Manitoba Business: F. W. Sawatzky Construction Company / FWS Group

This worldwide company was founded in 1953, at St. Boniface, by Franz Wiebe “Frank” Sawatzky.

Some of its construction work in Manitoba included:

Building	Location	Year	Status
Safeway Store	Corydon and Lanark, Winnipeg	1956
Steinbach Telephone Exchange Building	Main Street, Steinbach	1959
Crestview School	333 Morgan Crescent, Winnipeg	1962
Public School	The Pas	1963
Murdoch Mackay Collegiate	260 Redonda Street, Winnipeg	1963
Maginot Arena	910 Maginot Street, Winnipeg	1966

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Franz Wiebe “Frank” Sawatzky (1904-1999)

Sources:

“New Safeway store opens at Corydon and Lanark,” Winnipeg Free Press, 16 July 1956, page 23.

“Start school construction at The Pas,” Winnipeg Free Press, 31 July 1963, page 12.

“Starting two St. Boniface arenas now,” Winnipeg Free Press, 5 July 1966, page 3.

Reflections On Our Heritage: A History of Steinbach and the R.M. of Hanover From 1874 by Abe Warkentin, 1971, pages 142, 150.

We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 26 April 2023