Parker: Clark Builders strengthens company management amid busy time

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Clark Builders has been a pressure within the Alberta building business because it was launched 50 years in the past. A younger Andy Clark launched his firm in 1974 in Yellowknife, and his success prompted him to relocate his workplace headquarters to Edmonton in 1957.

The next years had been fairly hectic with initiatives accepted in Siberia and different elements of Russia, Japan and China. Development initiatives on the house entrance additionally stored the corporate busy, and in 1999 it expanded into the southern Alberta market with the opening of an workplace in Calgary.

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Since then, Clark Builders has develop into certainly one of Canada’s main basic contractors and, after a partnership with U.S.-based Turner Development in 2012, is now a part of one of many world’s largest constructing building corporations.

Over the previous few years, the Calgary workplace grew and have become accountable for all work throughout southern Alberta. A few years in the past company modifications had been made to streamline decision-making to reinforce the general enterprise and help for its purchasers. Brad Regier, who had served the corporate as vice-president for southern Alberta was named COO of the agency in 2020, with duties for places of work in Edmonton, Yellowknife, Calgary and Vancouver. Final yr an workplace was opened in Kelowna, B.C.

Kim Connell was promoted to take over Regier’s function right here, and final month her skills had been additional acknowledged along with her appointment as Clark’s senior vice-president of improvement and techniques.

A local of Nova Scotia who grew up in Cole Harbour, Connell earned her bachelor of science in arithmetic and bachelor of engineering (civil) levels at Dalhousie College

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After early employment with W.M. Fares Group in Halifax, she relocated to Calgary when her husband was transferred right here by Nortel. Her first place right here was as undertaking supervisor on the development of the Sheraton Suites Calgary Eau Claire lodge. Proprietor Pacrim Developments provided her one other undertaking supervisor place at certainly one of its hospitality group properties in Markham, Ont.

It was an fascinating problem however, after an excessive amount of time travelling forwards and backwards, Connell was prepared to remain residence and joined CANA Development to work on Calgary initiatives.

She spent 18 years there engaged on some thrilling developments, however in 2020 was invited to affix the chief group of Clark Builders as vice-president of undertaking improvement.

In her new function, she is accountable for the entire front-end operations all through the corporate. She’s going to lead groups within the varied places of work in all pre-construction actions — together with pursuit of enterprise, advertising and marketing, communications and group engagement — earlier than handing over initiatives to Randy Kyrzyk, senior vice-president of operations within the Edmonton workplace, who will guarantee building is accomplished.

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Steve Lenarduzzi is president of Clark Builders and CEO Andrew Ross made the organizational modifications to allow the corporate to develop its enterprise and help the event of its folks.

Connell says decision-makers in all of its places of work felt at instances a bit like working in a silo — now there’s a optimistic feeling of collaboration with less complicated reporting to a leaner administration.

She has quite a bit on her geographic plate, however Clark can be busy regionally.

Crews are about to start out work on the brand new Wing Kei Village improvement on Centre Avenue N. The primary section will present 180 suites for long-term, hospice and senior care. Pre-construction continues on an affordable-homes undertaking within the downtown, and on the Bridgeland Care Centre.

Clark Builders can be busy on the Kainai reserve with the Peacemakers Courthouse throughout from the Purple Crow School it in-built Stand Off, and can be beneath building with the Aahsaopi Elementary Faculty in Levern.

There’s a lot on her plate, so it’s a good time to have accomplished her phrases as president of the Cascade Swim Membership, the board of the YWCA, and after an eight-year involvement as a board member of the Calgary Development Affiliation, though she stays a trustee of its training fund.

Notes:

College District has introduced Jayman BUILT is the latest builder to affix the northwest city group. It should quickly launch a brand new luxurious condominium undertaking within the Discovery Centre known as Magna that can supply one and two-bedroom models and 6 bigger penthouse suites.

David Parker seems usually within the Herald. Learn his columns on-line at calgaryherald.com/enterprise. He might be reached at 403-830-4622 or by e-mail at information@davidparker.ca

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