From cutting costs to improving safety and efficiency, drones are making their presence known on construction sites worldwide.
Robert Hoshowsky
East Coast Metal Systems
Seeing the Potential in All Projects
Metal wall panels are visually appealing, durable, quickly installed compared to materials like brick, require little maintenance, and withstand even the harshest weather. For these reasons, and many others, East Coast Metal Systems (ECMS) remains an industry leader.
Education and Training in the Time of COVID
Hands-On or Online?
If there’s an industry that learns by doing, it’s construction. No matter the theoretical background you have, from carpentry to plumbing, electrical to drywall, it’s all hands-on learning with drills, wrenches, propane torches, copper pipe, wire cutters and more.
City Electric Supply
Many Branches, One Vision
Founded in 1990 at a single Canadian location, City Electric Supply (CES) recently opened the company’s 71st branch in Canada. The electrical wholesale company now operates in eight countries with over 1,000 branch locations globally, and shows no signs of slowing down.
Division 15 Mechanical
Bringing Buildings to Life
In construction, a building’s structure could be said to be the body, while the mechanical systems are the circulatory and nervous systems keeping it alive, healthy and functional. For 17 years, Division 15 Mechanical Ltd. has provided British Columbia clients with award-winning mechanical systems.
Altius Architecture Inc.
Where Style Wins Hearts – and Awards
Bringing planning, architecture, interior design, landscape, and construction into an integrated, harmonious whole in Ontario, Altius Architecture is keeping alive the philosophy and tradition of the master builder.
Peed Equipment Co.
From the Ground Up
In 1982, a longtime heavy equipment operator, Dennis M. Peed, started the Peed Equipment Company with the vision of “rebuilding D9H dozers from the frame up.” What he did build was an exemplary equipment-rental company specializing in heavy construction and mining.
The Appeal of Earthships
Shrinking Cities and Sustainability
Is escaping big city congestion to take on tiny houses and off-the-grid living that reduces our environmental footprint the answer? More and more of us who are packing up, downsizing, and moving to smaller dwellings and communities think so.
The Shift to Smarter Cities
The Technology of Sustainability
Not a day goes by without stories mentioning “Smart,” an acronym for “self-monitoring, analysis, and reporting technology.” The idea was launched by IBM almost 30 years ago. Today, “Smart” has found its way into watches, keys, phones… and cities.
LPR Construction
Strong as Steel
For LPR Construction, an essential service, the past year’s pandemic has seen the company meet challenges head-on with strength and resilience – executing its steel erection, industrial construction, and plant services projects as ever with professionalism and care for safety.
Cantiro
Many Roles, One Vision, and One New Name
After over two decades in business, it was name-change time for the powerhouse Beaverbrook Group of Companies. CEO George Cantalini and team spent three years restructuring, sometimes merging, and bringing together everything under one banner: Cantiro.
AGF
Raising the Rebar
Construction wouldn’t be construction without one of the greatest duos in the game – the combination of reinforcing bar and concrete. And, at the top of their game, Quebec’s AGF Group is a worldwide leader in rebar design, fabrication, and installation.
STAR Inc.
Founded on Knowledge and Integrity
For over 35 years, Girish C. Dubey has gone to work every morning to make a positive difference to the pavement industry – and to the world.
Falcon Structures
Taking Shipping Containers to the Next Level
Strong, durable, adaptable, transportable, affordable, and quick to produce – what’s not to like about working spaces and living spaces transformed from shipping containers by Texas-based Falcon Structures?
Glengate Company
Making Home a Beautiful Place to Be
“Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort,” said Jane Austen in Emma. Surely she would endorse Connecticut’s Glengate Company, which loves to create pools and gardens for clients whose homes mean everything to them, making their dreams a reality.
BCCI Construction
Building Relationships
Thoroughly testing our resolve, the COVID-19 crisis is unlike anything many of us have ever endured. While the pandemic remains challenging, some companies are seizing the opportunity to help others weather the storm, including BCCI Construction.
New Needs for Challenging Times
An Evolving Industry
Taking every industry by surprise, COVID-19 changed workplace safety protocols. Declared a global health crisis by the World Health Organization on March 11, the mysterious virus, originating in Wuhan in late December 2019, soon became a stark reality.
Standard Metal Hardware
Setting the Standard for Architectural Door Hardware
Standard Metal Hardware Manufacturing Ltd. is a leading commercial and custom architectural door hardware manufacturer founded over 30 years ago. They have built a reputation on supplying quality North American-made architectural door hardware products available in a variety of styles, sizes, materials, and finishes.
The Evolution of Millwork, Trim and Cladding
Cutting it Fine
“Moldings are honorable things which are not to be treated casually or copied blindly.”
-Charles Howard Walker (architect, author and teacher)
The Bucket Shop
Growing to Meet Global Demand
The Canadian Shield, the hardest, most abrasive rock in Northern Ontario, runs its course throughout the assets of the mining industry. From Scoop trams to Excavators, it grinds its toll into buckets and blades of every mining enterprise.
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