JUNE 2026 “We consistently pass those tests,” Sheldon says. “If a contractor building a $100 million building and they install all the windows, only to then find out the windows can’t pass the water test – that stops the job dead in its tracks. They can’t move forward until the windows pass the test. That can cost them a lot of money.” The team at Berdick has seen that scenario play out more than once on jobs they weren’t initially involved in. The contractor then had to call in Berdick in to replace the windows and get the project back on track. One such project was a brand-new school in Steinbach, Manitoba, a growing community southeast of Winnipeg. Another was Gordon Bell High School in Winnipeg – one of the largest high schools in the city – where the same situation occurred. In both cases, the original window supplier’s product failed testing, and Berdick was brought in to finish the job. Sheldon points out that while Berdick’s windows are a little more expensive than many of their competitor products, on those projects it would have been cheaper for the client to specify them to begin with. “We build a window that’s more expensive to build because of the resin, but we still offer competitive quotes,” he explains. “We’ve still got to be in the same ballpark as the other guys – we’re often two to five per cent higher. But because they saved on that two per cent, some clients then end up spending hundreds of thousands more in late fees, set-off costs, and delays.”
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