JULY 2021 – as a strong model for the kind of work they want to be doing in the near future. They want to keep working in Victoria’s CRD, they want to stay in the multifamily space where they’ve had success, and they want to continue delivering buildings and units that are both highperformance and affordable. “We’re going to keep on keeping on,” Chris says. “I think right now we’re in our sweet spot. We want to do a couple projects a year of this size. Maybe one day we’ll decide we want to go bigger, but for the time being we want to stay the course.” “We’re very methodical,” Troy adds. “The military has taught us a lot of different things, not the least of which is the ‘crawl, walk, run’ approach to getting things done. The two projects we have coming out of the ground right now, they’re like a bridgehead for us. From there we’ll be able to move forward into the region and continue to execute the kind of projects we like to do.” “In the military there are cycles,” he continues. “There’s a pre-deployment cycle, a deployment cycle, and a reconstitution cycle. We’ve fashioned our company after that. We have a purchase cycle, a regulatory cycle, then a build cycle. Every year we want to have at least three projects in each one of those cycles.” Lastly, TLA wants to continue supporting the communities they work in through philanthropy. For 20-plus years, both Chris and Troy served their country, and they want to continue to give back as much as they can. That’s why they reached out to KidSport Canada and Second Chance Animal Rescue Society, and they have formed ongoing relationships they hope to continue for the life of the company.
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