All the best, The Editorial Team We will keep adding business units that enhance our offering and separate us from our competition. “ ” Editor From The Dear Reader, Welcome to the latest issue of Construction Source Canada, the magazine that highlights the best in building and building products across the country. In this edition, we’ve looked at a wide range of players from across the construction industry – though this time we have focused particularly on the new home sector, and we’ve looked at companies that are providing new homes to clients in a variety of different ways. Some have come up with innovative modular solutions, some are key players in the provision of ready-to-move new homes, and some are developing new units across the country at a rapidly-increasingly pace. It turns out there are a lot of different ways to combat the housing shortage, and the companies we’ve covered this month demonstrate that. Progressive Real Estate Group, for example, is a vertically-integrated, Winnipeg-based company that operates as a developer, general contractor, and property manager. Since forming in 2009, they have delivered progressively larger projects with higher unit counts. These days, they build phased developments comprising anywhere from 40 units to over-200 units. We spoke to founder and president Geoff Milnes about that continuous growth. We also discussed some of the landmark developments they are in the midst of delivering now. Reimer Building Movers, meanwhile, is a Manitoba-based company that has been providing high-quality professional building moving services for over 70 years. Since forming in 1953, they have been making the process of transporting homes easy and stress-free for ready-to-move builders and their clients. We talked with thirdgeneration leader Mark Reimer about the company’s legacy, their longstanding industry leadership, and about their advocacy when it comes to the re-use of existing homes. Also in this issue is the Peterborough & The Kawarthas Home Builders Association (PKHBA). They are the aforementioned home building industry association, and they have represented the industry in Peterborough and the Kawarthas region of Ontario for almost 70 years. Throughout their long history, they have worked tirelessly to achieve their vision of a progressive, diverse community where quality of life is supported through housing, and the companies providing that housing have the opportunity to operate their businesses professionally and profitably. In recent years, as youth participation in the industry has declined, their highest priority has been to reverse that trend. We caught up with board member and past president Mitch Cleary to talk about how the PKHBA is fighting that fight. For more on those stories – and a lot more stories like them, about other industry leaders spanning the construction spectrum – just keep reading.
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