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B.G. Dodds Building & Contracting Ltd.

workers. "Everything's gone virtual right now. We do membership because we are spread throughout
some in-house training, but we offer some virtual Manitoba."

training as well," he says. "It's all part of trying to

build the construction industry and support our PANDEMIC PRESENTS
workers." CARM is in the process of offering all of its CHALLENGES TO MANITOBA
construction education classes online, which should CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

alleviate discrepancies in how many students sign

up for any given course. Manitoba saw the number of building permits

drop earlier in the year with the onset of the
"This means, if one person signs up for the course, COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent rise in

we can still run it through a third party,” Wood says. project shutdowns. This resulted in fewer work
“People won't have to spend more money to send opportunities within the province's construction

their staff here; they can do it from their home industry, and for CARM's membership.

or office, which makes education easier for our

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