commodity-based company
and it will all be about driving
to the bottom line and that’s
not what we are. We don’t
want to lose our identity.”
In 2010, Fayolle Canada pur-
chased the shares of McKay-
Cocker and added the com-
pany to the existing group of
Magil Construction in Mon-
treal and Magil Pacific in
British Columbia, altogether
they are MC Group. Neverthe-
less, Bob firmly believes that
the company has retained its
homegrown family values.
“It always was a family com-
pany. It’s always remained
a family connected/owned
business… It still has that
very personal sort of feel to it.
It’s not like a large firm with
a very corporate environment.
But at the same time, it has a
more corporate vision than in
the past, now that we have a
presence from B.C. to the East
Coast,” said Bob.
The 2010 purchase opens up
several new doors for McKay-
Cocker, and the potential for
growth has never been higher.
“We’ve expanded our influ-
ence tremendously. Now that
we’re part of more of a nation-
al entity… the company has
a different future. We have
more financial depth than
we used to have,” said Bob.
“We are also becoming more
and more synergized over
time. That gives us a lot more
depth, bonding capacity, and
expertise.”
One of McKay-Cocker’s great-
est strengths, Bob says, lies in
the industrial sector.
“We’ve always been very suc-
cessful in the industrial sec-
tor. We have done a lot of
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