Join YCLM for our longest-running signature event: our annual Wine and Cheese presented by Bockstael Construction!

This year’s event is returning to the Qualico Family Centre at Assiniboine Park on Thursday, April 11. Your ticket will include passed wine (as long as supplies last), appetizers and cheese boards.

Date: Thursday, April 11
Time: 6:00 p.m. - Midnight
Location: Qualico Family Centre at Assiniboine Park
Cost: $40 (includes wine, appetizers and cheese boards)

Thank you to all our 2024 sponsors for making this - and all our events - possible:

This event is sold out - to join the waitlist please email yclm@winnipegconstruction.ca

See the Future Today - How Virtual Reality is Changing Construction

Discover the future of construction leadership with YCLM and Bit Space Development (BSDXR)! Embrace the power of technology with our exclusive event focused on how Extended Reality is changing the construction industry. 

Explore firsthand how virtual and augmented reality technology can transform office-to-field communication, elevate safety standards, boost staff productivity, and maximize profitability. Be among the select few to experience VR construction simulations such as interactive training and safety procedure simulations and gain insight into the revolutionary impact of virtual reality on the construction industry. Gain an overview of the current state of IoT and AI (sensor data capturing and artificial intelligence) for the construction sites, engineering planning.

Join us and stay ahead in the evolving landscape of construction leadership. Don't miss this opportunity – tickets are limited!

Date: Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Time: 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Location: WCA’s Office, 1447 Waverley Street
Tickets: $20 (includes dinner)

Thank you to all our 2024 sponsors for making this - and all our events - possible:

Join YCLM and the Operating Engineers Training Institute of Manitoba (OETIM) for a site tour of OETIM’s new training facility in Oakbank, MB. Following the tour we’ll be heading to Village Square at Pine Ridge Hollow for appetizers, drinks and networking with industry colleagues.

Date: Tuesday, March 26
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Location: Tour at 24095 Garven Rd, Oakbank, Networking event at Village Square at Pine Ridge Hollow immediately following the tour
Cost: $25 (includes appetizers at networking event)
PPE required: Hard Hat, Safety Boots, Safety Glasses, High Visibility Vest

OETIM’s new training facility project includes the construction of one medium-sized combined prefabricated structural insulation panel and standard steel building. The structure spans 6,900 square feet and will combine the spaces of OETIM’s new dedicated education and classroom building as well as the organization’s newly centralized administrative areas. The educational space is divided in a shop area for heavy equipment demonstration and hoisting exercises, and in the educational area featuring two classrooms and a lab space for equipment simulators. The administrative area includes staff offices and break room, a student lunchroom, as well as the main lobby and reception area.

Some of the highlights of the project are the use of Insulated Composite Envelope (ICE) panel used as support for the steel joists and Insulated Metal Panel (IMP) roofing system. The unique manufacturing process and connection details eliminate thermal bridging, making it the most efficient building envelope available on the market. At the stage of the tour you will be able to see the ICE panel construction details at varying states of completion, landed panels to nearly finished shear walls. 

An interesting aspect of the project delivery methodology, the project team is one of the first in Manitoba to leverage the CCDC 30 –  Integrated Project Delivery Contract. This brought stakeholders together from the onset of the project and leveraged a novel blend of procurement criteria and design flexibility to support the achievement of mutually agreed project objectives. The tour will be led by representatives from the client, design team and general contractor discussing the unique aspects of how the IPD process contrasted with more typical project delivery methods.

Thank you to all our 2024 sponsors for making this - and all our events - possible:

Join YCLM for a site tour of Signex Manufacturing in Steinbach, MB.

Signex is one of Manitoba's largest interior and exterior sign manufactures and a leader in the sign industry. Throughout its history, Signex has built a team of highly-trained individuals with more than 100 years of combined experience in the industry. Signex is passionate about the work they do and are equally committed to serving its clients. They feature a professional sales team, an award-winning design team, and a skilled crew of service technicians, fabricators, and installation specialists. As a COR-certified and CSA-approved signage manufacturer, Signex closely follows its projects from vision to reality to ensure the highest standards of quality and safety are met. They strive to instill the same confidence in our clients as we have in ourselves as a company.

Following the tour, Signex will be hosting a networking event with drinks and appetizers.

Date: Thursday, Feb 15, 2024
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Location: Signex Manufacturing, 850 Main Street, Steinbach, MB.
Cost: $25 (includes drinks and appetizers at networking event).

Thanks as always to our wonderful sponsors for making this event possible!

Come celebrate the Holidays - and our ten year anniversary - with YCLM on November 30 at the King’s Head Pub!

