Waiward Welcomes New CFO Jennifer Danyluk

18 Years of Being Named One of Canada’s Best Managed Companies

May 10, 2022

Toronto, ON— May 10, 2022 — Waiward Industrial LP. was recognized for overall business performance and sustained growth with the prestigious Canada’s Best Managed Companies designation. The 2022 Best Managed program award winners are amongst the best-in-class of Canadian owned and managed companies with revenues over $50 million demonstrating leadership in the areas of strategy, capabilities and innovation, culture and commitment, and financials to achieve sustainable growth. Now in its 29th year, Canada’s Best Managed Companies remains one of the country’s leading business awards programs recognizing Canadian-owned and managed companies for innovative, world‑class business practices. Every year, hundreds of entrepreneurial companies compete for this designation in a rigorous and independent process that evaluates the calibre of their management abilities and practices.

As we continue through these unprecedented times, Waiward continues to diversify and grow as an organization by exploring new technologies and services. This award recognizes the commitment and hard work our entire team contributes to building and strengthening the relationships with their clients, partnerships, and with another.

“The 2022 Best Managed winners exemplify innovation, adaptability, and resilience in the face of uncertainty,” said Lorrie King, Partner, Deloitte Private and Co-Leader, Canada’s Best Managed Companies Program.

“Over the past year, these forward-forging companies have pivoted to successfully respond to challenges and capitalize on new opportunities, leveraging industry-leading competencies to maximize their investments and drive sustainable growth.”

Applicants are evaluated by an independent judging panel comprised of representatives from program sponsors in addition to special guest judges. 2022 Best Managed companies share commonalities that include (but are not limited to) putting their people and culture at the forefront, focusing on their ESG strategies, and doubling down on accelerated digitization.

“An award such as the best managed is always a team effort, and we have a great team.

We all go through times, including the pandemic, where it seems we are waiting for the storm to pass.  Those businesses learn to dance in the rain and embrace the changing times that succeed.  To move forward, you must take risks.  When you take risks, you learn that there will be times when you succeed, and there will be times when you fail.  Both are important,” said Andy Brooks, President and CEO, Waiward Industrial LP.

“The pandemic has changed the way businesses operate and these winners have responded by transforming and pivoting their companies so that they are leading the way forward for the future,” said Dino Medves, Senior Vice President and Head, CIBC Commercial Banking.

2022 winners of the Canada’s Best Managed Companies award will be honoured at galas across the country. The Best Managed virtual symposium will address leading-edge business issues that are key to the success of today’s business leaders. The Best Managed program is sponsored by Deloitte Private, CIBC, The Globe and Mail, Salesforce, and TMX Group.

 

About Canada’s Best Managed Companies

Canada’s Best Managed Companies continues to be the mark of excellence for Canadian-owned and managed companies with revenues over $50 million. Every year since the launch of the program in 1993, hundreds of entrepreneurial companies have competed for this designation in a rigorous and independent process that evaluates their management skills and practices. The awards are granted on four levels: 1) Canada’s Best Managed Companies new winner (one of the new winners selected each year); 2) Canada’s Best Managed Companies winner (award recipients that have re-applied and successfully retained their Best Managed designation for two additional years, subject to annual operational and financial review); 3) Gold Standard winner (after three consecutive years of maintaining their Best Managed status, these winners have demonstrated their commitment to the program and successfully retained their award for 4 -6 consecutive years); 4) Platinum Club member (winners that have maintained their Best Managed status for seven years or more). Program sponsors are Deloitte Private, CIBC, The Globe and Mail, Salesforce and TMX Group.

For more information, visit www.bestmanagedcompanies.ca.

 

About Waiward Industrial LP

For 50 years, Waiward has been a premier provider of engineering and drafting, fabricated steel, construction, and sustaining capital and maintenance services. We operate across Western Canada and provide solutions to various sectors, including energy, petrochemical and refining, mining, and energy transmission markets.

As one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies, our commitment to our customers and partners is our highest priority, as we work to provide quality products and exceptional service that exceed expectations.

At Waiward, we know strategic partnerships are key to our success. As such, Waiward is committed to partnering with Indigenous communities to develop respectful relationships that lead to mutual benefits and a strong shared future. Together, we work to identify opportunities for collaboration that fit and support the end goal of delivering a project that has gained social licence and benefits for all industry and community stakeholders.

For more information, please contact:

bestmanagedcompanies@deloitte.ca

www.bestmanagedcompanies.ca

 

Contact Information

Grace Elliott

Manager, Marketing and Communications

Waiward Industrial LP.

