The phrase “pushing the envelope” may be a familiar, ubiquitous one, but its meaning may come as a surprise. The term itself is not (…)
Building Dreams, One Deck at a Time
Hickory Dickory Decks — By Christopher Carter
For over three decades, Hickory Dickory Decks has been helping homeowners across Canada build beautiful outdoor living spaces to enhance their homes. Starting out (…)
Fifty Years of Putting People First
Western Pacific Enterprises — By Christopher Carter
A lot of things can happen in fifty years. In fact, it’s hard to overstate just how much has changed across many industries over (…)
Generational Pride
Roberts Onsite — By Eric O'Callaghan
With a team of over 250 of the industry’s most skilled trades people, it is safe to say that Roberts Onsite is no small (…)
Success through Dedication and Strength
Celtic Sheet Metal — By Caroline Ebbs
In construction, nothing is guaranteed. Market fluctuations and industry trends mean that companies can never take things for granted. There are two things, however, (…)
Forward Thinking
Seletech Electrical Enterprises Ltd. — By Manuela Armini
Construction in the 21st Century is an industry with many challenges. While companies can adapt and grow with shifting landscapes and customer requirements, keeping (…)
Redefining Usable Space
Penguin Basements — By Eric O'Callaghan
What defines a basement? While many will be familiar with the word, are they familiar with the possibilities? The word itself, and its stereotypical (…)
A Roof Over Everyone’s Head
Nortex Roofing — By Eric O'Callaghan
At the heart of Nortex Roofing lies just that, heart. Coming from humble beginnings, Nortex Roofing has grown from a small shop into the (…)
Safe, Prepared and Honest
SperryCo — By James O’Nolan
The construction world is a fast-paced, complicated environment with many layers of administration and oversight on its projects. From large construction management companies to (…)
Excellence as Standard
Mellon Inc. — By Emma Kilcawley Hemani
In a landscape where niche can be crucial to success, a company can find itself under pressure to excel. Historically, a consistently excellent performance (…)
Half a Century in Modular Buildings
Northgate Industries — By Manuela Armini
What do an oil extraction camp in Alberta and a five-story apartment block in Vancouver Island have in common? On the surface, not much. (…)
Illuminating Alberta
Territorial Electric — By James O’Nolan
In business, success hinges on a number of factors. While quality service and volume are often the key considerations, there are others that are (…)
Approaching 100 Years of Trusted Service
Consolidated Electrical Contractors — By Fiona Sheridan
Lansing, Michigan – Consolidated Electrical Contractors, a leading provider of residential, multi-family, and commercial electrical services, is closing in on an incredible milestone. Next (…)
Growing Technicians from the Ground Up
Pro Services — By Emma Kilcawley Hemani
Pro Services is technically a skilled trades mechanical contractor and industrial maintenance contracting company – but when you delve deeper, the company is a (…)
A Group Effort
OmniDuct — By Emma Kilcawley Hemani
OmniDuct is a commercial HVAC ductwork manufacturer, with four facilities on the west coast. From these locations in Arizona, Southern California, Northern California and (…)
When Empowerment, Commitment & Resilience are th...