This year’s holiday party theme is Ugly Christmas Sweater and Onesies. We will have a prize for the best sweater or onesie, so make sure to embrace the holiday spirit and dress up.

Your ticket includes one drink ticket and access to the buffet dinner, as well as a holiday gift from YCLM.

We will have a live band for entertainment, and the Jets game will be on the screens in the bar. If you’re going to the game that night come by afterwards - we’ll be going late.

Spouses and friends are welcome to come - just make sure to buy a ticket for them as well.

Date: Thursday, November 30
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: King’s Head Pub (we have the entire second floor booked)
Cost: $40 (includes drink ticket, buffet dinner, holiday gift)

A big thank-you goes to Penn-co for being the presenting sponsor of our Holiday Party!

Thanks as always to all our 2023 sponsors for their support - our events wouldn’t be possible without you!

Join YCLM for a tour of Holz Construction’s pre-fabrication facility and Cornerstone Timberframes.

Date: Thursday, October 19
Time: 1:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Location: Tour begins at 630 Gunn Road, we will be taking a bus to and from the second location
PPE: Eye and hearing protection required, safety footwear is recommended.

Tour of Holz Construction – Holz’ vision is to make architecturally designed prefab homes affordable. The HOLZ HOUSE a flat-packed, made-to-order panelized house that doesn’t sacrifice design. Our founder developed and refined our panel process after researching prefab and building techniques all over the world—specifically from factory tours of Prefab Panel Facilities in Germany .

Tour of Cornerstone Timberframes: Cornerstone Timberframes is a family-run business dedicated to building custom timber frame structures of exceptional quality and beauty for clients across North America. The Cornerstone team is made up of dedicated, creative, detail-obsessed craftspeople. We enjoy discovery and learning new techniques and are always asking how we can improve what we do. The tour will showcase Cornerstone’s process, and one of Canada’s largest and most advanced solid wood CNC machines – the Hundegger K2i.

Thanks as always to our wonderful sponsors for making our events possible:

Join YCLM at the office of Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP for a FAQ session on Prompt Payment and other Construction Law topics. A brief mixer will precede the presentation, which will allow for a question period.

Following the presentation, food and drinks will be provided by TDS in their lounge and more networking to end the evening. All refreshments donated by Thompson Dorfman Sweatman Law.

Date: Thursday, October 5
Time: 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. (short mixer, one-hour presentation, networking event to follow)
Location: TDS Law’s office, 242 Hargrave Ave. Suite 1700
Cost: $20 (includes food and drink at networking portion)

Your presenters:

As always, thanks to our 2023 sponsors for making all our events possible:

Join YCLM along with Manitoba Women in Construction for a joint networking event on September 14 at Tavern United Rooftop.

Tickets include one drink ticket as well as appetizers. The event is rain-or-shine (we’ll be moving indoors if the weather doesn’t co-operate.)

Date: Thursday, September 14
Time: 4:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Location: Tavern United Downtown Rooftop
Cost: $20 - includes one drink ticket and appetizers

And thank you to MWC’s 2023 Sponsors:

Join YCLM and Contempora Steel Builders for a site tour of the new Scheller Metal Fabricators & Schellvac Equipment facility.

Date: Wednesday, September 6
Time: Tour starts at 3:30 p.m.
Location: 24 Ryan Wirth Way, East St. Paul. (Networking event TBD)
Cost: $25 (includes appetizers at networking event)

The New Scheller Metal Fabricators & Schellvac Equipment facility includes the construction of two large pre-engineered steel buildings. The first spans 11,200 square feet and will feature a large sandblasting booth and paint bay. The second building spans over 53,000 square feet and once complete will house eight overhead cranes within the fab/assembly areas along with over 8,000 square feet of office space.

Following the tour we’ll be heading to a nearby restaurant or lounge (TBD) for drinks, food and networking.

Thanks to Contempora Steel Builders for hosting, and to Schellar Metal Fabricators/Schellvac for having us on their site!

Thanks, as always, to our 2023 Sponsors for making all our events possible.

Join YCLM for a site tour of the St. Vital Twin Bridge Rehabilitation on Thursday, August 31.

Date: Thursday, August 31
Time: Tour begins at 3:30 p.m.
Location: Meeting location will be 150 Kingston Row office trailers (immediately Southeast of the bridges). Networking event at Brazen Hall.
PPE: CSA boots, safety glasses, hard hat, high visibility vest
Cost: $25 (includes appetizers at networking event)

The St. Vital Twin Bridge over the Red River project consists of a major rehabilitation of the SB and NB bridges, rehabilitation of the pedestrian underpass tunnels and roadworks including landscaping. The structural works on the bridge consists of the complete removal of the bridge deck, expansion joints, abutment jacking beams, bridge bearings, traffic barriers, approach slabs and slope paving.

