream, with the value of the business fully realized,” said Jay Forbes, President and CEO, in a company news release.

“The closing of this transaction represents an important milestone in delivering on the commitments we have made to our shareholders. With this exit from Allstream, MTS is in an improved position to continue our transformation to become a true, customer-first organization, leveraging our tremendous assets and unique position to deliver strong results in a competitive market.”

Forbes noted the transformation of MTS is well underway, with early initiatives expected to generate more than half of the $100 million in annual free cash flow improvements following a thorough review of the MTS business in 2015 and the launch of a comprehensive multi-year transformation program.

“As I said when the sale of Allstream was announced, MTS has a new team, a new strategy and a new future,” added Forbes. “Our transformation program has generated strong momentum that we are carrying into 2016.

Our previously announced refresh of the MTS brand is one of several transformation program initiatives.”

After closing costs, MTS expects to realize net proceeds of approximately $420 million, approximately $15 million more than the anticipated net proceeds of the previously attempted sale of Allstream. The Company is finalizing the evaluation of its available capital allocation options, including the retirement of debt incurred to fund its pension funding prepayment and spectrum acquisitions completed in 2015.

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Fast Air: Over Two Decades of Steady Growth

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hen Dylan Fast founded Fast Air, he did so for the most practical of reasons, and pent-up entrepreneurial zeal was not among them.

“I was working for somebody in Winnipeg, and they were running out of work. I was flying an airplane for them and the owner allowed me to use his aircraft to work for myself, so that’s how it started,” says Fast Air CEO Dylan Fast.

Fast began soliciting charter business in the six-seater Piper Cheyenne, and business took off to where in January of 1995, Fast incorporated his aviation company under the name of Fast Air. Today the company provides an outstanding range of services with Winnipeg’s largest private fleet of business aircraft.

“Other aircraft companies work in maybe two sectors: charters or medevac. With Fast Air, it’s really the breadth of services that makes our company special,” says Dan Rutherford, manager of marketing and business development.

“Fast Air operates aircraft on charter, we manage aircraft for a number of owners, and we have an outstanding maintenance centre that can do pretty much anything that’s done in aircraft to the installation of 21st Century equipment.”

Specific services include executive aircraft charter, aircraft management, medevac or medical flights and aircraft maintenance.

The company’s modern fleet consists of 11 King Air aircraft (10 King Air 200s and one King Air 350) – turboprops used for charter flights; two Westwind Jets, two Hawker 800s; two Gulfstream G150s and one Gulfstream 200 and a Bell 206 Jet Ranger helicopter.

Rutherford has been in a key position not only to watch but to help the company grow throughout the years. Hired to help with marketing from 2000 to 2006, he left Fast Air to pursue other interests but began work again

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“Things at Fast Air have changed remarkably since I was here before. The company is several times larger, and more diverse in aviation services than it was when I left nearly 10 years ago. The steady growth, exciting company culture and multiple opportunities made it impossible to resist the chance to help be a part of the team.”

Charters flexible, convenient With the need for busy executives to commute nationally and internationally in the most efficient manner, the need to carry people and cargo to northern destinations and other locales with restricted landing zones and the need for privacy, charter flights are ideal.

“A lot of our charter business is in northern Manitoba. We often fly into remote communities with gravel runways; and the majority of our northern hours are flown on our Medevac Aircraft,” says Anthony Dyck, general manager.

“When Fast Air was established 20 years ago, the owner Dylan Fast looked at the market and what there was available for executive charter service, and there wasn’t much there. With people who own businesses across the country, there’s a need for business owners to stay connected. Travellers can avoid long security lineups, so they can get from point A to point B in the shortest amount of time. In fact, you can shave off hours compared to waiting at the airport as customs is a lot quicker,” says Dyck.

“What Fast Air really does is provide a competitive advantage to Manitoba businesses to compete in the North American marketplace. We enable companies to be very competitive,” declares Rutherford.

