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Civil Engineering & Infrastructure

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Concrete

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Design Build | CM | GC

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Equipment

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Green Building

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Specialty Contracting

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Concrete

JJ Ferguson — By Manuela Armini

Prestressed Beams with an 82-Year-Old Legacy

Jesse James Ferguson was only 16 when he started his sand and gravel business in 1941. His only assets were a few dollars borrowed from (…)

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Building Great Builders

JGR Construction Inc. — By Emma Kilcawley Hemani

Every stage of the construction process has its place and its value. From foundation upwards, a building is only as strong as its weakest (…)

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A 30 Year Adventure in Architectural Precast

Advanced Precast — By Manuela Armini

Everybody knows what a plumber does, but what does a precast manufacturer do? Precast concrete has been used in construction for many years and (…)

Touchdown for Mahan Form

Mahan Forms — By Georgie Downes

In order to navigate and succeed in the construction industry, it is important to have a number of key skills, integrity, innovation, perseverance and (…)

Built on Relationships

Highbury Concrete — By Caroline Ebbs

While Highbury Concrete (founded 2013) could be considered a relatively young company it is far from being rookie. In fact, quite the opposite is (…)

Building Relationships

CanCrete — By David O'Neill

The world of concrete is, generally speaking, a simple one. This composite mixture, the second-most-used substance in the world after water, has been used (…)

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Combining Forces in the Ontario Superstructure Market

Fritz-Alder Precast — By Aoife Chaney

One of the first adopters to precast concrete was the agricultural industry, who in the early seventies had high demand for structures such as (…)

A Family of Families

Warren Paving — By Eric O'Callaghan

The definition of family can vary from one person to the next. Some may say that family is the descendants of a common ancestor (…)

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 (…)

One Step Ahead

Coastal Precast Systems LLC — By Emma Kilcawley Hemani

Coastal Precast Systems LLC (CPS) is a heavy marine and highway precast company, specializing in highway transportation, ports, and marine construction. With prime locations (…)

Cleared for Take Off

Hi-Way Paving — By Eric O'Callaghan

Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) is ranked among the world’s busiest airports, with an average of 1,424 arrivals and departures each day, according to (…)

Bridging the Gap from the Island

Surespan Structures — By Emma Kilcawley Hemani

As anyone with experience will tell you, structure is one of the most important aspects in achieving success in business. It is that thing (…)

Prestressed Bridge Beams – Evercast Continues to Expand

Evercast Concrete — By Dan Scanlon

Growth and stability are terms that may seem oxymoronic in regard to business building. After all, growth usually requires the outlay of resources – (…)

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Family Owned with Community Values

Frazier Quarry — By David O'Neill

With a rich and storied history, the Shenandoah Valley is well known and for great reason. This cultural region that spans eight counties across (…)

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A Powerhouse in Unison

The Precast Group — By Aoife Chaney

When precast concrete first gathered significant momentum in the 1950s there were few companies that could see it for the leading building material it (…)

A Concrete Step Forward

Proform — By Caroline Ebbs

Proform is a company with many capabilities, demonstrated by their two divisions: Proform Concrete Services and Proform Construction Products. Proform Concrete Services is a (…)

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Challenge Accepted

IECS — By Eric O'Callaghan

At IECS, custom requests are not only celebrated, they are encouraged. ‘Problem’ is a word that the majority of businesses do not want to (…)

Concrete Pipe Dreams

CCPPA — By Georgie Downes

Gerry Mulhern joins me via Zoom from his office in downtown Kitchener looking relaxed and ready to chat. It’s noon on Friday and he (…)

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The Forerunners in Thin Concrete

Spring Valley Corp — By Emma Kilcawley Hemani

According to company President Eric Sommer, Spring Valley Corp (SVC) turns owners, architects, and designers “ideas into reality”. The relationship between company and client (…)

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Growing Better

Twin Valley Precast — By Eric O'Callaghan

Growth can be often confused with success, but how does becoming larger prove you are becoming more successful? Well, the truth is, it doesn’t. (…)

The Proof is in the Precast Concrete

Canadian Precast Prestressed Concrete Institute (CPCI) — By Aoife Chaney

It is no secret among construction industry professionals that prefabricated and modular structures are the way of the future. What was always a popular (…)

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Maintaining Stability in Success

Pratt Brothers Inc. — By Dan Scanlon

Walk into a casino in Las Vegas and you find yourself in an environment where the machines blink and beep, the lights stay on (…)

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Paving the Future

Occhino Corp — By Aoife Chaney

Occhino Corp is a Buffalo-based asphalt paving and road construction company with deep roots in Western New York. To their community in Buffalo and (…)

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Reputation is Everything

BCS Concrete Structures — By Martin Foran

Hugely respected concrete subcontractors in the Austin and Central Texas market, BCS Concrete Structures have come a long way in seventeen years. The company (…)

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Self-Healing Concrete – Future-Proofing the Oldest of...