Partial removals of the abutment ballast walls, abutment roof slab, bearing seats, stair treads and pedestrian underpass curbs and floor. New works consists of steel girder cover plates, filler plates, stiffeners, pier jacking beam modifications, abutment jacking beams, splice plates, jacking plates, shear studs, pier and abutment concrete pedestals, bridge bearings and expansion joints, and superstructure coatings.

The new bridge deck is a concrete deck with a combination of black and stainless steel reinforcing as well as new traffic barriers, approach slabs and slope paving. The bridge deck includes deck waterproofing with an asphalt overlay. Ultimately, the St. Vital Bridge Rehabilitation Project will improve travel through the area for drivers, cyclists, pedestrians, and transit users.
 
The tour will be hosted by M.D. Steele’s project team and will overview the cast-in-place concrete deck, structural steel upgrades and urgent work required to stabilize one of the bridge piers. Thanks to M.D. Steele for your hospitality!

Following the tour we’ll be heading to Brazen Hall for appetizers, drinks and networking.

As always, thanks to all our sponsors for making this and all our events possible.

This tour is sold out - email yclm@winnipegconstruction.ca to join the wait list.

Join YCLM for a tour of Sage Creek to explore the stages of development of a new community. We will visit established areas that are 15+ years old, brand-new areas currently being serviced, and everything in between. We will see and have the opportunity to discuss: 

                We will see examples of and have opportunities to discuss:

• A variety of housing types

• Multifamily sites and buildings

• Commercial/mixed use village centre

• Parks, open spaces, public art and schools

• Infrastructure – roads/lakes/deep utilities

After the tour we’ll be heading back to Qualico’s office for drinks, catered food, and networking. (We had previously been planning to go to Block & Blade, but the demand for this tour has exceeded the restaurant’s ability to accommodate our group.)

Date: Tuesday, August 22
Time: 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Location: Meet at Qualico’s office - 1 Dr. David Friesen Drive. There will be driving requirements around Sage Creek from site to site, so carpooling is strongly encouraged.
PPE Required: CSA Hard Hat, CSA Safety Boots, High Vis vest
Cost: $25 (includes appetizers at networking event)

This tour will be led by Brywan Ward - VP Qualico Communities and Mike Armstrong - Manager, Operations Qualico Communities.

Bryan Ward joined Qualico Communities in Winnipeg as Senior Manager of Planning in December, 2017.  He was named General Manager of Qualico Communities  (Winnipeg Ltd.) in January of 2019, and subsequently named Vice President, Community Development Winnipeg, in January, 2020 – his current position.

Prior to joining Qualico, Bryan gained over 12 years of experience working as a professional planner in Manitoba for the Provincial Government, the City of Winnipeg and with WSP Canada on a wide variety of land use and development projects.

Bryan offers tremendous value stemming from his experience working on the planning, regulatory and approval side of the business. He is responsible for coordinating the visioning, planning, public engagement and approvals for land development projects while maintaining positive working relationships with internal and external parties. His wide range of planning and development experience working for both approval authorities and in the land development industry make Bryan a great fit and asset as Leader of the Communities Team.

Mike Armstrong joined Qualico Communities in Winnipeg as the Operations Technologist in November, 2003. He was named Manager, Operations in May of 2013 and continues in that role.

Prior to joining Qualico Mike worked in various roles in the construction industry including 4 years as a field engineer with PCL on a variety of large construction projects including the St. Boniface Research Centre and the MTS Centre (now Canada Life Centre).

Mike’s field experience and hands on construction knowledge brings a complementary perspective and skill set to the Qualico Communities success.  He is responsible for coordinating all aspects of the physical development of our communities, starting with the management of raw land holdings to the servicing of new communities and final inspections with municipalities.  He is a vital asset and  leader of the Communities team with a broad, 30 plus year, career in the industry. 

As always, thanks to all our sponsors for making our events possible!

This event is sold out - to join the waitlist please email yclm@winnipegconstruction.ca.

Join YCLM for our second annual Golf Tournament - presented by Sunbelt Rentals!

This year’s golf tournament will be taking place at beautiful Kingswood Golf and Country Club on Thursday, August 10. We’ll be playing a nine-hole Texas Scramble with a shotgun start going off at 1:00 p.m. Your ticket includes a smokie lunch, nine holes of golf, your cart rental and dinner after the round as well as prizes for closest to the pin, longest driving and a putting contest.

Tickets are available on the website as foursomes only - if you’d like to register 1-3 people please email yclm@winnipegconstruction.ca and we’ll get you set up with a team.

