Happy St. Patrick’s Day

🍀 IRISH BLESSING 🍀

 

“May your troubles be less,
your blessings be more,
and nothing but happiness
come through your door!”

🍀 Happy St. Patrick’s Day from Team Farmer! 🍀

 

Happy International Women’s Day 2023


Happy International Women’s Day 2023

 

Today we celebrate International Women’s Day. This day is meant to commemorate and honour the wins and achievements of women while also raising awareness around gender equality.

At Farmer Construction, we encourage and support women to rise to their full potential without being judged or scrutinized. We recently celebrated the success of two of our women carpenters, Chantal and Nitasha, who participated and were very successful in the Provincial Carpentry Apprenticeship Competition placing in first and fourth place. (See website under ‘News‘ for details).

We look forward to celebrating the successes of all the Farmer women as well as the rest of Team Farmer in achieving their goals. By supporting and encouraging one another, we can raise one another up, work together as a team, achieve our goals and build the communities that we work and live in.

 

“Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.”
~ Winston S. Churchill

Employee Appreciation Day!

Today is Employee Appreciation Day, and I want to take a moment to recognize and celebrate each and every one of you. Your hard work, dedication, and commitment to excellence are what make Team Farmer so successful.

I appreciate your willingness to go above and beyond to help your colleagues and community. Your positive attitude and Team Farmer Spirit are an inspiration to us all.  I am grateful for the unique skills and perspectives that each of you brings to the table, and I know that together, we can achieve great things.

So, on this special day, I want to say “THANK YOU”. Thank you for your hard work, your dedication, and your unwavering commitment to making Team Farmer the best it can be. I am proud and thankful to have you on our team and look forward to many more years of success together.

Happy Employee Appreciation Day!

Gerrit Vink
President

 

 

Congratulations Chantal Walter!

Farmer Construction is excited to announce that our very own Chantal Walter was the 1st place winner in the Provincial Carpentry Apprenticeship Competition that took place on February 24, 2023.  This event is organized by Local Carpenters Union 1598 and held at Camosun College Interurban.  Chantal will go on to represent BC at the UBC Canadian National Apprenticeship Competition in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, June 8—10, 2023.

We would also like to congratulate Nitasha Wodham of Farmer Construction who came in very close at 4th place.  Chantal and Nitasha were 2 out of the first 3 females to enter the competition with Chantal being the first woman to win since the origin of the event in 1963.  The concept of the competition is that each trade must complete a written exam and a practical test which included building a small concrete wall, frame a wall section with a window and rafters, stairs, install baseboard and window casing.

We are proud to have such talented carpenters on Team Farmer and we hope this inspires other Women in Construction to showcase their talent in future competitions.

Way to go Chantal and good luck at the Nationals in June!

Winners:  1. Chantal Walter  2. Carmen Petri  3. Matthew Folliott

Dave Haydar presenting certificates and swag to Chantal & Nitasha

Chantal & Nitasha

Chantal & Nitasha

Nitasha & Chantal with their Farmer swag bags!

#pinkshirtday

Farmer Construction Teams spruced up their wardrobes yesterday in honour of Pink Shirt Day which aims to raise awareness to reduce bullying and harassment. Farmer Construction has zero-tolerance of this behaviour in the workplace and we practice and encourage our Team to “Be Kind to You, Be Kind to All”, each and every day.
 
#pinkshirtday #antibullying #kindness #farmerconstruction #vink #gray #haydar #victoria #construction #yyj #constructionvictoriabc #constructionmanagement #victoriabc #concrete #concreteconstruction #teamwork #kudos
    

McCallum Lands Project

Farmer Construction is very excited to be working with Starlight Investments on one of the largest residential projects constructed on Vancouver Island! Onsite construction of McCallum Lands commenced on February 6th. The anticipated duration of this project is 42 months.
Highlights of this development include:
• 597 residential units
• ~500,000 square feet of residential space
• 4 wood frame construction buildings
• Each building is 6 storeys on top of the underground parkade
• ~ 225,000 square feet of cast in place concrete parkade

Greater Victoria Housing Society – First Suspended Slab Pour

It was an exciting day on Friday as we poured the first suspended slab on the north wing of our project located at 874 Fleming for the Greater Victoria Housing Society – Esquimalt Lions Lodge! Kudos to everyone on the team!

Photo courtesy of Reza Oftadeh, Construction Project Manager, Farmer Construction Ltd.

Gold Seal Congratulations!

Congratulations to Louis on achieving his Gold Seal Certification!

VICA’s CEO Rory Kulmala (R) presented the award to Louis.  Proudly shaking Louis’ hand on his accomplishment is Saeed Vafaei, Manager, Pre-Construction/Estimating.

Keep up the great work and learning Louis!  We are proud and grateful to have you on Team Farmer.

 

Supporting our communities

At Farmer Construction, our goal is to support the communities that we build and live in by helping those less fortunate than ourselves. Once again, thanks to the generosity of our Farmer team, we collected donations for local charities.
A big shout out to our Farmer team for their contributions in helping to support The Mustard Seed Food Bank and CFAX Santas Anonymous who play an important role in building and supporting our communities. We look forward to continuing to support these worthy organizations in the new year!

BC Children’s Hospital – Festival of Trees 2022

A big thank you to #any_excuse_for_a_party for sharing this great video. The Farmer tree is the second tree in the video. By making a donation to the Farmer tree, or any of the trees at the Festival of Trees, you are helping BC Children’s Hospital to make dreams a reality.
 

Come visit us at the Bay Centre until January 3, 2023 and view all the beautiful trees in support of BC Children’s Hospital Foundation. You can also visit our fundraising page here – https://fundraise.bcchf.ca/fundraisers/farmerconstruction.

 

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