b'TABLE OF CONTENTS Issue 2 Summer Edition 2021 32FEATURES DEPARTMENTS22 BUILDFORCE CANADA CONSTRUCTION FORECAST7 FROM OUR CHAIRPost pandemic, labour-supply challenges remain By John Enns8 FROM OUR PRESIDENT 24 THE RIPPLE EFFECT Industry leaders seek to mitigate impact By Ron Hambleyof unprecedented material shortages 10 FROM OUR DIRECTORRETHINKING RETAIL SPACESOF STAKEHOLDER 30 ENGAGEMENT AND A new life for department stores and standalone outlets ADVOCACY 32 THE FUTURE IS BRIGHTBy Darryl Harrison Red River Colleges Innovation Centre 12 WCA NEWSfirst in North America to use Kromatix BIPVs16 WCA EDUCATION36 DELIVERING AMAZON WAREHOUSES IN WINNIPEG Timing critical for Graham Constructions transformations 18 CCA NEWS38 THE REFINERY DISTRICT: WINNIPEGS NEWEST COMMUNITY20 BENCHMARKSMixed-use development underway in citys south coreSHOWTIME FOR UPTOWN LOFTS26 CONSTRUCTION SAFETY40 ASSOCIATION OF Previous home of Uptown Theatre premieres in its newest form MANITOBA NEWS44 AROUND MANITOBA Cover photo by Douglas Little Photography. 51 INDUSTRY SNAPSHOTLeft to right: Tat-Liang Fabio Cheam, Nejmark Architect; Richard Morantz,52 FACTS & FIGURES Globe Capital Management; Nolan Ploegman, Concord Projects Ltd.; Jason Jakubowski, Nejmark Architect 54 PROFESSIONALPlease note that all provincial public health orders were followed during the cover photo shoot.SERVICES DIRECTORYIssue 2 Summer Edition 2021 BUILD MANITOBA 5'