Careers in the trades provide specialized knowledge and practical expertise while offering work experience, less time in the classroom, and the opportunity to make a good living.
Allison Dempsey
Coreslab Structures (OKLA) Inc.
Concrete Decision for Safer, Sturdier Structures
Coreslab Structures (OKLA) Inc. has made a name for itself as a premier supplier of structural and architectural Precast Concrete products and solutions for more than 40 years.
Keystone Custom Decks
Backyard Bliss – Building Beauty Close to Home
Creating a beautiful backyard space for relaxing or entertaining can mean different things to different people, and Keystone Custom Decks provides a variety of options—from porches to patios to outdoor kitchens and more.
Optimal Field Services
Trust, Teamwork, and Talent
Understanding that every project comes with risk, Optimal Services strives to help minimize those risks by implementing unique solutions across the nation, helping clients stay on schedule and within budget. With its commitment to honesty and reliability, and with the expertise of highly skilled and knowledgeable artisans in numerous locations, Optimal’s impressive experience and commitment to success have helped shape the company into what it is today.
Handel Architects
Beautiful, Innovative, Sustainable
With the goal of designing buildings that act as engines for societal and urban improvement—in addition to beautiful structures—Handel Architects strives to improve urban living conditions and change the world for the better.
Synergy Homes / Seven Lakes
Building Community With Beautiful Homes
Taking pride in a reputation for integrity, reliable partnerships, and sound business decisions, St. John’s, Newfoundland-based Penney Group shares strong fundamental principles with its partners, coupled with steadfast dedication to employees, customers, and communities. Founded 40 years ago by Ches Penney, the company is involved in a wide range of real estate developments that offer quality design, environmental awareness, and a commitment to building community.
Spence Brothers
Diversity, Integrity and a Love for Construction
If an organization’s values set the standards for its personnel, Spence Brothers’ values have poured the foundation for its decades of success. Founded in Saginaw, Michigan in 1893 by brothers Matt and Hugh Spence as a start-up construction company, the business has grown and thrived as it has taken on a number of notable projects.
Clark Construction
Putting People Before Profit
You hear a lot about sustainable building these days, but few companies embrace the concept as completely as Clark Construction Inc.
Regan Development
Transforming Communities Through Affordable Housing
With housing prices still out of reach for many prospective buyers, it’s heartening to know Regan Development, an Ardsley, New York-based, family-run business with more than 30 years of experience, has created residential, commercial, and affordable housing real estate projects worth over $750 million, enhancing thousands of people’s lives in the process.
Enercare
Weathering the Storms with Resilience and Reliability
Canada is a country well-known for its extreme weather, and with those extremes comes the need to keep vital HVAC equipment running smoothly and efficiently in both summer and winter months. No company knows this better than Enercare, one of Canada’s major providers of residential and business services and energy solutions.
AMG Demolition
Smashing Stereotypes in the Demolition Industry
It’s a story of dedication, commitment and perseverance in the face of some of life’s most challenging battles, and one that AMG Demolition Inc., has built its legacy on. Based in Melville, Long Island, NY, this woman-owned company (WBE/DBE), headed by Joan “Joni” Capobianco, entrepreneur and pioneer in the demolition industry, was built from the ground up into the multi-million dollar enterprise in the demolition industry it is today.
Mobu Enterprises
Sustainable Solutions
It’s easy to be green for Mobu Enterprises, builder of custom residential and commercial structures made from shipping containers produced by a skilled team of architects and designers. Initially starting with a small collection of apartment buildings, Mobu has since expanded to urban and rural communities, providing the best in green building while continuing to embrace its motto: “Save our community, save our world, by helping our clients and their future generations construct green areas that withstand the test of time.”
Riverside Millwork Group
Fair Trades – Working for Equality
If you’re looking for expertly designed and crafted carpentry guaranteed to elevate the look and feel of your home, Riverside Millwork Group provides beautiful, custom products coupled with skilled installation—whether it’s trim and moulding, a variety of doors, or an array of storage solutions.
Progressive Roofing
Family Company, Progressive Approach
It takes courage to start a business, and determination to keep it going. After doing so for 45 years, Progressive Roofing Inc. has much to celebrate. Established in 1948 by Bill Farrell and his father Albert Farrell as part of a larger network of businesses owned by the Farrell family, Progressive was founded in 1978, specializing in commercial, institutional, and industrial roofing.
Michael Kinder & Sons
Soaring High With Customer Care and Careful Planning
A company can’t stay in business for more than 130 years without an expert understanding of how to keep customers happy. Michael Kinder & Sons (MKS) has outlasted the design-build competition by delivering superior value, careful planning, and close partnerships with clients on a variety of projects including healthcare buildings, office and retail buildings, primary education and college campuses, senior living and multifamily residences, industrial facilities—and, more recently, a high-profile, high-end airport expansion—all while continuing to commit only to projects it knows it can deliver on time and on budget.
Safety First-SFC
Safe Travels
Traffic control is challenging and often dangerous, but someone must do it. And Safety First-SFC does it best, after operating as the largest full-service traffic control company in the Atlantic provinces for almost 30 years.
