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...
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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...
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,...
Viessmann Manufacturing Company
Turning Up the Heat
Headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, with a second facility in Langley, British Columbia, Viessmann Manufacturing Company, Inc. has a new range of next-generation boilers that push the boundaries of...
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...
Fastform ICF
At Last, Buildings Built to Last
Concrete is a building material with staying power, and so too are the Insulated Concrete Forms (ICF) offered by Fastform ICF, the most experienced ICF distributor in Ontario. The Fastform team...
Mainland Construction Materials
Laying the Foundation
Since 1970, Mainland Construction Materials, headquartered in Langley, BC, has been committed to being the leading supplier of quarried stone, river sand, gravel, and recycled concrete and asphalt...
National Roofing
Where a New Culture and New Training Meet Traditional Strength
From its sizable headquarters in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where National Roofing has built a reputation for quality service and innovative practices throughout the Southwest, comes the news: a...
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,...
Chandos Construction
Industry Innovators
Chandos Construction is a national technical builder originally formed in September 1980. The company’s founders met when working on a job at Edmonton’s Commonwealth Stadium. The founders had...
BentallGreenOak
Working for the Future, Now
The introduction of green building standards is a step in the right direction to promote sustainability in new building design and construction, while aligning with and meeting emissions-reduction...
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...
Turning Homes into Sanctuaries
The Nesting Economy
For many people, the COVID pandemic turned how they lived and thought about their homes inside-out. Up to that point homes for many were a place to come back to after work to eat, sleep and repeat....
ArcelorMittal Long Products Canada
Transforming Tomorrow
Traditional steel production is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions the world over. ArcelorMittal is on a mission to transform this trend. With its eye firmly set on the Paris...
Paradise Exteriors
Turning Florida Homes into Paradise
When a call to customer service begins with, “Hello, Welcome to Paradise” – you know it’s a sign that the company delivers a great experience and feel-good vibes. That’s a welcome boost these days...
The Exterior Company
Making Its Own Luck, One Guarantee at a Time
Extreme North American winters demand expert roofing. Trusted by Lancaster, Pennsylvania residents for nearly a decade, The Exterior Company (TEC) is a licensed, bonded, and insured roofing...
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...
Blue-Con Excavating
Blue-Con Excavating Makes Deep Utilities a Family Affair
Blue-Con Excavating is a Calgary-based construction services provider specializing in Deep Utilities, one with its own deep history rooted in family. Company president Matt Haasen tells the story of...
Pueblo Mechanical & Controls
Strong Growth, Strong Culture
Pueblo delivers full spectrum HVAC, Plumbing and Controls service and installation for education, government, industrial, healthcare and commercial customers. As a leading provider in the state of...
Dual Temp Company
Where Success Thrives
Dual Temp is no average mechanical contractor. For fifty-plus years, the company has put every effort into evolving, transforming from a simple HVAC company into a full-service provider of air...
Western Pacific
Up to the Challenge
Western Pacific Enterprises (WPE) has met a lot of challenges in its multi-decade history – and it turns out that not even a pandemic can stop this company. Since 1973, Western Pacific has been...
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...
Dupras Ledoux Inc.
Leading Clients to Bigger and Better Ambitions
Dupras Ledoux Inc. provides professional engineering services in building mechanics and electricity, including telecommunications, security and lighting design, and stands out in the industry for...
Mondo Contract Flooring
Exploring New Avenues in Green Rubber
If you're a high-performance athlete, or simply working on your feet all day, the importance of flooring is paramount. As the world’s leading rubber-flooring provider, The Mondo Group boasts over 70...
MJMA
Connecting Communities Through a Collaborative, Cross-Disciplinary Approach
Full-service, interdisciplinary, and architecturally-led, this design studio, MJMA, was founded in 1988 and has operated as a single Toronto-based office for the last thirty years. Its focus has...
Graham Management Services
Macro Environmental Stewardship Through Micro Touches
Taking care of the environment, in construction, means considering the environmental aspect of every detail of everyday operations. Driven by a team of forward-thinking solution seekers, Graham is a...
Provencher_Roy Architects
The Beauty of Building Sustainably
Provencher_Roy’s goal is sustainability in architecture interior design, urban design, urban planning, landscape architecture, and industrial design. Hailing from Montreal, this member of the Canada...
Entuitive
The Growth of Green Building
There’s a strong case that can be made for building green. Sale prices of commercial and residential green buildings that are certified to environmental rating systems can be up to 30 percent higher...
The Canada Green Building Council
Bold New Measures for a Low-carbon Canada
As Canada continues to work toward a 2050 goal of net-zero carbon emissions, the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) is focused on creating a greener, more sustainable, and low-carbon building...
Conquest Equipment
Ready for Company Changes and Industry Shake-Ups
From its home base of Saskatchewan, Conquest Equipment has been operating as a heavy construction equipment renter and seller since the 1990s, primarily in western Canada, with additional markets in...
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...
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...
KAEFER Canada Inc.
