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student residence — that’s a new record that we’re breaking — our largest project.” Bockstael builds for the health-care sector with two recently completed projects at Health Sciences Centre and work at Selkirk Regional Health Centre and Brandon Regional Health Centre. “We’ve also been awarded the contract for the Métis Nation Heritage Centre’s transformation of the former Bank of Montreal building at Portage and Main. We have a few projects coming up with the Manitoba Métis Federation and we’re really excited about those,” she says. Bockstael Construction is the recipient of the 2022 BOMA Tenant Improvement Award in the major renovation category for the renovation of the Canada Life head office in Winnipeg. Those achievements are only possible with dedicated employees, many of whom are long-term, including a recent retiree of 45 years’ service. “We have a lot of energy on our team right now and it’s really exciting to look forward to the future and continuing to foster long- term team members,” she says. Bockstael engages Manitoba communities with its philanthropic work, something that hearkens back to founder Theodore Bockstael. “There’s a story of my grandfather when he was building — I believe it was Villa Maria — they give him the job and then sent him to go raise money to build it,” says Bockstael, laughing. That history is repeating itself. “We’re currently involved with the Toba Centre for Children and Youth. John Bockstael, our CEO, is assisting in their capital campaign. I am also helping them put together an event to raise money for their capital campaign,” she says.
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They’ve earned their business slogan: Manitoba’s Builder. “We’re physically building Manitoba. We also make sure that we are contributing to the community. We’re very invested in the province and in shaping its future,” she says. “We’re going into our fourth generation and we hope to be here for a long time going on into the future. We don’t think in terms of quarters or years. We think in terms of generations that we’ve been building the community we’ve always been a part of.” The company continues to hit new benchmarks going forward. “We really launched into the multi-family housing market building Glasshouse and other highrises since,” she says. “Now we’re doing our largest multi-family project on Pembina: Align Student Residence. It’s the second student building beside Arc, and that is going to be a 400-unit
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