A.D. Stowe
Looking Back at a Long History, and Forward to a Bright Future
Not many companies can claim they’ve been in business for close to a century, but A.D. Stowe is one of them.
The Risks and Rewards of Going Off-Grid
Getting Away From It All
Soaring inflation, volatile real estate, escalating fuel prices—with numerous challenges facing both builders and buyers right now, it’s understandably tempting to want to go “off the grid,” constructing buildings that function under their own power on your own terms.
Fieldgate Construction
Building a Bright Future
Perhaps the single most striking thing about Fieldgate Construction is the extraordinary amount of repeat business it gets from clearly satisfied clients.
Ball Construction
Building a Family Legacy that Lasts
100 years in business is a remarkable achievement, particularly in the construction industry, a fact that family-owned Ball Construction knows well.
Primera Carpet One Floor & Home
Design Is About Creating a Beautiful Home. Primera Is About Making It Easier.
Your home is not only one of life’s biggest purchases but also your most prized possession, a place to feel safe and secure and express your individuality. Making those individual design choices, however, can be daunting and overwhelming. That’s where the experts at Primera Carpet One Floor & Home and their Prescott Valley Design Center can help.
Enercare
Turning the Energy Tide with Net Zero Homes
As the cost of living soars and climate change looms, developing a robust stock of net zero homes might just be the best option for a more sustainable society. The Canadian government, supported by the Ontario Energy Association (OEA), aims to reach net zero emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) by 2050.
ACO, Inc.
Water Ways: Drainage Design for Our Age
Dedicated to developing the best water management and drainage systems across the globe, ACO, Inc. improves the collection and reuse of water with its unique modular trench drains, in the process enhancing both the water and the environment.
Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE)
With Efficient Energy Comes a Cleaner Future
While almost all utilities in North America offer consumers incentives to buy energy-efficient goods and services, members of the Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE) search out cutting-edge ways to speed up the commercialization of those energy-efficient solutions for very good reasons.
GNM Companies
Collaboration and Integrity: Building Homes, Lives and Relationships
With a specialty in heavy carpentry work and rough framing, Arizona-based GNM Companies, LLC, is a family-owned construction company with 25 years of experience crafting homes, condos, hotels and student dwellings.
Elviano Homes Ltd.
Welcome Home: A One-Stop Shop for Beautiful Buildings
There’s no place like home, especially when that home is created with a client’s particular vision in mind. With a sterling 16-year reputation in Toronto’s high-end construction sector, Elviano Homes Ltd. recognizes the importance of expert design, quality materials, and experienced trades, along with enduring, open and consistent communication in order to create “forever homes” for valued customers.
The Building Union of Canada
State of the Smaller Union – Bringing Balance, Safety and Strength
Created to improve employee quality of life and work in the construction industry, the Building Union of Canada held its first meeting in March 2012, and celebrates a decade of success in 2022. With support from the team’s industry and union experience, leadership, and reputation, the BUC has worked tirelessly to protect its members and help them succeed.
Feller Engineering
Facing the Future the Feller Way
Specializing in high-rises, mixed-use projects, condominiums, apartment buildings and hospitality, Feller Engineering, the leading MEP/FP (mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection) engineering consulting firm in Florida, might be well-known for its impressive core projects, but it also takes great pride in its numerous other designs. These range from restaurants to high-end single-family homes and car dealerships, and the company welcomes not only large projects, but the smaller ones as well.
Axiom Equipment Group
Generating Light, Power, and Innovation
When the team at Axiom Equipment Group saw a need they were sure they could meet – higher quality power-related equipment with more innovative features and functionality at an affordable price – they utilized decades of cumulative experience in the construction sector to provide its clients with unique and effective products.
Calhoun Super Structure
Flexible, Strong, Resilient
A family-owned Canadian enterprise founded in 1992, Calhoun Super Structure has since grown into a leading, full-service manufacturing firm specializing in fabric building engineering, production, and project management for clients across North America and beyond. Proudly in its third generation, Calhoun provides peace of mind through its trusted and knowledgeable service to a variety of businesses, homes, public works professionals, and wholesalers, supplying solutions that help them meet their varied needs.
Ecofitt
Committed to Conservation
Keeping costs down in a home or business is about more than labour and inventory – it’s about conservation, like energy-saving devices or keeping heat and air conditioning expenses low. There are numerous ways to make a difference in monthly bills, and Ecofitt is exploring them all.
Ludowici
Stylish, Strong, and Sustainable
Evoking historical architecture and Mediterranean climates, terra cotta tiles are beautiful and timeless. Adorning museums, universities, and residences, they’re not usually associated with modern architecture or harsh winters – but Ludowici tiles prove those assumptions wrong.
ProAll
ProAll’s New Spider 2.0 Trucks Pour Concrete and Deliver Business
ProAll International Manufacturing Inc.’s ongoing commitment to pouring concrete in a simpler and more environmentally friendly method has been a goal for more than 50 years, as the company strives to eliminate logistical issues and long wait times for delivery.
Timber Block
Logging on to the Future of Homebuilding
When you picture a log cabin, you might envision something small, bare, basic, and deep in the woods, a place for weekend excursions and little more. Timber Block turns that notion on its head with stunning, contemporary timber homes.
