The Construction Source

safe and respectful. We can be trusted to deliver on all aspects of the construction lifecycle on schedule.” “I credit a lot of that to the reputation of the family, and the reputation of our principles,” Garry says. “We’ve built a strong name in British Columbia. Clients trust us.” “I also credit our strong emphasis on schedule, but not at the compromise of quality,” he adds. “We’re able to achieve both quality and timeliness. That’s whatmakes KCMspecial.” These days, KCM typically works with the region’s “biggest developers on their biggest projects.” In particular, they consider themselves a “tower company.” For example: KCM has recently been selected to be the general contractors for Buildings 1 and 2 at Oakridge Centre, North America’s largest ever residential and commercial redevelopment. They were selected by the joint venture partnership of Quadreal Property Group and Westbank. Building 1 is a 5-storey civic centre comprising of a fitness centre, child daycare facility, 55+ senior’s center, youth services hub, performance space, artist-in-residence studios, and associated ancillary cultural/recreational spaces. Building 2 is a 22-storey residential tower containing a total of 185 non-market social housing units over three levels of underground parking. Buildings 1 and 2 will be owned by the City of Vancouver upon completion. The architectural team on the project is Henriquez Partners Architects andDiamond Schmitt Architects and the landscape architect is PFS studio. According to Garry, KCM is so effective at building large- scale projects like that one due to a number of reasons. Those reasons include their “unique methodology,” their commitment to “never stop learning to be better,” and their strong relationships in the market. AUGUST 2021