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September 2022

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Successful Partnerships Equate to a Successful Business

Sterling Ridge Group Inc. — By Eric O'Callaghan

One great partnership can elevate a business to the next level. Imagine what a collection of partnerships can do. While the characteristics of each (…)

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Family Owned with Community Values

Frazier Quarry — By David O'Neill

With a rich and storied history, the Shenandoah Valley is well known and for great reason. This cultural region that spans eight counties across (…)

Experience Through Growth

Division 5 — By Emma Kilcawley Hemani

As the old saying goes, it’s what is inside that counts. To this statement, in the construction industry, the structure of any building is (…)

The Only Way is Up

BRICON — By Eric O'Callaghan

When you read the word basement, what feeling comes to mind? The usual connotations are not necessarily positive. For some, it is nothing more (…)

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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 (…)

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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 (…)

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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 (…)

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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 (…)

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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 (…)

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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 (…)

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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’, (…)

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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 (…)

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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. (…)

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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 (…)