fic control services, from planning to ex-
        
        
          ecution, since its launch in 1966.
        
        
          Jeff Calibaba was a consultant for the com-
        
        
          pany for three-and-half years and then took
        
        
          on the role of COO in January 2015. While
        
        
          they do have one sales representative in
        
        
          Ontario, the bulk of the company’s busi-
        
        
          ness happens in Alberta, British Columbia,
        
        
          Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Founded in
        
        
          Edmonton 50 years ago by Lorne Hoop-
        
        
          er, the family-run, privately-held business
        
        
          now has Lorne’s son, Laine, at the helm
        
        
          as CEO and supports a staff ranging from
        
        
          275 to 300 with numbers at their peak
        
        
          during the construction season. Laine has
        
        
          
            “We were surprised that we were able to win that at our first go-round.”
          
        
        
          
            Jeff Calibaba, Chief Operating Officer
          
        
        
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