Building Quebec's Landscape By Rajitha Sivakumaran As indicated by its name, Unibec Construction is a general contractor, specializing in commercial, industrial, institutional and civil engineering fields. Based in Dolbeau-Mistassini, Quebec, this family-owned operation has been thriving despite the economic slowdown. In fact, a quick glance at the company website shows that Unibec is currently [...]
40 Years of Telehandler Specialization and Excellence By Rajitha Sivakumaran In 1976 when Jean-Yves Drolet founded Manulift EMI, a company specializing in telehandler distribution, he had no idea that his modest business venture would one day come to own more than 70 per cent of the market share in Eastern Canada. His initial efforts [...]
Building dreams for 30 years By Rajitha Sivakumaran Click to view Brochure `Bâtir un rêve’ is French for building a dream. It is the motto of the Montreal-based real estate developer, Groupe Magri, a family-owned enterprise that literally transforms dreams into reality. The company has been in existence for over three decades, [...]
Voice of Saskatchewan’s dynamic construction industry By Rajitha Sivakumaran Click to view Brochure The year 2015 was marked by a critical decline in the number of residential construction projects underway in Saskatchewan. Commercial construction, on the other hand, experienced a measured growth and exceeded past performances. The interconnectedness of the marketplace, however, [...]
Marketing Experts Selling Business In A Box By Rajitha Sivakumaran Click to view Brochure A degree in physics and geophysics might land a graduate in a university lab, but in the case of Brendan King, serial entrepreneur and CEO of Vendasta Technologies, that couldn’t be further from the truth. Founded in 2008, [...]
Canadian Entrepreneurs Helping Digital Shopkeepers Around The World By Rajitha Sivakumaran Click to view Brochure Bold Commerce is Shopify’s largest app development partner, crafting some of the most successful eCommerce apps available on the market. The success behind this Winnipeg-based company lies in its ability to provide two of the most coveted [...]
Imperial turns to Kearl With patented technology, production efficiencies look to reduce environmental impact By: Perry King Since beginning plans on the Kearl Oil Sands project in the early 2000s, and sanctioning the project in 2009, Imperial Oil Resources is charting new territory, taking on one of Canada’s largest oil sands projects with an [...]
Reliability for the Core: Why Toronto Hydro is Building a New Transformer Station in the City’s Downtown Core By: Toronto Hydro Between 2006 and 2011, the population in the city’s downtown increased by over 50 per cent. Based on Toronto Hydro’s load forecast, between 2017 and 2022 anticipated load increases will exceed the ability [...]