Nationwide Fixture Installations — By Manuela Armini
It was 1982 when David Osborne headed to downtown Minneapolis to fix a doorbell button at a local bookseller. Little did Osborne know that (…)
Tunneling Towards Success
Technicore Underground Inc. — By Emma Kilcawley Hemani
Technicore Underground Inc. is part of the Technicore Group of Companies, founded in 1994. The Technicore Underground branch of the group operates as a (…)
Strength Through Diversity
Walton & Company — By Caroline Ebbs
Established in 1989, Walton & Company has grown steadily in size and depth of services during the last thirty-plus years. Walton offers mechanical engineering (…)
The Height of Safety and Support
Indian Mill Plank — By Eric O'Callaghan
The world of scaffolding can be a scary one — unless of course you are an experienced worker. Even then, construction work is difficult (…)
Taking Care of Business
Atlantic Coast Dismantling — By Emma Kilcawley Hemani
Atlantic Coast Dismantling (ACD) is a full-service demolition contractor specializing in heavy civil and plant demolition projects. With a rich and broad history, the (…)
Moving the Earth for You
Champion Site Prep — By Aoife Chaney
Any company that’s been around for the past three decades knows a thing or two about major industry shifts, from the economic crash of (…)
A Little Bit of Luck and A Lot of Hard Work
NSG Life Safety — By Emma Kilcawley Hemani
NSG Life Safety caters to the multi-faceted needs of the construction industry pertaining to life safety systems, ranging from fire alarms to mass notification (…)
Doing the Right Thing for Over Seventy Years
Wilson Lumber — By David O'Neill
The lumber industry is well known for its many virtues. Hard work, commitment and honesty being just a few. These are foundations that speak (…)
Women Keeping the Show on the Road
IBC — By Georgie Downes
When voters in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, approved funding for a new transportation system involving Phase I, two-mile streetcar track ripping through the city, (…)
Stratospheric Scaffolding Growth
Prime Industrial Access — By Dan Scanlon
Starting a new business from scratch is always fraught with peril. Most businesses don’t survive the early years’ gauntlet of interconnected problems to ever (…)
If It’s Tech on The Roof, It’s RoofTek
RoofTek — By Aoife Chaney
The roofs we live under today are a far cry from the straw-thatched roofs of the mid eighteenth century. Often equipped now with durable (…)
The Future Is Foam
Airfoam — By Aoife Chaney
It is often said that once we’ve got a roof over our heads and food on the table, everything else will fall into place. While (…)
Focusing on Growth Through Adversity
JR & Co. — By Emma Kilcawley Hemani
JR & Co. install, service, and maintain the exterior envelope of commercial buildings including roofing, roofing metal, wall panels, solar arrays, and more. In (…)
The Education Flywheel
Heidler Roofing — By Dan Scanlon
The bottom line can be an unforgiving master in business. Laser focus on black and red can seem like the most sensible modus operandi, especially in a rapidly changing (…)
Gimme Shelter
Preservation Services — By Georgie Downes
Roofs are the Cinderella of the architectural world. While facias and facades garner attention and praise, roofs rarely get so much as an honorable (…)
In the Trenches Together
Chicago Fire Protection — By David O'Neill
“An overwhelmingly huge part of our successes comes from our employees, and the day to day, hard work that they do and also our (…)
The People Are the Business
Cooling Tower Maintenance — By Emma Kilcawley Hemani
Founded in 1976, Cooling Tower Maintenance Inc. (CTM) is the largest and oldest independent maintenance and service company for cooling towers in Canada. With (…)
Passionate about Natural Stone
Select Stone Supply — By David O'Neill
“There is a lot to learn about. When you are just buying and selling a product that has been shipped to you; to me (…)
Family Foundations
Fernandes Masonry — By Dan Scanlon
There’s a general adage when it comes to getting into business with friends and family; maybe think twice. Money has a pernicious ability to wend its way (…)
Staying Ahead Through Innovation
Ewing Fabricators — By Eric O'Callaghan
For almost all businesses, innovation is key to being successful. This is especially important for Ewing Fabricators, who have continuously pushed themselves to not (…)
Simplified Supply Chain Solutions
Command Alkon — By Dan Scanlon
Logistics has long been the Gordian knot of the construction industry. A wild tangle of processes, the inherent complexity of supply chains and their iron-clad importance to every aspect (…)
Pipeline to Success
NAPF — By Dan Scanlon
Industries develop on unique paths. The story of the United States can, in one way, be told as the story of intrepid people forging (…)
No Shortcuts
NSG Life Safety — By Joanne Kelter
“We don’t take shortcuts,” says Daniel J. Chauvin because, as he explains, “there are no shortcuts with life safety”. As President of NSG Life (…)
Growth with Integrity
Insulated Roofing Contractors — By David O'Neill
In order to be successful, a business must be ready to meet multiple demands from an array of sources. These demands; such as products (…)
Building Structures for Collaboration and Constructio...
Empirehouse — By Joanne Kelter
“Teamwork, innovative, going above and beyond. I think if we live by those rules, everything that we’re talking about changes the way a subcontractor (…)
Solutions-Based Logistics with a Community Focus
STR Alaska — By David O'Neill
With a winter season that stretches to almost half of the year and large portions of this time being in near total darkness, it (…)
Evolving and Thriving
S&T Group — By Dan Scanlon
Northern Ontario is awash in both natural beauty and resources. Little surprise that an array of industries have emerged in the region over the (…)