Innovative, Technology-Driven Solutions in the Field of Industrial Services
KAEFER Canada is the Canadian arm of a global leader in the field of insulation and related services. Originally founded in Germany in 1918, KAEFER has built a reputation for delivering quality...
Resolute Building Company
What’s in a Name? In This Case, Everything
Since its founding in Chapel Hill, NC, in 1984, general contractor Resolute Building Company has stayed true to its mission of putting the customer first through exceptional value, construction...
ABCO Systems
The Warehouse Automation Experts
ABCO Systems Inc. is a market authority in solutions for warehousing and distribution center automation. From the pre-design phase to construction and automation, the company delivers the best...
Supreme Steel
Coming Full Circle – Supreme Steel Returns to its Roots
As we continue to grapple with COVID-19, businesses have no choice but to adapt to a changed world. Is it better to diversify to engage a larger market, or to become a leader in a niche? In North...
HB McClure
Building on 100 Years of Success
The HB McClure Company is a heating and cooling systems contractor that has operated out of the Pennsylvania area for over 100 years – and operated for the last decade as 100 percent employee-owned....
McMillan Electric
Rapid Growth Through Diversified Electrical Contracting Services
Full-service electrical contractor McMillan Electric specializes in commercial tenant improvement and new construction. Under its low-voltage division MNetworks, the company also offers networking,...
Bird Mechanical Ltd.
Fifty Years, Three Generations, and a Growing Flock
Hybrid retrofitting can be a genuine pleasure when working with the right team. Guided by a pragmatic yet modern approach and tenacious industry experts, Bird Mechanical Ltd. offers much more than...
Panelized Building Solutions
Prefabricating the Future
If there’s a pandemic-based economic slowdown underway, Panelized Building Solutions (PBS) hasn’t heard of it. The Toronto-based manufacturer of prefabricated wall and flooring systems has not only...
AMC Foam Technologies
Concrete Thinking: Not Your Parents’ Insulation
Changing the way we think about insulation means understanding the value of manufacturing and construction with environmental stewardship in mind. Using the term “we” is a deliberate choice for...
Burnaby Blacktop
From a Pickup Truck to Million-Dollar Paving Machines
You’re driving on a worn city street, trying to avoid the potholes, and then see the line where the smooth new pavement starts. You relax your grip on the wheel and cruise along the fresh blacktop,...
Theory Wellness/Dacon Corporation
Flower to the People – Theory Wellness On the Grow with Dacon
With the ongoing legalization and societal acceptance of medical and recreational cannabis use, growth and purchase across the globe, providing safe, certified product to conscientious consumers has...
CTLGroup
New Office, New Outlook and New Markets
There have been significant developments at CTLGroup since Construction in Focus profiled the Skokie, Illinois firm in October 2017. In addition to opening a New York City office, the company has...
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...
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...
Steed and Evans Limited
Canada’s Construction Trailblazer
With a growing demand for infrastructure, Ontario-based contractor Steed and Evans Limited sets the bar for quality construction, reconstruction, and repair of local public works and private...
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...
CSM Group
The Path Forward and the Woman Leading the Way
In a wide-ranging interview, Julie Byrne talks about her unique role as president of a large construction company, about diversity, equity, and inclusion, and how technology is moving the industry...
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...
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...
Coreslab Structures (OKLA) Inc.
Better Engineering for a Stormy World
To meet the needs of today's erratic weather patterns, construction must evolve. America’s Midwestern Tornado Alley region is especially at risk. But in Oklahoma City, Coreslab Structures (OKLA)...
Shahan & Son Painting, Ltd.
Customer Service with Every Stroke of the Brush
Since 1946, Shahan & Son Painting has provided commercial, industrial, and institutional painting services in the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas, where the company is recognized for quality,...
Structural Panels Inc.
Communication is Key
A leader in Canadian construction, family-owned Structural Panels Inc. (SPI) has a rich history as a top supplier of structural insulated panels to construction companies, architects, designers,...
Adi Development Group
An Avant-Garde Approach
The world of Adi Development Group is one of innovation, improvement, and growth. While there appear to be few in construction who are ready and willing to seize what new technology can offer the...
Designscapes Colorado
Taking Backyards from Blah to Blissful
Wouldn’t you like to step outside to cool off in your pool and lounge by the relaxing greenery? Maybe cook up something fabulous in the outdoor kitchen and have friends over for a meal and a...
Clarence Davids & Co.
Seventy Years of Success
Clarence Davids, Sr. launched his landscape company in 1951 with one truck, a seventh-grade education, and lots of can-do attitude. “His office was the back porch,” remembers his son, current...
Crystal Greens Landscape
New Partnership, Same Commitment
Crystal Greens Landscape specializes in all phases of commercial landscape management. Since its founding in 1990, the Portland, Oregon-based business has helped clients maintain and improve...
Geosource Energy
Things Are Heating up For Geothermal Energy
Geoexchange is how geothermal energy, generated and stored below the Earth’s surface, provides efficient and cost-effective heating, cooling, and hot water to a home or structure. Because the...
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...