b'MEMBER PROFILE NORTH MOUNTAIN CONSTRUCTIONPROVIDING QUALITY CONSTRUCTION SINCE 2007 BY WARREN HEELEYorth Mountain Constructionreflects. Tyler adds that his father is hisa foot in the door for otherN (NMC) has served the mentor, who grounded Tyler in the tradescommercial projects. Kootenay region of B.C. for and the business of construction. over 15 years. Started by Owner GabeWe learned that being asked back for Tyler as a proprietorship in 2007, theWhen his father left contracting, Tyleradditional work by clients was the key company grew from two employees toworked with various companies in Nelson,to business growth in a small town, says nearly 50 by the end of 2022. Based in honing his skills in leadership, estimatingTyler. For repeat business, we needed to the town of Nelson, B.C., NMCs and other facets of construction. Aftercomplete projects on time and on budget. initial company direction of custom the learning experience of building hisIn other words, we needed to have our home building has expanded and nowown home, he formed NMC in 2007 andclients backs. provides a range of construction services,purchased his first development property including general contracting, commercialthat year. The 2008 real estate downturnThis philosophy led to more commercial and institutional work, and maintenance. caused him to change direction fromclients, including the Savoy Hotel in selling the custom home to making it aNelson, Baldface Lodge (situated at 6,800 When we first started in 2007, our goalrental property. To this day, the companyfeet above sea level) and CBRE. This entry was to create a residential developmentstill owns the property as an into the commercial sector resulted in company, says Tyler. However, theincome source. significant growth for the business.downturn of the economy in 2008 steered us to focus on contracting and expandingPrimarily a residential company in its firstLooking at future business challenges, our services accordingly. eight years, NMC received its first majorTyler indicates that finding qualified office opportunity in the commercial sector inand trade employees is at the head of the With his father a carpenter and general2016 after being selected as the generallist. His HR department is constantly contractor, Tyler grew up in thecontractor for a project with Kootenaylooking for personnel, which is difficult construction industry. My father startedCo-op grocery stores. This 22,000-sq.-ft.in a small market like Nelson. A second building with me when I was five, andproject laid the groundwork for furtherconcern is the demographics of his service I joined the family business at 14, heKootenay Co-op work and gave NMC region. We consider our service area to 18 SOUTHERN INTERIOR CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATION'