International Women’s Day

Today is international women’s day so let’s talk about the women in the trades, here are a few fun facts.

-In 1874 women were officially unionized.

-The first mention of women in construction records dates back to the 13th century. From then until the 17th century, women worked as laborers and material suppliers.

-In the 1800s, many women gained recognition as architects and engineers, and many took over the entire industry during the Second World War.

 

We love working with Lépine, and we were very happy to have collaborated with them on the Saint Emilion Apartments building on 1436 Maritime Way in Kanata!

Since the building is in the vibrant city of Kanata, residents can explore all what’s around them including multiple restaurants, shopping centres and parks including the Beaver Brook Pond of Canada.

Lépine is a family-owned residential buildings development and property management proudly Canadian company (such as ourselves) that builds apartments and more for all the different communities of eastern Ontario young and old! In fact, they have been doing this for over 60 years!

 

 

Agora apartments is a great place to crash! Agora is a company that focuses on making sure that the resident is fully taken care of, keeping in mind that the building is surrounded by many restaurants and recreational places. It also has plenty of activities for staying in such as a gym, a yoga center and even dog park just to name a few! We’re proud to have worked in building this great building!

 

Join us for the yearly GACA Family Day in the Park celebration this Saturday February 17th.

S&R is a proud gold sponsor of the Greater Avalon Community Association and is excited to see you all this weekend! There will  plenty of fun activities for the whole family such as: Wagon Rides, Taffy on snow and even FREE hot chocolate if you bring your own reusable mug.

 

S&R is proud to be an official partner of Toy Mountain since 2021.  We have been participating in the Toy Mountain toy drive for many years and love to give back to over 10,000 families across Ottawa.

We encourage you to donate an unwrapped toy for children ages 0-12 if you are able to do so. Simply drop it off at one of the drop off locations, S&R mechanical being one of them. You can also go online at fundraise.salvationarmy.ca to make a cash donation.

 

 

 

S&R is proud to have been a part of the St Laurent Shopping Center remodel. St Laurent Shopping Center has been in Ottawa since 1967. With 190 stores and services now adays it is one of Ottawa’s go to places for shopping. St Laurent also host some events that are great for kids as well as adults.

 

S&R is proud to have been able to be a part of this year’s Cheo Construction Drive-By parade. This year marks the third year for the great tradition and raised over 30,000$ for Cheo palliative care and Roger Neilson House.

This parade includes 50 different types of construction big rigs: from tow trucks to cement mixers and all sorts of other construction trucks. The parade is put on for the kids, the families, the staff, and visitors.

What a great tradition this parade is and we are happy to have been able to participate in it and hope to participate in coming years!

S&R loves to give back to the community and to those who need it! We are proud to have collaborated with the Ottawa Food Bank to raise money and collect food donations for those who need it.

 

We encourage you to check out their website to see what you can so to help.

 

Do you want donate to Ottawa’s Food Bank? S&R is putting on a food drive this week.

Drop by our office in Orleans between 7AM-4PM between September 5th-7th to drop off your non perishables!

The Greater Avalon Community Association welcomes the Orléans community to the GACA community BBQ on August 26th!

You won’t want to miss it this year! There are so many fun filled activities to do such as Inflatables for different age groups, a photo booth, face painting, a police cruiser ride/firetruck ride, a wagon ride, a balloon artist, and some live entertainment from local singers from Orleans! Of course, there will be the actual BBQ food amid all these activities.

At 318 Aquaview Dr, Orléans, from 10 AM to 2 PM, bring your family and friends for a fun filled day of activities for the community free of charge.

We hope to see you all there!