Want to expand your network? We’ve included an option to split up your foursome into two groups of two, meaning each of your pairs will be grouped with a pair of golfers from a different company, giving you some valuable networking time on the course! This is completely optional, just indicate whether you’d like to remain as a foursome or be split up on the registration form.

We are considering booking a shuttle bus if there is enough interest - if this is something you’d like to take advantage of please indicate so on the registration form. The shuttle bus would leave from WCA’s office at 1447 Waverley Street.

Please note - we are currently limiting companies to one team each in order to give as many as possible a chance to play. Multiple team registrations from the same company will be deleted and refunded.

Date: Thursday, August 10
Time: Registration and lunch at Noon, Shotgun Start at 1:00 p.m.
Location: Kingswood Golf and Country Club, La Salle MB
Cost: $240/foursome or $60/golfer

For construction firms to thrive, synergy, teamwork and trust must exist between the office and the field. The proper deployment of defined processes and tools will facilitate this critical alignment.  This collaboration must begin before mobilization, and continue through project closeout. 

Join YCLM and rock star WCA Education facilitator Stephane McShane for a session on the workflow that must exist in order to mitigate risk and maximize productivity. During this session, we will discuss why the processes of preconstruction planning, short interval planning, production tracking, daily project reports, exit strategy, and lessons learned are critical to the organization.  We will also discuss what the benefits are for each member of the team, and how these processes can be properly implemented.

You will learn:

•  The information needed to effectively navigate pre-construction planning

•   The critical communication required in short interval planning

•   The importance of accurate production tracking

•   The needed data transfer of a daily project report

•   The data collection required of the project team during closeout and lessons learned

Date: Wednesday, June 7
Time: 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Location: WCA’s Office, 1447 Waverley
Cost: $25, includes dinner

Thanks as always to our wonderful sponsors for making this event possible!

Join YCLM, along with Akman Construction, MMP Architects and Crosier Kilgour & Partners, for a tour at the currently under construction Payworks new corporate office on June 1st.

The new Payworks Head Office is a corporate office project located in Winnipeg's Waverley West neighbourhood. The 4-Storey 93,000 Sqft building sits in the centre of an 8 acre site, with a 330 stall parking structure to the North, and a naturalized landscape stretching along the South and West edges of the property. Payworks' people-first approach is embedded throughout the design, from the diversity of workspace, collaboration, and meeting spaces, to the numerous indoor and outdoor amenities located throughout the project. Additional information on the building can be found on the Payworks website here: https://blog.payworks.ca/payworks-new-headquarters-building-a-safe-and-welcoming-space-for-all

Following the tour we’ll be heading to Stone Angel Brewing for drinks, appetizers and networking.

Date: Thursday, June 1
Time: Tour at 3:30 p.m., networking event immediately to follow
Location: 80 Payworks Way (Networking event at Stone Angel Brewing, 1875 Pembina Hwy)
PPE: CSA Hard Hat, CSA Safety Boots, Safety Glasses, Gloves, High Visibility Vest, Pants
Cost: $25 (includes appetizers at networking event)

Thanks to MMP Architects, Crosier Kilgour & Partners Ltd. and Akman Construction for helping us out on this site tour.

And of course thank you to all our 2023 sponsors for making this and all our events possible

Join YCLM as we head to RRC Polytech to learn from a Masonry Master on Tuesday, May 16.

Brian Gebhardt, a Masonry instructor at Red River College, has over 45 years of experience in the trade. He’s worked as a Bricklayer across the prairie provinces and began his own company, Gebhardt Masonry Ltd. before accepting a position at Red River College in 1989. Over the years, he’s helped shape numerous students that have walked through his doors and has been awarded many accolades, including being named Apprenticeship Manitoba’s instructor of the year in 2019.

Brian will show us around the masonry shop and provide some insight into his lengthy career and the fundamentals of the Masonry trade. The classroom is surrounded by projects and brick artwork, so be prepared for a little dust.

Following the Masonry session, we will then tour the new Skilled Trades and Technology Centre to see some of the other classrooms for construction-related trades offered at RRC. Coffee and Oh Doughnuts will be served.

Date: Tuesday, May 16
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Location: RRC Polytech Notre Dame Campus, 2055 Notre Dame Ave
Cost; $25, includes coffee and Oh Doughnuts

Brian entered the Masonry trade in 1976 on the advice of his father.  As a recent high school graduate, he accepted a labourer position with Fial Masonry to earn money while he planned his future career path.

Once Brian realized that the Bricklayer trade was his passion, he applied and was hired by Heymann's Masonry where he began his Apprenticeship. Brian remained with this company for the entire four-year journey to earn his Red Seal Endorsement in 1980.

His technical training was completed at Red River Community College (now RRC Polytech) under the guidance of George Smith.

