Valcoustics Canada Ltd.
In the field of construction, proper acoustic design is just as important as the foundation upon which the structure rests. For over sixty years, the team at Valcoustics Canada Ltd. has provided professional acoustical engineering consulting services to builders, developers, planners, architects, governments, the legal profession and many others.
Trinity Maintenance Solutions
Trinity Maintenance Solutions Ltd. has helped countless customers across Atlantic Canada by providing unique and highly efficient energy efficiency services and solutions since 2006. The company is known for its professional, reasonably-priced services and friendly customer service and serves a range of clients in residential, industrial and commercial sectors.
Elias Woodwork
Elias Woodwork has been manufacturing cabinetry and millwork components since 1983. The Winkler, Manitoba based business supplies products for a wide range of industries, with a specialization in the kitchen sector.
Yoder Lumber
Built on a decades-long tradition of quality, excellent customer service, superior selection, and timely delivery, Yoder Lumber Co. Inc. remains one of the most respected providers of top-quality hardwood products in America.
MG McGrath
MG McGrath fabricates and installs architectural surfaces on some of the most distinctive new industrial and commercial buildings. Its unique exteriors and architectural sheet metal can be seen on some of the most recognizable buildings in the Twin Cities. Business in Focus spoke with MG McGrath President Mike P. McGrath of this Maplewood, Minnesota-based company.
Watson-Forsberg
Since the 1940s, Minnesota general contractor Watson-Forsberg has established a strong reputation for project success and a commitment to a better future while operating on budget, on time and in compliance with regulatory and client expectations. Known as a contractor with a focus on quality, safety, sustainability and integrity, Watson-Forsberg has created a legacy in the markets and communities in which it serves.
Magney Construction
Magney Construction’s primary focus is on the construction of high-quality water and wastewater treatment facilities. It takes on work throughout Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Montana and will occasionally perform maintenance and service work for private companies with which there is a pre-existing relationship.
Jorgenson Construction
One common refrain from today’s construction companies is that there is a serious lack of skilled talent. As the economy emerges from the recession, business is coming in, but it is growing increasingly difficult to find a labor force to fill the need…
Kraus-Anderson Construction
Minneapolis-based Kraus-Anderson Construction is a respected commercial contractor. It works on over 300 projects per year, making it amongst the largest locally owned and operated construction companies in Minnesota.
Helix Electric
Helix Electric is a nationally recognized name in electrical contracting services. The full-service company delivers exceptional solutions for all of its customers’ needs, with unmatched service that has been built upon longstanding values of hard work, teamwork, quality, safety, integrity, innovation and community.
J. R. Filanc Construction Company
Founded in 1952, J. R. Filanc Construction Company is an award-winning general engineering and design/build contractor. The company specializes in constructing, renovating, and expanding water and wastewater treatment, biosolids management, and waste-to-energy facilities throughout the Western United States.
Helix Steel
Polytorx, LLC, d.b.a. Helix Steel, is leading the structural concrete reinforcement field with an innovative product. Helix Steel’s Twisted Steel Micro Rebar (TSMR) is a revolutionary concrete reinforcement technology.
The Vynorius Companies
The Vynorius Companies, headquartered in Salisbury, Massachusetts, have divisions devoted to piledriving, making precast concrete piles, crane and equipment rentals and specialty trucking. The firm primarily serves the New England market including the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.
Engineered Wire Products
Engineered Wire Products (EWP) headquartered in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, is a leading producer of welded wire reinforcement (WWR) for the cast in place and precast industries. In addition to its base in Upper Sandusky, EWP has facilities in Las Cruces, New Mexico and Warren, Ohio.
Ameritex Pipe and Products
Ameritex Pipe and Products, LLC was established by Kevin Thompson, who was “born and raised in the utility business.” Kevin has put this longstanding industry expertise to work, enlisting the support of hardworking, industry-leading talent to take Ameritex Pipe and Products to new levels of growth and success as the premier supplier of reinforced concrete pipe and box culverts in Texas.
Eagle Rivet Roofing
Eagle Rivet loves challenges, sits on the cutting edge of sustainability and invests in its people’s safety above all else, but doing quality work at competitive prices is the primary reason for its ascension to becoming one of the most successful roofing companies on the Eastern Seaboard.
Lambert Somec
Lambert Somec is a leading electromechanical construction contractor and industrial equipment fabricator. The Quebec City-based business operates a fabrication facility in Quebec City for its own use and for external custom fabrications, and has additional offices in Montreal and projects as far away as the Caribbean and Africa…
Piling, Inc.
Located in Texas’s Galveston County is Piling, Inc., a fourth-generation, family-owned-and-operated business that has specialized in driven pile foundations and marine construction for the past eighty-five years.
Malcolm Drilling Company
As demand for ground improvement technologies continues to grow, so too does Malcolm Drilling Company. This firm has the technology and the expertise to take less than ideal subsurface conditions and create results that are beyond expectation.
Ervin Cable Construction
Ervin Cable started at the dawn of the Ronald Reagan administration, performing construction and cabling for telecommunications projects. In 1980, new regulations allowed television to be distributed that was produced by companies only for their paid subscribers; this sparked a tsunami that Ervin Cable has been surfing successfully for decades…
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Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium (EMC)
Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium (EMC) provides a depth and breadth of services, programs, and opportunities for manufacturers. Headquartered in Owen Sound, Ontario, with a national presence, EMC also encourages young people to enter the manufacturing workforce and is always looking for ways to enhance the sector.
Facing Up to What’s Facing Construction
When you think of the world’s largest industry, perhaps agriculture or energy come to mind—but it turns out they’re not the biggest.
U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)
After profiling the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) sustainability efforts in previous articles, Construction in Focus caught up with the organization once again, this time to learn about an exciting new report. State of Decarbonization: Progress in U.S. Commercial Buildings 2023 discusses the sector’s progress, the current status of data availability, and mechanisms available to reduce the carbon emissions of commercial buildings in the United States—the first report to compile all of this information into a single source.
Cushing Terrell
There is a quote attributed to Wayne Gretzky that you have likely seen in PowerPoint presentations. It is the one about skating to where the puck is going, rather than where it is. In hockey, Gretzky seemed to have a preternatural ability to anticipate the best place to be. In business, Cushing Terrell has that same knack.
Animal Arts Design Studios
When thinking about architecture and building design, we know much time and thought goes into creating sound, healthy, and attractive structures for people, but what about housing for our animal friends? Animal Arts Design Studios specializes exclusively in animal care design, including animal shelters and veterinary hospitals, with a proven track record of success with more than 1,500 projects in 40 U.S. states, Canada, and overseas, ranging in size from 600 to 110,000 square feet.
Enercare
Coming together to address a vital energy need in the market, Enercare and Subterra Renewables are working to decarbonize living in the way we interact in our homes, transitioning away from fossil fuel powered systems to renewable geothermal energy. Finalized in Q4 2023, the partnership of these two Canadian companies represents a first-of-a-kind industry relationship aimed at providing quality products, service, and results to clients, all while helping to reduce our carbon footprints.