“If you take a flight to Vancouver, you have to be at the airport two hours before your flight. With Fast Air, if you are there five min-

utes before departure, you can still get on the plane and you can move your time around. We cater to you. If you want to move your departure from 11:30 a.m. to 12 we can do that,” adds the general manager.

While time is important, so is privacy for many of our customers which can include; politicians and well-known people who want to travel more discretely. Unlike airlines clients can get to know their pilots and make vital changes as they travel.

Many of the charters are working flights to northern locales – to carry construction crews, project managers, construction materials, Court parties, and government officials. Both the King Air turbo-props and corporate jets are outfitted to allow clients to work while onboard. The charters are also ideal for carrying tourists to prime destinations such as fishing lodges and isolated tourism hotspots.

Fast Air’s helicopter division, a Bell 206 Jet Ranger helicopter, is also available for charter, often for sightseeing trips around Winnipeg or for other reasons such as work by professional photographers. “Lots of things are cool from the air,” quips Dyck.

Dyck points out however that Fast Air is not restricted to Canadian locales but charters can fly to countries around the world.

Aircraft management If charter flights are perhaps the most expected type of service for a private aircraft company, then aircraft management may be the most unexpected and intriguing service that Fast Air provides.

Aircraft management extends far beyond just maintaining the company’s aircraft. Fast Air maintains aircraft for owners who want the company to take care of all the plane’s and owner’s needs.

“It’s a turnkey operation for the owner,” says Dyck. “We take care of everything, even providing the expertise to help them purchase the right aircraft. They can choose to charter out their jet to help offset some of the operational costs, or they can just choose to fly it themselves privately. We have owners who do both options – whatever suits them best.”

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sonal services. “We will have the cars there ready, have the food orders ready, do the fuel from our owned fuelling facility. Everything will be ready to go. All they have to do is tell us what they want, when they want it, and we’ll get it to them,” says Dyck. “It’s always around their schedule no matter what, it’s remarkable convenience.”

Medevac flights Fast Air devotes four well-equipped King Air 200s to full-time medevac operations. The company is licensed by the Province of Manitoba to conduct the medical flights on an on-call basis and acts to back up other provincially-licensed medical flight services.

Work has been plentiful and ongoing. “We have a lot of medical equipment and medics onboard and operate out of four Medevac locations: Winnipeg, Island Lake, Norway House and Thompson,” says Dyck.

“We can fly across Canada but the majority of calls are in the province. Sometimes, there is a patient transfer, and you have to transfer them to places like Toronto or Vancouver to a bigger medical facility.”

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Aircraft maintenance Fast Air’s good safety record speaks in part to the company’s outstanding engineering skills in the maintenance department. The aircraft engineers maintain the Fast Air aircraft according to manufacturers’ standards. They also provide service for outside customers’ aircraft which belong to other companies from across Canada.

The maintenance department constitutes a growing part of the business thanks in part to the CEO’s philosophy of responding to opportunity. In recent years, Fast Air has been awarded the unique status of factory approved sales and service centres for the Garmin G1000 glass cockpit and the HALO 250 upgrade system, upgrades that dramatically improve aircraft performance. “There are increased safety benefits related to both upgrades,” says Dyck.

“With the Garmin G1000, there’s greater situational awareness, meaning your pilots are able to know the situation they’re in with all the information on one screen. If it’s cloudy, they’ll be able to see the runway on the screen in their cockpit before they break out of the clouds and see the runway in front of them out of the window. Their situational awareness will improve greatly. The HALO mod improves the capability of the aircraft. So, we’re making improvements to it and we’re able to carry nearly an extra 1,000 pounds of weight and fly for longer distances without refuelling.”

Fast Air has equipped seven of its 10 King Airs with the Garmin technology including the medevac aircraft and installed the HALO mod on six of its planes.

The company is a Garmin-certified dealer and will do the installations for other aircraft owners throughout Canada and is a dealer and service centre for the HALO mod.

“Both systems are suitable for installation in the King Airs, and there are so many of them it is a good market to go into,” says Dyck, who adds that one reason it went with the G1000 was because of new regulations. “There were new regulations being implemented in 2014 so that we were going to have to upgrade a lot of our aircraft anyway. This way, we have a 21st Century cockpit, and the safety factor is significantly improved.”

