Category: Construction

Public Sculpture / MAKE, Winnipeg Design Fest, Sept 27 2012

Joinery – A Collaborative Public Sculpture / MAKE Coffee + Stuff 751 Corydon Ave – 12 – 8 pm Throughout the Design Festival everyone is welcome to come and…

emptyful, in progress, Artist: Bill Pechet, May 12 2012

emptyful in progress Artist: Bill Pechet, 2012, Winnipeg Arts Council Public Art Program http://www.winnipegarts.ca/index.php http://pechetstudio.com/ New Major Public Art project moves in downtown Winnipeg A major new work…

Parr Metal crane lift of “emptyful” Artist: Bill Pechet, 2012, Winnipeg Arts Council Public Art Program, May 11 2012

Parr Metal manufactured emptyful Artist: Bill Pechet, 2012, Winnipeg Arts Council Public Art Program and then it was lifted by crane on to a flat bed truck so…

Gillis Quarries, May 3 2012

Keith Gillis kindly gave me a tour of the Quarry, and told me about the history of Tyndall Stone and quarrying in Manitoba. http://www.tyndallstone.com        …

Osborne Rapid Transit Station, ft3, April 2012

ft3 Architecture Landscape Interior Design “Rapid Transitway opens to cheers” By Bartley Kives and Kelly Graham / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS April 5, 2012 Thirteen transit routes will use…

Winnipeg Stadium under construction, March 28 2012

stuart olson dominion was once again kind enough to let me look around the building site of Winnipeg’s new Stadium Sarah Klassen showed me around the site. This…

Helicopter machinery lift to the roof of the Richardson Building, Mar 4 2012

Mustang Helicopters lift some heavy H-Vac and cables to the roof of the Richardson building. http://www.mustanghelicopters.com/ Much cheaper than building a tall crane, and also does not require…

Winnipeg Stadium under construction, Dec 7 2011

stuart olson dominion was once again kind enough to show me around the building site of Winnipeg’s new Stadium Project Coordinator Stephen Maruschak CIM gave me the tour….