ANNUAL REPORT
2020
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MHCA Chair Jack Meseyton reviews 2020
- $500 million added in unprecedented, Manitoba infrastructure, mid-year
- Winnipeg pulled back on planned, steep cuts to streets budget
- Planning Act gives right of appeal to applicant if pit/quarry proposal rejected
- Quarry Rehab Program funds 55 projects
Gathering strength amid tumult
MHCA President Chris Lorenc looks ahead
- Ensuring Manitoba takes up full share of Investing in Canada Infrastructure Plan
- Improving Quarry Rehab Program, protecting access to resources
- Encouraging best use of recycled concrete for Winnipeg road works
- Reviving, recapitalizing national infrastructure investment program
Forged by 2020, readied for 2021
2020 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Advocacy – MHCA working for you
2020 was a difficult year for all of us. As business pivoted to work in a pandemic environment, the MHCA ensured our industry was central to stabilizing and restarting economies at all levels of government.
- Heavy construction named an ‘essential’ service during the spring pandemic shutdown
- Manitoba Infrastructure’s 2020 and ‘21 budgets each rose to about $500 million, with Manitoba’s 2-year, $513 million infrastructure-investment boost
- Winnipeg stepped back from proposed steep cuts to local and regional streets budget
- Winnipeg IRPW committee directed Public Works to develop a public policy to increase the use of recycled concrete aggregates in roadbuilding; Specification Review Committee brings industries and public officials together to work on new roadbuilding specs
- MHCA pushed Manitoba to pay contractors who completed quarry rehabilitation; Quarry Rehab Program saw $5 million approved for 55 quarry rehab projects
- WORKSAFELY™ quickly provided critical COVID-19 resources, allowing industry to continue working through pandemic shutdown
Canadian Construction Association
Manitoba’s heavy construction industry is prominently represented in CCA’s new governance model. MHCA representatives include
- Nicole Chabot, MHCA Vice-Chair, elected to CCA’s Board of Directors
- Jack Meseyton, MHCA Chair, and Chris Lorenc, MHCA President, named to CCA’s Civil National Advisory Council
CCA priorities in 2020 include
- Pushing the federal government for greater coordination, flexibility and accelerated rollouts of the federal Investing in Canada’s Infrastructure Program – potential $1.4 billion of projects; accelerate economic stimulus programs harnessing infrastructure investment ROI to GDP; advocating for a 25-year, nation-building infrastructure investment strategy
- CCA, on MHCA’s initiative, commissioned a consultant’s report on the benefits of strategic infrastructure investment to the environment including GHG reduction and climate resilience
- CCA, on MHCA’s initiative, jointly commissioned with national business and regional construction associations, a Canada West Foundation study on the critical need for a recapitalized national trade gateway & corridors infrastructure investment program, to rebuild Canada’s reputation as a reliable trade partner
- Reasserted, at MHCA’s urging, opposition to trade barriers across Canadian jurisdictions, in response to ‘local preference’ clauses used by the Saskatchewan government in tender and construction contracts
2019 BURSARIES
MHCA Construction Management Award: Noah Perron
Established in 2011, the $2,000 bursary is awarded to a full-time student entering the Construction Management Degree Program.
MHCA Cornerstone Award: Hanna Postlethwaite
Established in 2010, the MHCA Cornerstone bursary recognizes its Board Chairs who, since 1945, have laid the cornerstone foundations upon which the MHCA has been built. The $2,000 bursary is awarded to a full-time student in any year of the Construction Management Degree Program.
MHCA Construction Management Award: Noah Perron
Established in 2011, the $2,000 bursary is awarded to a full-time student entering the Construction Management Degree Program.
Noah Perron has worked on construction sites in the past and enjoys hands-on work. He is interested in the safety of and performance on construction sites and hopes that the Construction Management Degree Program will teach him how to manage projects efficiently from a time, money and labour perspective while maintaining the highest level of safety.
MHCA Cornerstone Award: Hanna Postlethwaite
Established in 2010, the MHCA Cornerstone bursary recognizes its Board Chairs who, since 1945, have laid the cornerstone foundations upon which the MHCA has been built. The $2,000 bursary is awarded to a full-time student in any year of the Construction Management Degree Program.
Hanna Postelwiathe chose to join the Construction Management Program at Red River College because she has always been a creative person, with very strong time management, cost management, quality management, and leadership skills. She aims to be a successful Project Manager post-graduation. Hanna looks forward to managing her first project in the industry, and receiving the MHCA Cornerstone Award will help her get there.
Noah Perron has worked on construction sites in the past and enjoys hands-on work. He is interested in the safety of and performance on construction sites and hopes that the Construction Management Degree Program will teach him how to manage projects efficiently from a time, money and labour perspective while maintaining the highest level of safety.
Hanna Postlethwaite chose to join the Construction Management Program at Red River College because she has always been a creative person, with very strong time management, cost management, quality management, and leadership skills. She aims to be a successful Project Manager post-graduation. Hanna looks forward to managing her first project in the industry, and receiving the MHCA Cornerstone Award will help her get there.
WORKSAFELY™
2020 – Year in Review
- WORKSAFELY™ pivoted quickly to provide COVID-19 pandemic resources, allowing our industry to continue as an ‘essential’ service
- Our team increased one-on-one client contact and moved training to video
- Website enhanced to allow for eLearning
- WORKSAFELY™ program fees for companies cut by more than half under new WCB agreement
2021 – Looking Ahead
- Increasing COR™ Certification Participation
- Promoting the WORKSAFELY™ Program
- Updating and Enhancing Services
- Client Outreach
- Indigenous Engagement
- Return-to-Work Training & Certification
2019/20 EVENTS
NEW MEMBERS IN 2020
Mutcheson Consulting Services
Star Men Corporation
Stoffel Surveys M.L.S. Ltd.
2020 financials
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Staff
WENDY FREUND SUMMERFIELD
Manager of Finance & HR
CHRISTINE MILLER
Operations Manager
Policy and Communications Manager
JOCELYN MARTENS
Front Office Administrator
LEE WOODS, MBA
Marketing & Communications Coordinator
GERRY McCOMBIE,
Gold Seal Cert., NCSO
WORKSAFELY™ Regional Safety Advisor, Western Region
KRISTEN RANSON
WORKSAFELY™ Administrative Assistant