With soaring home heating and cooling costs, taking measures to conserve energy is more important than ever before. For over thirty years, North Star Windows & Doors has provided a wide range of attractive, top-quality products designed, engineered and manufactured for years of use.

Leduc Truss is one of the most recognized truss and wood product producers in the nation. A dedicated and meticulous workforce ensures the quality of final product. We spoke General Manager Keith Tindall about this and the state of the industry in Alberta.

The MX Group Ltd. of Winnipeg boasts a wide range of services and a feisty, independent spirit. The company offers home renovation, restoration and construction and has a boardroom lined with guitars, a greeter dog and a big heart. The same firm that prides itself on rapid growth and booming revenues has provided generous charitable services free of cost.

Since 2003, Industrial Scaffold Services has been providing safe, reliable and high-quality customer-oriented scaffold services. Serving industrial clients across industries in Western Canada, Industrial Scaffold Services is a name to be trusted with a reputation for quality and safety that precedes it.

McRight-Smith Construction does it all. “We are a construction manager, design builder and general contractor,” says CEO Andrew Smith. “If you ask us to bid a project, we will bid the project. If you don’t have an architect, we will source and manage the design process for you. If you have your own architect and want us to help manage the process, we will do that. We can take something from raw dirt, design it, and build it all the way up until we hand over the keys.”

Tim Galvin launched Brexton Development and Construction in 2001 as a family-owned and operated company specializing in commercial real estate development and construction. The Columbus, Ohio-based business stands out not only for its quality work, but also for its strong moral compass…

Del-Air Mechanical Contractors, Inc. is one of the largest and most experienced businesses of its kind in Tennessee and is listed as one of the 5,000 fastest-growing companies in the nation according to Inc. 5000 magazine. Under the leadership of company founder and Chief Executive Officer Dwane Lay, Del-Air Mechanical has proudly served the needs of countless commercial and industrial clients with a range of quality mechanical contracting services, including HVAC, plumbing and mechanical works.

With over ninety years of experience, Bigman Brothers, Inc. has become a name to be trusted in the New York electrical contracting market. The company has established a reputation as a specialist in the service and installation of electrical systems for commercial, institutional and industrial clients.

Of all aspects of construction, one of the most important is the foundation. The foundation is not only responsible for solidly supporting a structure in place, but it protects against cold and moisture and should last for many years. Unfortunately, this is not always the case…

Concrete Services, LLC, headquartered in Boynton Beach, Florida, is the leading concrete specialty contractor in the Sunshine State. “No one constructs more concrete on the roads of Florida than Concrete Services, LLC,” says the company.

Founded locally in 1906, Wilbert Precast continues to provide quality precast products to the Northwestern United States. Well known for its burial vaults, the family-owned business has expanded over the decades to produce a full range of wares for a variety of industries.

Since 1977, England-Thims & Miller, Inc. (ETM) has redefined what it means to be a land development engineering consultant. The company specializes in development management and has a reputation for bringing expertise and value to its clients from project vision to project completion.

With more than 1 million man-hours logged annually, Gastier consistently ranks as one of Quebec’s largest construction companies in terms of man-hours paid. Over the last 50 years, Gastier has evolved to embrace a multidisciplinary approach, growing to become a full service firm specializing in both light industrial construction and heavy industrial construction as well as mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and heating services.

Remedial Construction Services, L.P. (“RECON”) is an environmental remediation, civil site preparation and geotechnical construction company based in Houston, Texas. RECON serves a variety of industries including energy/power, oil/gas, mining/minerals, chemicals, government and waste management. The main services it provides are site development/stabilization, geotechnical construction, environmental remediation and civil construction, almost all of which have a unique technological twist.

Over the last ten years, the economy has drastically changed, and industries are being forced to evolve to adapt to new challenges. Education is no different, as both a market sector and as the source of skills and workforce training. Unlike many other industries and sectors, education has been slow to adapt and as such, has contributed to the skills gap in the economy.