780-469-1258

grace.elliott@waiward.com

www.waiward.com

 

Waiward Industrial Celebrates 50 Years: A Half Century of Designing, Fabricating, Erecting, & Maintaining Industrial Structures

March 1, 2022

This year marks our 50th anniversary, and we are proud of all that Waiward Industrial has accomplished in partnership with employees, clients, partners, friends, and the community. Founded in 1972 as Waiward Steel Fabricators Ltd. we have grown from a 2,500 sq. ft. facility to become the largest steel fabrication facility in Western Canada. Our steel fabrication facility has expanded over the years to 216, 500 sq. ft., with an additional 66,000 sq. ft in our primary paint and coatings and 5,000 sq. ft of blast capacity. Adjacent to the fabrication shop we have 15 acres for module assembly and storage.

We have had many significant achievements over the years in partnership with our clients since 1972. Over the past 50 years we have accomplished and were awarded:

• In 1993, Waiward Steel was named Canada’s 48th fastest growing company.
• In 2016, we reached 4 million working man hours Lost Time Incident (LTI) free. Approximately 800 Iron Workers contributed more than 2,000 hours per year over two years.
• In 2019, we were received the CISC Steel Edge Award for the Stanley A. Milner Library Renewal. Innovative uses of structural steel to support the dramatically contoured facade were achieved through a creative system of trusses. Other steel highlights included a slender reading ramp that wraps around the open atrium space, and the design and installation of a steel cross brace lateral system within the existing concrete structure.
• In 2019, we were a proud recipient of the IMPACT 2019 Project of the Year in the Fabrication category for the Propane Dehydrogenation Project (PDH) with Inter Pipeline at the Heartland Petrochemical Complex.

Today we are more than steel, as a full-service partner to our clients our services include engineering and design, procurement, steel fabrication, paint and coating, construction, and sustaining capital maintenance. With the efficiencies of our corporate overhead structure, we are proactive with risk identification, constructability planning and strategic with construction sequencing.

We have proudly expanded our operations with some recent accomplishments:

• Proudly partnered with Indigenous First Nations: Mikisew Cree First Nation, Alexander First Nation, Gitga’at First Nation, and Kwikwetlem First Nation.
• Expanded our capacity with the addition of a second 30,360 sq ft. paint and coating facility in Nisku, 5 Acres to a Module & Storage Yard, and satellite offices in Kitimat and Langley, British Columbia.
• Partnered on Clean Energy projects like the Site C Clean Energy Project in Fort St. John, BC and LNG Canada: Kitimat Terminal in Kitimat, BC.
• Invested in new state of the art equipment that operates more efficiently to reduce our carbon emissions with the following:
  • Peddibot-1200: Designed for high efficiency thermal processing, which reduces manual use of oxyacetylene and direct employee exposure to pollutants
  • Steel Shot Blaster: Is an efficient, reclaimable blasting media that is effective for many applications.
  • Blast Media Recycling Hopper: Ensures media is cleaned, reused, and recycled.

We continue to innovate and explore new technologies and services as we grow. We are excited to celebrate our 50th anniversary and to continue working with employees, clients, the community, and our partners to see embrace the next 50 years.

On Orange Shirt Day and Everyday In Between, Every Child Matters

September 30, 2021

As a legacy of the residential school system in Canada, Orange Shirt Day is an opportunity for communities, businesses, local governments, and schools to come together in the spirit of reconciliation.

The annual event, which draws on the story of a child whose bright new orange shirt was taken away from her on her first day of residential school, has become an opportunity to promote Every Child Matters campaign.

Launched in 2013, Orange Shirt Day is commemorated each year on September 30, as this was the time of the year in which Indigenous children were taken from their homes by the government of Canada and forced to attend residential schools without their parents’ consent. Residential schools in Canada operated from 1870 to 1996 in a partnership between the Canadian Government, Anglican, and Catholic churches, and others. Children as young as four were stripped from their families and treated poorly, losing their culture and language as a result.

Orange Shirt Day is an opportunity to shed light on a part of Canadian history that had a devastating impact on Indigenous people. It also provides an opportunity for all of us at Waiward Industrial along with our Indigenous partners, to come together as a team to honour those who attended residential schools and mourn the loss of those who didn’t make it home.

This year, Waiward opened a design opportunity to all the members of the Mikisew Cree First Nation, Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, and Fort Chipewyan Métis First Nation. The winner’s artwork is featured on our very own orange shirts that were distributed amongst the Waiward family. We proudly raised $1,100 in employee donations, with 100% of the proceeds going directly to the Orange Shirt Society.

A special thanks and acknowledgement to our winner, Rhea Powder, from the Mikisew Cree Frist Nation. “Orange Shirt Day is a day to remember the kids who didn’t get to come home from residential schools.  The little hands represent the kids who have been found across Canada and the feathers reminded me of my heritage.” – Rhea Powder

Thank you to all our Waiward employees, who once again exemplified the true importance of community and family and donated to continue the Orange Shirt Society’s mission to raise awareness in Canada.

 

Truth & Reconciliation Day Resources

About the Orange Shirt Society

Indigenous Canada – Online Course Offered By the University of Alberta

Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls to Action

Kitchen Table Dialogue Guide from Reconciliation Canada

 

 

 

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