BOCKSTAEL CONSTRUCTION
It’s a rare thing when a company successfully logs 110 years in business. And that’s an anniversary worth toasting.
Bockstael Construction is doing just that. And for fun, the company even partnered with a local brewery to fill those raised glasses at company events this year. Bockstael Construction (bockstael.com) is responsible for build- ing, renovating and restoring some of Manitoba’s most iconic — and historic — buildings, including early work such as the completion of the roof of the St. Boniface Cathedral, King George V School, Ecole Provencher, the Sisters of the Cross Residence, the Heather Curling Club, Manitoba Telephone System switching stations, foundations of C-block at St. Boniface Hospital, the widely recognized Precious Blood Church and more. And, of course, there were the Fort Garry, O’Keefe and Carling breweries. “Given that we’re a Belgian family-origin business, and historically we’ve built a fair number of breweries, we reached out to Torque brewery and Sookram brewery — we built the Sookram brewery — to make us some custom beers,” says Sarah Anderson, business devel-
opment manager at Bockstael Construction. As the great-granddaughter of founder Theodore Bockstael, she’s the fourth generation of Bockstaels still working in the family busi- ness — and that’s another rare thing. “Within our ownership group, there is John Bockstael, Nick Bocks- tael and Dan Bockstael. That would be my dad, my two brothers and, including myself, there are another three Bockstael family members who work for the company,” Anderson says. “What really makes us proud is how we’ve grown as a regionally focused family business built from a high, high level of customer service and satisfaction. We’ve grown to become a top-tier contractor within the province competing against national and even interna- tional companies, ranked in the last five years within the Top 40 Canadian contractors.”
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