When it comes to the HALO, the company requires fewer stops for fuel. “Less stops with the aircraft equals time and money savings for customers,” says Dyck.

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Ongoing growth As a further step in its integration of aviation services, Fast Air recently acquired Central Aviation Services, formerly an ESSO Fuel Service Centre, now a World Fuel Service centre. This type of centre is called a Fixed Base Operator (FBO) and provides a number of business aviation services.

In particular, fuel sales for aircraft, hangar space for client aircraft and ground handling for aircraft.

FAST AIR have that big a company, but 20 years later my goal is to provide a good service and enjoy what we’re doing. I’ve never been the kind of owner to set goals and say, ‘We want to be this much bigger in two years.’ My motto has always been how much better can we be? How can we improve the business that we do?”

The CEO and pilot describes the process as “responding to opportunity. We provide an extremely good product, and then when there’s the right opportunity, that’s when we move. For me, it’s a lot of good product and a lot of opportunity.”

Ask Fast why his company is unique in the industry, and he responds that there are companies in Winnipeg that do medevac, and there are companies that do air charters, but there’s no other company in Winnipeg that also does aircraft management and outside maintenance. “So it’s really a diversified business in the aviation field.”

Dylan Fast also enjoys his role as a pilot, often to far-flung regions of the world. “I do like flying a lot. I fly probably 400 hours a year. That’s what I enjoy doing. That’s my office in the airplane,” he says.

A recent trip was to Macedonia and London as pilot of a corporate jet. In his own time, he flies humanitarian missions for organizations such as Mission Aviation Fellowship.

“I fly planes all over the world for them to deliver planes to other countries that need them. Next month, I’m delivering a single-engine aircraft to Mozambique for the MAF.” He enjoys people – the customers and the employees – and works hard to make the company a fun place for people to work. He values the company’s good safety record and safety initiatives.

Dyck says there were close to 100 employees as of February, about 40 of those pilots. Speaking to safety initiatives, Dyck explains the company uses the SMS or Safety Management System that encourages participation by all employees. Briefly, workers’ concerns can be input into a data system to be addressed by the appropriate manager.

The company also does extensive training in connection with recertifying its pilots annually. “Pilots take training in the States and are monitored on their flights in Canada by certified pilots through Transport Canada,” says Dyck.

“A lot of money is spent on safety and training, but when you’re flying it’s necessary to have everybody with the appropriate training in place.”

Anthony Dyck joined the company as an aircraft maintenance engineer in 2004.

A promotion to production manager in the maintenance department followed, then another to director of maintenance, and in 2015, Dyck became the general manager.

As for the CEO, he plans to continue to respond to opportunities as they arise.

Looking forward Over the years, CEO Dylan Fast has taken a steady and measured approach to growth, and he has been rewarded with continued and solid expansion of the company.

“Things are going well. When I started the business, I was working doing my own thing. I certainly did not envision we would

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Around Canada E S A E FOR L Target Canada settles with Canadian landlords TORONTO – Target Canada Co. has announced that a settlement has been reached with all of Target Canada’s former landlords whose leases were terminated as part of Target Canada’s wind-down under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada). The settlement provides the framework for a global, consensual resolution of the CCAA proceedings and addresses the landlords’ claims against both Target Canada and Target Corporation.

Under the settlement, all landlords will support an Amended and Restated Plan to be presented by Target Canada in the CCAA proceedings. As part of the settlement, those landlords holding guarantees from Target Corporation will receive payment on account of such guarantees in exchange for a contractual release of their guarantee claims against Target Corporation.

Based on information available as at February 24, 2016, and subject to certain important assumptions and qualifications, including those set out in the Twenty-Third Report and the Twenty-Fourth Report of Alvarez & Marsal Canada Inc., the Court-appointed Monitor of Target Canada, dated November 27, 2015 and February 9, 2016, respectively, the Monitor estimates an illustrative range of recovery under the Amended Plan for unsecured creditors of approximately 66 per cent to 77 per cent, the company announced in a news release.

