b'MEMBER MILESTONESMEMBER MILESTONES Superior Asphalt Pavings 40th anniversaryBy Matthew BradfordSuperior Asphalt Paving Co. Ltd. istheir skills to launch their own asphaltparking lots throughout the city. This marking its ruby anniversary. Foundedpaving company. The venture began asyear, the company also completed a in 1984, the company is celebratinga modest operation with four dedicatedmulti-million dollar paving job for a gas decades of growth, adaptation andemployees and a kitchen-table office.station outside the city, representing its success in Winnipeg, which began withIn 2003, the team moved into itslargest project to date.founders Rita and Guy Combot first official office in St. Boniface and,I would classify most of our successes 40 years ago. two years later, expanded to includebased on our client relations, says It all started in the 1980s when Guysnow removal services for WinnipegsScott Warms, a senior estimator with the was working as an electrician and metcommercial properties. Later, in 2007,company. We provide paving and snow a friend who introduced him to theSuperior Asphalt Paving moved into aremoval services for a lot of property world of asphalt paving, recalls Kellynew office a few blocks away at management companies, so that keeps 420 Turenne St., where it stayed until Trudel, director of sales & marketingmoving into its current headquarters atus connected all year round. and Guys daughter. He was intrigued40 Nicolas Ave. in 2015.Warms is among Superior Asphalt by this field and envisioned a careerNine years later, the company remains inPavings long-time employees, having transition that would allow him to work inthe family. Today, following Guys recentjoined the company as a co-op student the city where he was raising his family,retirement, Rita and daughters Kellyand then officially as draftsperson and rather than travelling to far northernand Ashley continue to oversee a teamsurveyor. Asked what has contributed communities as an electrician. of long-term employees that servesto the companys longevity in an Backed by Ritas experience workinga wide range of clients and providesincreasingly competitive business, at Revenue Canada, the pair combinedsnow removal services for hundreds ofWarms says much of it comes down to 16 BUILD MANITOBAwinnipegconstruction.ca'