Business View Magazine - May 2024

Jack Brodsky,Vice President of Business Development, shares the evolution of this multi-generational family endeavor.“My dad ran the business with his brothers, up until about 1970. And then my brothers and I bought in, and we were partners with my dad until 1996 when we got out of the business. At the time I believe we were the largest earthmoving contractor in the province.” he details. “We liked working up in the north, working for mining companies. We did build a lot of highways as well, and a lot of site grading and subdivision development in Saskatoon, that sort of thing.” For Brodsky Construction, this is far from the end of the story. In 2014, Jack’s sons, David and John Brodsky, revived operations for the company. John, who is Vice President of Business Operations, continues the tale. “My brother David bought an excavator and started up the business again. I started working for him in 2016, and then I bought back into the business. I’m a 50/50 partner now. We’re still very much a family business.” MOVING FORWARD With a fresh start,Brodsky Construction has continued to embrace opportunities for larger and more complex projects. “We like to do large earthmoving projects on the scale of hundreds of thousands, or over a million cubic meters of earth,” boasts John.“We don’t shy away from the more technical or complex jobs as well. And just like the generation before us, we like to work in northern and remote places. We like the challenge of getting that difficult work done.” He highlights some recent projects, including a 300,000 cubic meter man-made lake in Lloydminster, Alberta, which involved constructing an outlet structure throughout a winter season due to the lake’s active drainage.Another notable project is the ongoing upgrade of a lagoon, sewage force main, and sewage pumping station at Beardy’s First Nation near Saskatoon, expected to span two years. Additionally, Brodsky Construction tackled the removal of muskeg in Lac Brochet, northern Manitoba, to prepare for a subdivision construction. This project was completed during the winter months in temperatures between -30 and -40 degrees.“That’s exactly what we’re talking about when we say we 21 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 11, ISSUE 05 BRODSKY CONSTRUCT ION