the projects that require “a high level of problem-solving.” “We don’t want to do the same things that anybody else can do, but just do it for the lowest price or do it the fastest. That’s not what we’re about. That’s not where we add value. We add value by coming up with creative solutions and solving problems.” Once again, Darryl cites St. Charles Market as a great example of that value-add in action. “Right from the outset, we had a property that had an existing church on it that was a heritage structure, and there was a community design plan that didn’t make a lot of practical or economic sense. We had to go through a very lengthy process of working with the city to come up with a concept that ticked all the boxes. It had to work on the property, it had to compliment the neighbourhood, it had to make good use of the church, and it still had to be economically viable.” “Basically everything about that project was a little bit outside the norm,” he adds. “It required us to figure out unique solutions every step of the way. There was a constant tension between the commercial objectives, the local planning objectives, and the heritage objectives as well.” “In some ways, that actually made it a unique fit for us,” he says, “because we are prepared to embrace that complexity.” According to Darryl, ModBox has the ability to persevere through that kind of complexity and overcome those kinds of challenges partly because of their size: “We’re relatively modest-sized,” THE CONSTRUCTION SOURCE CANADA
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