“This agreement is the result of months of tough negotiations with stakeholders. We are delighted to have achieved a consensual path forward and believe that the Amended Plan is in the best interests of the stakeholders of Target Canada. We remain focused on achieving a timely wind-down of the CCAA proceedings, and distributing proceeds to stakeholders as soon as possible,” said Aaron Alt, Target Canada CEO. The settlement transaction and Amended Plan involve contributions from Target Corporation, including the subordination of the vast majority of Target Corporation’s intercompany claims.

“We are pleased that we were able to negotiate an outcome that preserves meaningful value for creditors of Target Canada, avoids protracted litigation and is supported by the Monitor. Target Corporation has demonstrated its commitment to a global resolution of the CCAA proceedings through subordination of its claims in the estate and additional cash contributions. Each member of the Court-appointed Consultative Committee, which is comprised of senior counsel representing a broad cross section of Target Canada’s stakeholders, also supports the filing of the Amended Plan,” said Tracy Sandler of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, counsel to Target Canada.

Consistent with the timeline presented to the Court overseeing Target Canada’s CCAA proceedings, Target Canada will seek an extension of the CCAA stay of proceedings on March 14, 2016. Thereafter, Target Canada intends to bring a further motion on April 13, 2016 seeking an order approving the filing of the Amended Plan with the Court and authorizing it to call a creditors’ meeting to vote on the Amended Plan on May 25, 2016 at the Toronto Board of Trade. Subject to approval at the creditors’ meeting, Target Canada intends to seek Court approval of the Amended Plan on June 2, 2016.

TD enhances customers’ mobile payment experience

TORONTO – TD Bank Group has announced it is the first Canadian financial institution to adopt Visa’s global standard tokenization technology for its TD app for the Android operating system.

Powered by Host Card Emulation (HCE), this tokenization technology provides TD customers with enhanced security by substituting sensitive account information with encrypted “tokens” during mobile payment transactions. An additional benefit to moving to this new solution is a more seamless user experience to set up and begin using mobile payments, in a matter of seconds.

“We continually look for opportunities to elevate the digital experience for our customers,” said Rizwan Khalfan, Chief Digital Officer, TD. “The adoption of Visa’s tokenization solution allows us to deliver a faster, simpler, and more accessible mobile payments experience, backed by a secure technology developed by a global leader in payments.”

An evolution in mobile payments technology, the move to tokenization means this service is not SIM card or carrier dependant, so it can be used on more phones and by more TD customers. All that is required is a personal TD credit card loaded on an Android phone running on Kit Kat (version 4.4) or higher.

An Android widget is also available, for the first time, to allow for quick and convenient one-button access to launch mobile payments within the TD app.

“We congratulate TD on this significant milestone,” said Derek Colfer, Head of Technology and Digital Innovation, Visa Canada. “Visa Token Service provides a secure environment for mobile commerce, allowing consumers to shop seamlessly and with confidence using their devices.”

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Canadian home sales rebound OTTAWA – According to statistics released by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), national home sales rebounded in January 2016 compared to the previous month.

Highlights: • National home sales edged up by 0.5% from December to January.

• Actual (not seasonally adjusted) activity was up 8% compared to January 2015.

• The number of newly listed homes retreated by 4.9% from December to January.

• The Canadian housing market has tightened but remains balanced overall.

• The MLS® Home Price Index (HPI) rose 7.7% year-over-year in January.

• The national average sale price rose 17% on a year-over-year basis in January; however, excluding British Columbia and Ontario, it edged down 0.3%.

The number of homes trading hands via MLS® Systems of Canadian real estate Boards and Associations edged up by 0.5 percent in January 2016 compared to December of last year. The monthly increase lifted national sales activity to the highest level since late 2009.

The number of local housing markets was almost equally split between those where sales were up from the month before, and those where sales were down. Monthly sales increases in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and Lower Mainland of British Columbia fuelled the national sales increase and offset monthly sales declines in Calgary, Edmonton and the Okanagan Region.