After working for a few larger Masonry companies across the prairie provinces, Brian struck out on his own and began Gebhardt Masonry Contracting Ltd. where he provided services to both light commercial and residential clients. He continued running his company full-time until 1989 when he was offered the position of Masonry Instructor at Red River College Polytechnic.

In addition to celebrating 45 years in the trade, Mr. Gebhardt has been awarded many accolades over his lengthy career as a Bricklayer. Some notable awards are:

• 2009 SpecMix 500 - 2nd Place Finish

• 2010 SpecMix 500 - 1st Place Finish and Western Canada representative at the World of Concrete in Las Vegas, Nevada

• 2016 Regional Craftsman Award-winner

• 2016 "Best Light Commercial" project for Finn McCool's Restaurant from Manitoba Masonry Designs

• 2014 Instructor of the Year - Apprenticeship Manitoba

• 2018 Instructor of the Year - Apprenticeship Manitoba

As a member of the National Technical Committee with Skills Canada and Skills Manitoba, Brian is able to learn and exchange ideas with instructors from across Canada. He is also proud of the fact that Manitoba Masons have won 22 medals in their 22 years of involvement with the Skills competitions.

When Brian is away from his work-life he is doing anything but sitting around. A licensed private pilot since 1977, a certified Ski Instructor and certified Scuba Diver are just a few of his pastimes that keep him and his family seeking that next thrill or adventure! As well, Brian is an avid motorcycle collector owning multiple bikes, both street and dirt. Although his prized bike is a 1978 Suzuki RM125, you'll most often see him riding one of his Ducati motorcycles early in the morning, most summer weekends.

This tour is sold out - email yclm@winnipegconstruction.ca to join the waitlist.

Join YCLM for our second tour of the North End Water Pollution Control Centre (NEWPCC) on April 27.

The NEWPCC Headworks Upgrades includes the construction of three new tunnels to redirect sewage to a new 22m deep fully redundant sewage pump station. The sewage will be then pass through a set of four self-cleaning screens to remove large solids, and then pass through a set of 10 grit removal cells. The resulting effluent will then be returned to the existing treatment plant for final treatment. The project includes the construction of a back up generator building, a new control room, a solids handling facility, a new transformer yard, and odor control.

Representatives from Red River Solutions, an Oscar Renda - AECON General Partnership, will be on hand guiding the tour.

Following the tour we’ll be heading to a nearby restaurant or lounge for drinks, appetizers and networking with colleagues.

Date: Thursday, April 27 (rain date May 4)
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Location: 306 Highland Avenue
Cost: $25, includes appetizers at networking event (location TBD)

PPE: Required: CSA hard hat, min. 6” high CSA safety boots, safety glasses, high visibility vest, pants, and gloves. Prefer long sleeves on shirts. The site is very uneven and we recommend individuals with mobility impairment contact us for recommendations.

Thanks as always to our generous 2023 Sponsors!

Join YCLM for our signature event - our Annual Wine and Cheese, taking place at The Leaf at Assiniboine Park on Thursday, April 20.

We have confirmed with the venue that we'll be able to screen the Winnipeg Jets game as they take on the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series - so feel free to wear your Jets gear and cheer them on at the event! If you're not interested in hockey, don't worry - we'll also have a "Jets-free" area with no televisions. Puck drop is at 9:00 p.m., so we've extended the event until 12:00 midnight to cover the end of the game (assuming it doesn't go to overtime).

Date: Thursday, April 20
Time: 6:00 - 12:00 p.m.
Location: The Leaf at Assiniboine Park
Cost: $45, includes a welcome drink and food stations

Please note a tour of the biodomes is not included with the event, but guests are welcome to come early to explore the space (a $15 ticket to the Leaf must be purchased to enter the biodomes).

Thanks to Presenting Sponsor Bockstael Construction for making this event possible!

Join YCLM for a tour of the Urban Lumber Sawmill on Friday, March 31.

Every year in Winnipeg thousands of urban trees are removed due to disease and decline. The majority of them end up in a landfill. Urban Lumber’s goal is to divert as many trees as possible from that fate and mill them into quality hardwood lumber and hardwood products for your home.

Following the tour we’ll be heading to Trans Canada Brewing (1290 Kenaston Blvd.) for drinks, appetizers and networking.

Join YCLM for a tour of Bergen Gardens, a new facility by Edison Properties. The facility will support those with cognitive challenges and their families, while offering the exceptional standards of living and service that tenants of Edison Properties have come to expect for almost sixty years. YCLM had the chance to tour this project twice previously, and we’re glad to be able to see it at its final stage.

