This St. Boniface-based construction company was established in 1959 by Wilfrid Joseph Ducharme.
Some of its construction work in Manitoba included:
Building
Location
Year
Status
Wellington School (addition)
Wellington Avenue, Winnipeg
1959
Oakville, RM of Portage la Prairie
1960
Pace Cinema
Polo Park, Portage Avenue, Winnipeg
1962
Technical Vocational High School (gymnasium)
1555 Wall Street, Winnipeg
1962
University of Manitoba Science Building (addition, renovation)
Winnipeg
1962
Women's Jail Building
The Pas
1962-1963
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Building
Dominion City
1963
521 Broadway, Winnipeg
1964
Demolished (2018)
Cereals Research Centre (Agriculture Canada)
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
1964
Demolished (c2015)
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Wilfrid Joseph Ducharme (1917-1980)
“Gas to heat classrooms,” Winnipeg Tribune, 6 May 1959, page 4.
“Business world [Polo Park Theatre],” Winnipeg Tribune, 2 March 1962, page 73.
“Business world [University of Manitoba Science Building],” Winnipeg Tribune, 26 May 1962, page 41.
“Girders tumbled down [Technical Vocational High School],” Winnipeg Tribune, 10 July 1962, page 13.
“Business world [Women's Jail],” Winnipeg Tribune, 2 March 1962, page 73.
“New bank building for Dominion City,” Winnipeg Free Press, 3 September 1963, page 12.
“Jottings from the business world,” Winnipeg Free Press, 14 December 1963, page 11.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 24 September 2023