By David O'Neill

It goes without saying that concrete is big business. It is one of the oldest building materials known to man with a rich history (…)

The Canadian Dream

Central Precast — By Emma Kilcawley Hemani

As President of Central Precast Inc. John Mion explains, the company started out as a “Canadian dream story” in which an Italian immigrant, with (…)

Evercast

Growth Without Neglecting Values

Evercast Concrete — By Emma Kilcawley Hemani

Evercast Concrete Inc. is a pre-cast and pre-stressed concrete focused manufacturer with a footprint that today services Washington DC, down to Florida, and all (…)

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For Highbury, Safety is Concrete

Highbury Concrete — By Emma Kilcawley Hemani

Highbury Concrete is a concrete superstructure company based in New York City. They have worked on the skeletons of many buildings visible in the (…)

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The Concrete Cutters

Advanced Concrete Cutting & Coring — By Georgie Downes

QUESTION: What do you do with an unwanted swimming pool? Maybe it’s the size or the color or the shape that doesn’t suit, or (…)

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Tilt-Up’s Northern Exposure

Tilt Wall Ontario — By Dan Scanlon

There are, as they say, many ways to skin a cat. An antiquated aphorism to be sure, but the kernel of truth behind it (…)

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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 (…)

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Water, Cement, Aggregate and Alchemy

Rainbow Concrete Industries — By Joanne Kelter

The name Rainbow Concrete might strike the casual reader as something of a contradiction in terms. Rainbows always seem to be a colorful source (…)

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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 (…)

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Trusting in Experience

M CON Products — By David O'Neill

The precast concrete market is one where competition is fierce. This is neither a ground-breaking or surprising statement. What may come as a surprise, (…)

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Built to Last

Forterra — By Dan Scanlon

Sustainability needs to be more than just a vague goal for a company – it has to become part of its ethos. It is (…)

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Pipe Material Selection Greatly Reduces Excess Soil C...

CCPPA — By Paul Imm, P.Eng

In December 2019, the Province of Ontario announced that they were phasing in a new regulation under the Environmental Protection Act that, in addition (…)

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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 (…)

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The Difference is Creativity

Proform Construction Products — By Dan Scanlon

An abundance of creativity is not necessarily the first thing that comes to mind when describing the attributes of a leading precast concrete manufacturer. (…)

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Making Every Journey

IECS — By Joanne Kelter

In construction, it is often said that the best solutions are the simplest—the most direct and straightforward. According to Vice President Greg Arvai, Ontario (…)

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Growth Through Diversity

S3 Precast — By David O'Neill

Changing directions and incorporating new product lines is nothing new in the construction industry, or any other for that matter. Businesses are at the (…)

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Prodigious Projects on the Prairies

Inland Pipe and Ocean Pipe — By Dan Scanlon

The Prairies cover an almost inconceivable stretch of land across Western Canada. At nearly 690,000 square miles, you could fit France inside with some (…)

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Strength in Numbers

Evercast — By David O'Neill

Throughout the construction world, branding is key. To staff and company leaders, the goals and principles that drive their organization are evident; these mechanisms (…)

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Educating for the Future

Atlantic TNG LLC — By Will Henderson

Being part of a family business is unlike any other job. It is instilled in you from a young age and training begins long (…)

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Breaking the Mold

Stone & Company — By Dan Scanlon

There is no one path to success. Leveraging labor advantages, strategically deploying capital, or just simply hiring the best can get a company there. One or more of these practices might see your (…)

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Delivery On Time, Every Time

Cemcast Pipe and Precast — By Jim Donovan

Understanding the requirements of an industry is not an easy feat. Being able to respond to a  client’s needs, to work with them to (…)