Business View Magazine - October 2018

224 225 construction leadership . client results 300-570 centennial street winkler , mb wbsconstruction . com 2 0 4 . 3 2 5 . 4 3 3 6 Serving Winkler for 39 years Vehicles, which began 52 years ago in Winkler as a small plumbing shop, turned into an RV company with a handful of employees, and now has a workforce of almost 500. The leisure travel vans produced by Triple E are famous for their exceptional quality, and much of the product is hand-crafted. Sister company, Lode King Indus- tries, was fuelled by the agricultural industry to produce tractor trailers. They employ 300 people and continue to expand with a new 85,000-sq.-ft. manufacturing plant. Twenty-five years ago, Me- ridian Industries came to town with the promise of 25 jobs. Today, they employ over 400. “We’re really at a cross-section of transportation links,” says Harder. “For instance, Icon Technolo- gies has developed over 10 years from a small manufacturing company of molded replacement parts for RVs to having dealerships across the U.S. and into Canada. Looking at where Winkler is on a map of their dealer network, we’re only 15 minutes from the border, and half an hour down Highway 75 to Emerson Customs which takes you right to I-29. From there, the road infrastructure CITY OFWINKLER, MANITOBA DID YOU KNOW? In early August 2018, the City of Winkler, Manitoba broke the Guinness World Record for the most combines harvesting together on a field at one time. The previous Canadian record of 244 combines, set in Saskatchewan, was turfed away as 303 harvesters in Winkler kicked up a world of dust to claim the prized agricultural accolade. WBS Construction has been proud to call Winkler home since it opened its doors in 1979. What started out with the pur- chase of a lumberyard quickly grew into a regional leader in construction man- agement. Our work has been wide ranging from bridges to multi-unit residential facilities to manufacturing centers to community projects. Over the years we have estab- lished a great working relationship with the City of Winkler, working with them on a number of initiatives including the Centennial Library, the Firehall, the Beth- el Heritage Park , the P.W. Enns Concert Hall and most recently the Buhler Active Living Centre. Since our beginnings we have enjoyed tremendous success and a number of long-term client relationships due in large part to our core values: family, our word is our bond, fairness and focus on a higher purpose. The opening line of our mission state- ment which can be found on our website speaks to working together with custom- ers to determine their building objec- tives. To be successful in this part of our mission, we strive to find the right bal- ance between function, appearance and cost while making the process an enjoy- able one. If you have a project that needs leader- ship and connection between vision and completion, connect with us, we’re com- mitted to your success. www.wbsconstruction.com