Following the tour we’ll be heading to Boston Pizza Regent for drinks, appetizers and networking.

Date: Wednesday, February 22
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Location: Bergen Gardens, 1475 Molson Street. Networking event - Boston Pizza at 1615 Regent Ave W.
Cost: $25, includes appetizers at networking event

This tour allows YCLM members to see the newly renovated spaces as well as a variety of Price products at work. Price Industries unveiled an expanded and updated space in April 2022. The renovation added 15,000 square feet and renovated 25,000 square feet of the existing office space. The space creates a living showroom of Price products which were chosen based on the conditions of the space and the architectural appeal. The design includes 12 new meeting rooms, two lunchrooms, a training room, a café and a lounge which supports different work styles, with areas for structured meetings as well as impromptu discussions and quiet spaces

Date: Tuesday, November 22, 2022
Time: 3:30 - 5:15 p.m.
Location: Price Research Centre North - 638 Raleigh Street, Winnipeg (Parking available)
Cost: Free, register at the form below

Join YCLM for our annual Holiday party, presented by Penn-Co!

This year we’ll be heading to the brand new Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada for an evening full of food, drink and fun with friends and colleagues. The aviation floor space will be open for everyone to check out for one hour at the beginning of the event, and we’ll be showing the Jets game on screens in the venue.

Tickets include food and one drink ticket.

Date: Thursday, November 17
Time: 5:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Location: Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada, 2088 Wellington Crescent, Winnipeg Richardson Airport
Cost: $65, includes food and one drink ticket

Thanks to Penn-Co for being the presenting sponsor of this event, and to all our sponsors for making this year’s events possible!

This event is sold out - to join the waiting list please email us at yclm@winnipegconstruction.ca.

Step into elegance at Genuwine Cellars and experience how we design and craft world class wine cellars that push the boundaries of traditional cellars. The tour will be followed by a unique teaching of vintage wine sampling.

We will start with a warm welcome to attendees followed by a tour of our production shop floor  and design facility. Then attendees will be shown a brief but powerful presentation on who we are, our mission statement, and ultimately what makes us “Genuwine Cellars” along with a glimpse into the actual design and sale of our projects.

The tour will end with a special lesson hosted by Robb Denomme, the CEO/Founder of Genuwine Cellars, who will show attendees how to taste vintage and unique wines.

Following the tour we’ll be hosting a wine tasting - be sure to stick around!

Date: Thursday, November 10
Time: 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Location: Genuwine Cellard, 343 Gunn Road
PPE: Safety glasses recommended when walking through shop area
Cost: $25 - includes wine tasting

Join YCLM for an evening with Rob McIntyre, Owner of Dale Carnegie in Manitoba. This Essentials Skills Workshop is an upbeat, interactive experience of Dale Carnegie Training.   

During the workshop we will identify and begin to explore the essential skills needed to succeed in today’s ever changing environment.

Participants are involved in a high-energy, participative workshop and will walk-away energized, enthusiastic and with tools to Engaging Employees, Building Stronger Relationships, Maintaining Attitude Control, Responding to Change More Effectively, Communicating More Effectively and much more.

This event is an introductory  version (3 hours) of the Dale Carnegie 12-week long course and will be an asset for young leaders who want to build confidence, competence, enthusiasm, and influence.  Ideal for professionals at all levels who wish to optimize their performance, lead with conviction and positively affect the bottom line.

Everyone in attendance will be entered into a draw to win a YCLM prize pack and $50 LC gift card.

Date: Thursday, October 27
Time: 5:00 - 8:30 p.m. (we will be serving dinner)
Location: WCA office, 1447 Waverley Street
Cost: $50 (includes dinner)

The Dale Carnegie Course will help you master interpersonal skills that enable you to thrive in the construction industry. You’ll discover how to build relationships based on trust and respect allowing you to influence others and reach new heights in your personal and professional life. As you become a persuasive communicator and problem-solver better at managing stress and handling change, you’ll find yourself inspiring others to take initiative and innovate. Does this experience make a difference? Clients say yes. You’ll see the results as you stretch your abilities, tackle complex challenges, expand your ingenuity, and excel in building team harmony.

The Dale Carnegie Course will focus your energy to become a more effective communicator, securing your place as a valued contributor in your organization. The Dale Carnegie® Course cannot be explained - it must be experienced!

· Use a proven process to recall names and facts

· Cultivate lasting relationships

· Handle conflict diplomatically

· Build trust and persuade people to act

· Project an enthusiastic attitude

· Communicate logically, clearly and concisely

· Manage stress and minimize worry

· Give constructive feedback that empowers others

· Encourage positive thinking

For more information on the full-length Dale Carnegie Course, click here.

