5 Issue 2 Summer Edition 2019 BUILD MANITOBA Issue 2 Summer Edition 2019 FEATURES 20  INDUSTRY PROMOTION Highlights from Unlocking the Toolkit, the Manitoba Construction Career Expo and Skills Manitoba 30  MEMBER MILESTONES Westland family celebrates 40 years 34  EFFICIENCY MANITOBA The province’s newest, leanest and greenest Crown corporation 36  DOWNTOWN RENAISSANCE Restoring Winnipeg’s Fortune Block 39  ON THE GROW Accelerated schedule fast-tracks Simplot’s processing plant in Portage la Prairie 42  NEARING THE FINISH LINE Southwest Transitway on schedule for 2020 opening 44  PURPOSE CONSTRUCTION Social enterprise trains people with barriers to employment DEPARTMENTS 7  FROM OUR CHAIR By Peter Grose 8  FROM OUR PRESIDENT By Ron Hambley 10  FROM OUR POLICY AND RESEARCH MANAGER By Darryl Harrison 12  WCA NEWS 15  WCA EDUCATION 18  CCA REPORT 27  CONSTRUCTION SAFETY ASSOCIATION OF MANITOBA NEWS 33  BENCHMARKS 46  AROUND MANITOBA 52  FACTS & FIGURES 54  PROFESSIONAL SERVICES DIRECTORY TABLE OF CONTENTS 36 Cover photo (left to right): Dean Syverson, Unit 7 Architecture; David Regehr-Wiens, Jilmark Construction; and César Cruz Cázares, Unit 7 Architecture. Photography by Douglas Little Photography.