“Single family home buyers in the GTA and Lower Mainland of British Columbia had been expected to bring forward their purchase decisions before tightened mortgage regulations take effect in February 2016,” said CREA President Pauline Aunger.

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“If listings in these and nearby markets were not in such short supply, January sales activity would likely have reached even greater heights. Meanwhile, other major urban housing markets have an ample supply of listings, particularly where some home buyers have become increasingly cautious amid an uncertain job market outlook. All real estate is local, and REALTORS® remain your best source for information about sales and listings where you live or might like to in the future.”

“January 2016 picked up where 2015 left off, with single family homes in the GTA and Greater Vancouver in short supply amid strong demand standing in contrast to sidelined home buyers and ample supply in a number of Alberta housing markets,” said Gregory Klump, CREA’s Chief Economist. “Tighter mortgage regulations that take effect in February may shrink the pool of prospective home buyers who qualify for mortgage financing and cause national sales activity to ease in the months ahead.”

Actual (not seasonally adjusted) sales activity rose eight per cent on a year-over-year basis in January 2016 and stood 2.6 percent above the 10-year average for the month of January. Activity was up compared to January 2015 among roughly two-thirds of all local markets. B.C.’s Lower Mainland and the GTA again contributed most to the national increase.

The number of newly listed homes fell by 4.9 percent in January compared to December which more than reversed monthly gains that were posted in the final two months of 2015. Canada’s largest urban housing markets contributed to the monthly decline in new listings, including the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Calgary, Edmonton, the GTA, Hamilton-Burlington, Ottawa and Montreal.

CREA cautions that average price information can be useful in establishing trends over time, but does not indicate actual prices in centres comprised of widely divergent neighbourhoods or account for price differential between geographic areas. Statistical information contained in this report includes all housing types.

Wolfgang Hoffmann Appointed President for Jaguar Land Rover Canada

MISSISSAUGA – Wolfgang Hoffmann has been appointed President of Jaguar Land Rover Canada, effective March 7, 2016, responsible for overseeing the brands’ operations in Canada. Hoffmann comes from a rich background in the automotive industry serving most recently as President of Audi Canada.

In addition to his time as President of Audi Canada, Hoffmann brings extensive experience in the automobile industry with his position as the Chief Operating Officer of Automobili Lamborghini America LLC in the United States. Prior to that, Hoffmann served as General Manager New York Metro Area and Director of Product Management for Audi of America.

“Wolfgang’s background and proven success in the auto industry are a perfect fit for Jaguar Land Rover Canada,” said Joe Eberhardt, President and Chief Executive Officer, Jaguar Land Rover North America. “He brings leadership experience in both the industry and the market that will help lead continued growth in the Canadian market as we achieve sales records and launch new products like the new Jaguar XE and F-PACE.” “I am thrilled to be joining the Jaguar Land Rover team at this time,” said Hoffmann.

“The current product line-up for both brands is very strong, and there will be even more excitement with the new products that are on the way. I look forward to working closely with our dedicated Canadian dealer network, and growing the Jaguar Land Rover business in Canada.”

Hoffmann was born in Pforzheim Germany in 1966. He went to school in Germany and the UK where he completed a degree course in Engineering and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) respectively.

He takes up his new position in the Jaguar Land Rover head office in Mississauga, Ontario reporting to Eberhardt in the US.

• Jaguar Land Rover is the UK’s largest automotive manufacturing business built around two iconic British car brands with a rich heritage and powerful consumer appeal and loyalty. Additionally, Jaguar Land Rover is at the centre of the UK automotive industry’s drive to deliver technical innovation in all areas of vehicle development.

• As the UK’s largest automotive employer, JLR has a world class team of nearly 32,000 people.

• Jaguar Land Rover has two state of the art engineering and design facilities and four advanced manufacturing plants in the UK. • Headquartered in Mississauga in Canada, Jaguar Land Rover Canada ULC is represented by 24 retail outlets.

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