Thanks as always to our generous sponsors:

Join YCLM for a free virtual boardroom series session on “Reducing the Total Cost of Building Ownership (TCBO) with High-Performance Buildings and Deep Retrofits” presented by Jim Nostedt, President of SEEFAR Building Analytics

Code-built buildings are typically the lowest first-cost building that can be built and still allow you to obtain an occupancy permit. We also know that we need to reduce our GHG emissions dramatically, but people think constructing high-performance buildings or performing deep retrofits will not be economical.  Our life-cycle cost or Total Cost of Building Ownership (TDBO) analysis shows that high-performance buildings and deep retrofits of existing buildings have 60-year TCBO savings equal to the initial capital cost of the building.  For example, a $10 million building will have TCBO savings of $10 million. During this Webinar, Jim will:

· Define the TCBO
· Show the benefits to owners, designers, contractors, and lenders of constructing high-performance buildings and performing deep retrofits,
· Provide case studies of several building types with TCBO savings
· Show the changes required in the design/construction process to achieve high TCBO savings.

Date: Thursday, October 20
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location: Online webinar via Zoom
Cost: Free (please register using the form below)

Thanks as always to our wonderful sponsors for making this event possible!

Join YCLM for a site tour of the North End Water Pollution Control Centre (NEWPCC) on September 29.

The NEWPCC Headworks Upgrades includes the construction of three new tunnels to redirect sewage to a new 22m deep fully redundant sewage pump station. The sewage will be then pass through a set of four self-cleaning screens to remove large solids, and then pass through a set of 10 grit removal cells. The resulting effluent will then be returned to the existing treatment plant for final treatment. The project includes the construction of a back up generator building, a new control room, a solids handling facility, a new transformer yard and odor control.

Representatives from Red River Solutions, an Oscar Renda - AECON General Partnership will be on hand for the tour. Following the tour we’ll be heading to Brown’s Ridgecrest (2419 Main Street).

Date: Thursday, September 29
Time: Tour starts at 2:30 p.m., networking event at Brown’s immediately to follow
Location: North End Water Pollution Control Centre, 306 Highland Avenue
Cost: $25 (includes appetizers at networking event)
PPE: CSA hard hat, min. 6” high CSA safety boots, safety glasses, high visibility vest, pants, and gloves. Long sleeves on shirts. The site is very uneven and we recommend individuals with mobility impairment contact Robert Black directly for recommendations. Anyone with COVID symptoms in the last week please wear a medical mask.

Please note photos on the site are not allowed without permission from RRS and the City of Winnipeg.

Our sincere thanks to Red River Solutions for making this tour possible!

And of course thanks as always to our 2022-23 sponsors:

Our golf tournament is sold out - if you’d like to join the wait list, please email yclm@winnipegconstruction.ca.

Join YCLM for our first annual golf tournament, being held at Players Golf Course on Thursday, September 22.

The tournament is a nine hole Texas Scramble format with a Shotgun Start. We’ll be teeing off at 1:00 p.m. sharp and following the round will have dinner, drinks, networking and prizes in the clubhouse.

Prizes will be awarded for best team score, longest drive, closest to the pin and a putting contest!

Registration is only $160 for a team of four. If you’d like to register as a single or a twosome and be partnered up, please email us at yclm@winnipegconstruction.ca so we can find you a team.

Date: Thursday, September 22
Time: Registration at Noon, Tee-off promptly at 1:00 p.m.
Location: The Players Course, 2695 Park Royale Way
Cost: $160/team of 4. Includes golf, cart, dinner and chance at prizes

Join YCLM for a site tour of the next True North tower being constructed at True North Square. The tower is part of an overall development led by True North Real Estate Development, and will be fit-up entirely by Wawanesa Insurance as their new North American Headquarters. The new 23-storey state-of-the-art office tower located in the heart of downtown Winnipeg will have one level underground parking and feature a cast-in-place concrete structure founded on a combination of driven steel H-Piles and rock-socketed caissons, a triple-pane curtainwall exterior and a modern lobby with a floating feature staircase between the second and third floors.  Building amenities also include a floor reserved entirely for gym and wellness facilities and outdoor parks on level 6 and level 21 – to name a few.  The base building structure is on track to receive LEED Gold for BD+C:  Core and Shell, and the Premises Fit-Up is set to achieve a Gold Rating under the WELL v2 Q3 2021.

Date: Wednesday, September 7
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Location: 236 Carlton Street. Meet at True North Square Public Plaza – 242 Hargrave St. at 3:45 p.m. Networking event immediately following the tour at Lake of the Woods Brewing (Hargrave Street Market in True North Square).
Cost:  $25, includes appetizers at networking event
PPE:  Hard hat, High visibility vest, safety glasses, and steel toe boots are required. 

