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Manitoba Business: Bird Woodall and Simpson Construction / Bird Construction Company

This Ontario-based firm was established in 1920 at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan by Hubert John Allen Bird under the name of Bird Woodall and Simpson Construction. In 1930, it was incorporated at Regina, Saskatchewan and renamed Bird Construction Company. In 1938, the company’s head office was relocated from Moose Jaw to Winnipeg.

Some of its construction works in Manitoba included:

Building

Location

Year

Status

The Pas Telephone Exchange Building

154 Third Street West, The Pas

1928

 

Swift Meat Packing Plant

Archibald Street, Winnipeg

1937-1939

Demolished (1994)

No. 2 Equipment Depot

Notre Dame Avenue, Winnipeg

1940

Demolished (?)

No. 8 Repair Depot

Winnipeg

1940

Demolished (?)

No. 12 Service Flying Training School Hangar

300 Commonwealth Way, Brandon

1941

 

No. 18 Service Flying Training School

RM of Gimli

1943

 

Roblin Park Community Centre

640 Pepperloaf Crescent, Winnipeg

1946

 

Maternity Pavilion (Winnipeg General Hospital)

735 Notre Dame Avenue, Winnipeg

1948

 

Winnipeg Technical Vocational High School

1555 Wall Street, Winnipeg

1951

 

Fort Garry Municipal Hall and Fire Hall

1350 Pembina Highway, Winnipeg

1954

 

Winnipeg Arena

1430 Maroons Road, Winnipeg

1954-1955

Demolished (2006)

Marlborough Hotel (addition)

331 Smith Street, Winnipeg

1956-1960

 

Downtowner Motel

330 Kennedy Street, Winnipeg

1958-1959

 

St. Stephen’s-Broadway United Church

396 Broadway, Winnipeg

1969-1970

 

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Hubert John Allen Bird (1889-1965)

Sources:

“Plans for new Swift Canadian Plant go ahead,” Winnipeg Tribune, 25 September 1937, page 7.

“$162,500 award for R.C.A.F. Depot,” Winnipeg Tribune, 19 March 1940, page 1.

“Repair Depot contract goes to Bird Co.,” Winnipeg Tribune, 4 July 1940, page 13.

“Tech-Voc prepares youth for industry,” Winnipeg Tribune, 28 May 1952, page 3.

“Arena work starts today,” Winnipeg Tribune, 16 October 1954, page 33.

“Official grand opening of the Fort Garry Municipal Hall,” Winnipeg Tribune, 12 November 1954, page 32.

“The new Marlborough,” Winnipeg Tribune, 3 February 1960, page 5.

History, Bird Construction.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Jordan Makichuk.

Page revised: 3 August 2023
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