The Holmes Group
Everything is Possible: Constructing a Future for Women in Trades
Sherry Holmes knows exactly why women are essential in the construction industry. She has long-term, firsthand experience growing up in Canada’s renowned Holmes family, first working behind-the-scenes on her father Mike’s series, Holmes on Homes, followed by becoming proficient with power tools in her own right on Holmes Inspection, Holmes Makes It Right, DIY Network’s Holmes: Next Generation, and most recently Holmes Family Rescue airing on HGTV US and CTV Life. Her passion and dedication are something she’s now determined to share with a generation of girls who may not even know this career path exists.
South Coast Improvement Company
Better Living Through Better Building
It’s a unique niche, and one not many firms tackle—occupied renovations in senior living and senior healthcare—but the team at South Coast Improvement Company (SCIC) has successfully made it more than 80 percent of their business. Founded in 1998, the company boasts 35 full-time employees and more than $50 million in annual revenue as a leader in interior and exterior commercial design, construction and management services.
Royal Truck & Equipment
Where Safety is the Driving Factor
Highway driving—a staple of daily commutes across the country—relies on a number of factors including attentive drivers, well-maintained roads, and adequate safety signage. Road workers labor day and night to keep routes flowing, but workers’ safety is often disregarded by drivers in the rush to reach their destination.
Lacey Construction
Families Working for Families
A family home is one of life’s biggest investments and nobody knows that better than award-winning builder Lacey Construction, a company that puts client experience, team members and quality workmanship first in every project.
Reid’s Heritage Construction
More Than Construction: Building the Business of People
A company’s success lies in its talent, passion, and drive, and Reid’s Heritage Construction (RHC) is doing remarkably. For 15 years, this Cambridge, Ontario construction and design management firm has brought its wealth of expertise to sustainable building processes.
Nortex Roofing
Teamwork, Trust and Transparency
There’s a lot to be proud of at Nortex Roofing. As the company celebrates an impressive 30 years in a competitive industry, the reasons for its success are clear: growth through quality, and dedicated and passionate team members.
Harrington and Associates
Team Spirit – Harrington and Associates Upholds Passion and Pride
From start to finish, from planning and design through to post-construction, Harrington and Associates aims for hands-on involvement, with professional and highly skilled employees at the heart of everything, getting each job done efficiently and safely.
Complete Landsculpture
Transforming Property, Transforming Lives
Chris Strempek never thought he’d own an award-winning full-service landscape firm. What began as a “temporary” job while getting his real estate and finance degree became an actual career, including 36 impressive years as founder, president, CEO, and co-owner of Complete Landsculpture.
Building Passion and Positivity for the Trades
Passing the Torch
Rachel Hesketh didn’t set out to be a plumber. In her mid-20s, while on a completely different career path, she felt she needed a change. Looking for something where she could work with her hands, she discovered a pre-apprenticeship program aimed at getting women into the trades. The rest is history that’s still being written.
Niagara Rigging and Erecting Company Ltd.
Smaller Company, Bigger, Better Jobs
Sometimes a smaller company can make an extraordinary impact, and it’s usually through exceptional focus. Niagara Rigging and Erecting Company Ltd. provides structural steel erection, fabrication, detailing, and project management with laser-like focus on meeting individual customer needs.
Bright Power
A Bright – and Sustainable – Future
With gathering environmental concerns and the looming threat of climate change, Bright Power’s energy and water management counseling for real estate stakeholders means it’s bringing practical change to vital issues through utility bill analytics and sophisticated advice.
Canada’s Housing Market Survives and Thrives
Under Construction
While COVID-19 has adversely affected almost every aspect of daily life, its effect on the housing market was unexpected. With construction shrinking 3.4 percent in 2020, it’s predicted to grow by 0.6 percent in 2021, reviving far faster than expected.
Michael Kinder & Sons
Plan, Design, Build: Michael Kinder & Sons Commits to Success
With its dedication to understanding that company success must also include clients and team members, Michael Kinder & Sons (MKS) consistently embraces its core values of a strict adherence to quality and safety. This 129-year-old family-owned business has proven over time that work done well speaks for itself, and supporting clients and employees is a vital key to attaining long-term achievements.
The Mitchell Partnership
Going Green Without Going Into the Red
As the Government of Canada moves to net zero emissions by 2050, The Mitchell Partnership has a vital part to play in the process. Offering sustainable building design solutions and long-lasting environmental benefits, Toronto’s The Mitchell Partnership (TMP) enables clients to achieve decarbonization of their buildings, new or existing, and reduce their energy use as well.
SALTO Systems
The Key to 21st Century Security Is No Key At All
The key to modern security may be no key at all; instead, it’s simple solutions in installation and set-up from SALTO Systems: standalone, battery-powered electronic locks for access controls that are reliable and affordable, efficient and easy to use, without the need for complex and costly wiring.
Machinio
Making the World a One-Stop Shop
Boasting the world’s largest platform for buying and selling used machinery and equipment, Machinio makes it effortless for thousands of sellers to connect with thousands of buyers, facilitating faster and more straightforward transactions worldwide.