This tour is sold out. To join the waiting list please email yclm@winnipegconstruction.ca.

Join YCLM for a Site Tour of The Halo, located at 3015 and 3025 Pembina Highway and offering 400+ luxury rental units and 8,400+ square feet of commercial retail space. The Halo will deliver a highly curated selection of 1, 2, and 3 bedroom "built-for-rent" apartments. Meticulously designed by local firm Affinity Architecture in collaboration with the Owner and Developer Private Pension Partners, and Contractor M-Builds, the building is constructed with a Hambro steel framing system, and prefabricated Durabond exterior wall panels. Suites are heated and cooled via individual fan coils tied into a 4-pipe hydronic system throughout the buildings. The top 4 floors of each building feature 12- 2 story penthouse suites, with internal staircases and a private rooftop terrace.

Following the tour we’ll be heading to The Nob for drinks, appetizers and networking.

Date: Wednesday, August 24
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Location: The Halo, 3015 and 3025 Pembina Hwy. Networking event immediately following the tour at The Nob (St. Norbert Hotel, 3540 Pembina Hwy).
Cost: $25 (includes appetizers at networking event)
PPE: Hard hat, high visibility vest, safety glasses, and steel toe boots are required.

Thanks to M-Builds, Private Pension Partners and Affinity Architecture for making this tour possible!

Join YCLM for a tour of the active project site at the Adamar Manor Building Repairs and Exterior Retrofit project. This unique opportunity to in progress construction will provide exposure to various building structural repairs as well the design and installation of new building envelop components and exterior finishes. The tour will be guided by the building envelop and structural repair designers Crosier Kilgour and Partners, the project general contractor Bockstael Construction and the architect MMP Architects.

The Adamar Manor Condominium owned and operated by Edison Properties was originally built in 1971 and is host to 314 residential apartments. Deterioration to the building exterior facade and balconies over the past 50 years had led to the need for various structural repairs as well as upgrades to the building envelope and finishes.

Structural repairs include localized replacement of deteriorated concrete masonry units supporting the precast concrete floor and balcony slabs, as we well as supplemental support and localized repairs for the existing balcony slabs.

Building Envelope upgrades include installation of a new rainscreen cladding system on exterior walls with tie-in to the existing roof assembly, and replacement of existing windows and sliding patio doors.

Representatives from Crosier Kilgour & Partners, Bockstael Construction, MMP Architects and Edison Properties will be on hand to lead the tour and answer any questions.

Following the tour YCLM will be hosting a networking event with drinks and appetizers at the Pony Corral Pier 7 Patio.

Date: Wednesday, August 3
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Location: Adamar Manor - 110 Adamar Road (Networking event immediately following the tour at Pony Corral, 1700 Pembina Highway).
Cost: $25 (includes appetizers at networking event)
PPE: Hardhat, Safety Boots, Glasses, High Vis vests, Gloves.

Thanks to Bockstael Construction, Crosier Kilgour & Patners, Edison Properties and MMP Architects for their participation in making this tour possible!

Join YCLM for a tour of the newly completed Porsche Dealership in the Seasons of Tuxedo. The tour will highlight the state of the art showroom and service shop which has recently opened its doors to the public. The tour will be hosted by the project general contractor Ledcor Construction as well as the project architect Ray Wan Architects. (Sorry - we won’t be test driving the cars!)

Following the tour YCLM will be hosting a networking event with drinks and appetizers at the Frankie’s Italian Kitchen & Bar across the street from the dealership.

This state of the art 32,000SF luxury dealership is Winnipeg’s newest and advanced facility in the growing higher end market. The Porsche brand, recognized worldwide, was closely watched by all parties involved across Canada and the world with coordinated services stretching to Germany. The building features a full-fledged automotive showroom displaying the Porsche lineup, a coffee bar, customer lounge, and higher end finishings with an open concept. The 7-bay service shop features in ground two piston hoists, a full alignment station, tire change room, vehicle turntable, and 4 bay carwash and detailing station. The building features 1 of 10 available in Canada DC charging bank systems along with 5 AC charging stations for electric and hybrid vehicles.

Representatives from Ledcor Construction and Ray Wan Architects will be on hand to guide the tour and answer any questions.

Date: Tuesday, July 26
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Location: Porsche Centre Winnipeg - 475 Sterling Lyon Pkwy (Networking event immediately following tour at Frankie’s Italian Kitchen - 505 Sterling Lyon)
Cost: $25 (includes appetizers at networking event)

Thanks to Go Auto, Porsche Centre Winnipeg, Ledcor Construction and Ray Wan Architects for their assistance in making this tour possible.