When you read the word basement, what feeling comes to mind? The usual connotations are not necessarily positive. For some, it is nothing more (…)
Strength Through Partnership
Trinity Logistics — By Caroline Ebbs
Trinity Logistics, founded in 1979, is a self-described “people-centric freight solution company.” With over forty years in the industry, it has made quite the (…)
Daring to Dream: A Better Future for Construction
SG Constructors — By Aoife Chaney
Some time ago, the team at SG Constructors attended a world-renowned Customer Service Training Course at The Disney Institute. The course teaches management teams (…)
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 (…)
Navigating 130 Years with Innovation and Commitment t...
Swinerton — By Georgie Downes
Innovation and commitment to excellence are pre-requisites for success and sustainability. These are just a few of the traits that have contributed to Swinerton’s (…)
Building Through Collaboration
Rogers-O'Brien Construction — By David O'Neill
They say that the only certainties in life are birth, death, and taxes. In business, this adage equally holds true. Challenging market conditions such (…)
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 (…)
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 (…)
The String That Ties Construction Together
ABC Carolinas — By Eric O'Callaghan
The next person you meet, could be your next big break. “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know”, is an age-old proverb (…)
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 (…)
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 (…)
The Community Business with Integrity at its Core
Integricon — By Caroline Ebbs
Twenty-eight years is a long time in business. For Integricon, a company that once dealt solely in restoration, this longevity is down to two (…)
A Future Based on Education, Solidarity and Excellence
Toronto Construction Association — By Emma Kilcawley Hemani
With inflation at record level rates across Canada, a shortage of skilled workers along with rising costs of materials, the future of the construction (…)
Automation – The Future of Construction?
By David O'Neill
The construction landscape is an ever-changing one. From design and planning right through breaking ground and completion, companies are always mindful of the ‘variables’, (…)
Community Microgrids – Renewable Energy, Locally Prod...
By David O'Neill
Construction and energy are two industries that are intrinsically linked. Historically, they have worked in tandem to support growth and the development of many (…)
Biochar – Using Soil to Build a New Future
By David O'Neill
Any attempts to divert from the status quo tend to be met with apprehension. Humans, by their nature, are happy with routine and predictability. (…)
Architecture 2030 – The Pathway Towards Zero Carbon B...
By David O'Neill
The common belief is that construction has a negative impact on the environment. Continued growth combined with unsustainable practices are contributing to carbon emissions (…)
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 (…)
Success Through Preparation
Callahan Construction Managers — By Dan Scanlon
“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” The Roman Stoic philosopher Seneca was purported to have coined that adage roughly 2000 years ago. (…)
Construction for Community
KIRCO MANIX — By Aoife Chaney
“KIRCO is a national commercial real estate development, investment, construction and facilities management firm,” says Quinn Kiriluk, offering a worthy attempt at describing all (…)
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 (…)
Where Relationships Are Key
Rogers-O’Brien Construction — By David O'Neill
It may be a phrase that dates back over seventy years, but it still bears repeating. Everything is bigger in Texas. While it may (…)
Working for the Local Community
Branch Civil — By Emma Kilcawley Hemani
Branch Civil is a general contractor that specializes in earthmoving, performing primarily in Virginia and North Carolina. The company is one of three business (…)
Wellbeing in Construction – Is The Industry Doing Eno...
By David O'Neill
According to recent studies, twelve of the 25 most dangerous jobs across North America are in the construction industry. The use of high-powered tools (…)
The Height of Safety and Support
Indian Mill Plank — By Eric O'Callaghan
The world of scaffolding can be a scary one — unless of course you are an experienced worker. Even then, construction work is difficult (…)
Family is First
Shelby Erectors — By Eric O'Callaghan
There is a strong sense of camaraderie within the construction industry that is essential to delivering results. This support system can be linked to (…)
Taking Care of Business
Atlantic Coast Dismantling — By Emma Kilcawley Hemani
Atlantic Coast Dismantling (ACD) is a full-service demolition contractor specializing in heavy civil and plant demolition projects. With a rich and broad history, the (…)
Generations of Quality
Johnson Bros. — By David O'Neill
Building a brand that spans multiple generations is not something that is achieved easily. Development, innovation and determination are key components of any such (…)
Development Through Planning
FTBA — By Emma Kilcawley Hemani
The Florida Transportation Builders Association (FTBA) represents over 500 firms involved in the infrastructure space in Florida. Of its members, contractors, subcontractors and suppliers (…)
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 (…)
Moving the Earth for You
Champion Site Prep — By Aoife Chaney
Any company that’s been around for the past three decades knows a thing or two about major industry shifts, from the economic crash of (…)
Keeping it Real
AGC Austin — By Martin Foran
The evolution of AGC (Associated General Contractors of America) chapters was so often tied to the history of their local communities. To a greater (…)
A Little Bit of Luck and A Lot of Hard Work
NSG Life Safety — By Emma Kilcawley Hemani
NSG Life Safety caters to the multi-faceted needs of the construction industry pertaining to life safety systems, ranging from fire alarms to mass notification (…)
Working Towards a Bright Future
LICA — By Emma Kilcawley Hemani
The Long Island Contractors’ Association (LICA) represents the interests of Long Island’s premier heavy construction general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, and industry supporters. Their industry (…)
Building Relationships Through Education
National Demolition Association — By David O'Neill
‘Where Demolition Professionals Build Relationships.’ The National Demolition Association, the leading association representing businesses in the North American demolition industry, is certainly clear in (…)
More People, More Power
HCCA — By Georgie Downes
Passion is an over-used word these days: job specs insist on it; we’re constantly urged to find it and every pageant contestant who ever (…)
ByBlocks – Building in a Circular Economy
ByFusion — By David O'Neill
While developments are being made across many sectors, heavy construction can sometimes seem like the odd one out. By its nature, it uses materials. (…)
Brightmark – The Circular Plastic Revolution
By David O'Neill
Around the world, societies and industries are attempting to devise solutions to the great problem of our time, sustainability. By coupling a global economy (…)
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 (…)
Women in Construction
By David O'Neill
As an industry, Construction has some work to do. Challenges are presenting themselves from multiple sources and those working within the sector are struggling (…)
Going Further for the Client, Always
Commercial Contracting Corporation — By Martin Foran
Commercial Contracting Corporation (CCC) not only builds facilities but installs production machinery, tooling and other equipment for automotive and other manufacturing markets. Solid, dependable and (…)
Fifty Years of Pushing the Boulder Uphill
ABC Empire State Chapter — By David O'Neill
Since the founding of the nation, the United States has held one thing above all others, it is a place which has been built (…)
Our Diversity Is Our Strength
Power and Construction Group — By Emma Kilcawley Hemani
Power and Construction Group (PCG) is a “vertically integrated” utility construction company according to Executive Vice President and Owner, Pete Wierzba. Pete explains how (…)