Six Decades of Building Better Roads

with E Construction

CONTENTS
3 Message from the President
4 60 Years and Counting

E CONSTRUCTION LTD.

The brainchild of Ron Everall is still

paving the way in Alberta road building

10130 21 Street, Edmonton

Alberta T6P 1W7

7 Find out about EPI

DOUGLAS ELLETT
President

Plus, E Constructions
environmental initiatives

8 Where Safety Lives

Top-down culture keeps E Construction
running safe and healthy

16 Black Friday

VENTURE PUBLISHING INC.

A dark days catastrophe is felt

across the decades

10 Family Matters
It says a lot about a company when
employees recommend it to their
friends and family

GABRIELLE RAHEEM
EPI Coordinator

RUTH KELLY
Publisher

18 Our Divisions
Meet the leaders of our five operational
areas and find out some little known facts

20 Great Job
Take a look into a notable project

MIFI PURVIS
Director of Custom Content
SHELLEY WILLIAMSON
Managing Editor
CHARLES BURKE
Art Director

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ANDREA DEBOER,
COLIN SPENCE
Associate Art Directors

12 Longstanding Employees
Meet a trio who grew with the job
and helped grow the company

BETTY FENIAK SMITH

Production Manager

14 Couldnt Have Done it

Without You!

Thanks to our 500-plus employees

15 All About the Mix

Take a look at P36, one of our most
advanced asphalt plants

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BRENT FELZIEN,
BRANDON HOOVER
Production Technicians

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Presidents Message
Congratulations and thanks for 60 years of setting
higher standards in road building

his year, 2014, marks our 60th year in business,

46 years as Everall Construction Limited and 14 as
E Construction Ltd., a subsidiary of ColasCanada,
part of Colas SA.
For those of you who have been with us for a number of
years, you will surely agree it has been a remarkable ride
particularly over the last 14 years. Despite our growth and
ownership change, we have maintained a culture that holds
true to the core values that our founder, Ron Everall, set out.
I continue to follow those values today, as do you.
Our success and relative longevity is due to the efforts and
dedication of our 500-plus employees. Your approach to staying ahead of our competitors in new technologies as well as
the tremendous support that our plants/equipment staff has
demonstrated has allowed E Construction to be among the
top road building contractors in Western Canada.
The ability to adapt to
I would like to thank each and
the changing economic
every one of our current staff,
conditions has been one
as well as those that were here
of our strongest assets.
It has not always
before and who have contributed
been easy building
to our success.
roads for a living, but in
true Western Canadian
spirit we have addressed
all the challenges that we have encountered, including the
devastating tornado of 1987. To me, this spirit in the face of
challenge is something we all should be very proud of, and
its something we should share with the generations that
follow ours.
As president of E Construction, I have taken this opportunity to reflect upon our many achievements, and to identify
which is the greatest one. For me, the answer is easy. It is the
fact that all 500-plus of you have gone home safely. The safety of our employees takes precedence over everything else.
Over the years, Everall/E Construction has been a great
place to work. One of the reasons for that is our talented,
dedicated and caring staff. I would like to thank each and
every one of our current staff, as well as those that were here
before and who have contributed to our success. I will be
visiting each of you this year to personally thank you.
Congratulations again and heres to Building Better
Roads for another 60 years.
Douglas K. Ellett, R.E.T.
President, E Construction Ltd.

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60 Years and
Counting
N

o one can survive 60 years in the paving industry without being

able to adapt to a changing landscape.
Thats the secret behind E Constructions endurance, says its company president Doug Ellett. One of the qualities were proud of is that were very
mobile, he says. We have paved in Yellowknife, weve paved in Pincher Creek,
Banff, Jasper, and every place in between. Jobs have included airports, cities
main roads, oil sands access routes and major highway projects. Success for
me is measured not just by dollars and cents, Ellett says. Its measured by the
buy-in of our employees in terms of the things we want to do in staying the
course of our core business, being safe, providing support and benefits to our
employees. That attitude shows in the companys history.

1950s

1954
Manitoba engineer Ron Everall
starts Everall Construction,
paving the roads of mid-century
Western Canada, keeping pace
with the post-war boom in car
travel and trucking.

Paving Main Street, Wainwright, September 1957.

Late 1950s
Early Alberta projects include paving
main streets in Jasper, Edson, Leduc,
Cardston, Provost, Grande Prairie and
Peace River. Other early contracts include
streets in a number of Saskatchewan
towns and cities. The company adds
three plants and extensive equipment.

1958
The current office is built
on three acres of land in
the refinery area of
Strathcona County.

1960s

Twinning Hwy 16 in the 1960s.

Head office sees three expansions over

the first decade, as its operations and
employee counts grow. Drumheller
becomes one of many noteworthy
highway projects, beginning with several
small hot-mix contracts on district roads.
Growth continues for Everall, adding
larger highway paving plants, enabling
the company to bid on larger jobs.

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Late 1968-70
Large gravel surfacing
projects happen on the
Alaska Highway, as does
street resurfacing in Fort St.
John and Fort Nelson, B.C.

Late 1970s

1970

Late 1960s
The first job in Canmore is
on Highway 1 in 1968, which
also marks the first base and
crushing operation for Everall.
Field supervisors of that era
include Keith Ellett, Ray Evans, Gordon Barrowman, Dick
Furneaux, George Skrypnick,
Phil Klein, George Clark,
John ONeil and Ervin
Underschultz.

Robin Alton joins as

operations manager.
Throughout the 1970s,
he plays a key role in the
companys growth, a time
that also sees a rise in deep
strength asphalt construction
for the company and industry.

Mid-1970s
The company adds one of the
provinces first drum plants,
which creates a need for other
equipment, such as larger
rollers and pavers. Everall
doubles its fleet between
1973 and 1979. Ron Everalls
sons Earl and Roy Everall join
the company.

1962
Murray Hunter takes the
second-in-command post,
a job he holds for eight
years. A Calgary office
opens, headed by general
manager Jim Watson, and
operates until 1965, used
mainly for city contracts
and commercial paving.

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The company purchases its

first highways soil cement
plant in 1977. A second one
is shop-built in 1979. Everall
buys its first airplane, a Beechcraft Baron. A second plane,
a Cessna 180, follows. Earl
Everall takes flying lessons,
but soon opts to stick with
building runways and hires
pilot Orest Repka instead.
Everall upgrades the road
from Inuvik to the towns
airport. Crews lose track of
time in the non-stop daylight
of the Arctic town.

1977
Edmonton head office grows
following the purchase of
adjacent land, enabling the
addition of 18,000 square
feet of shop and office space.

E Construction head office.

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The 1980s
The company makes it through
the recession, thanks to ongoing
activity in Fort McMurray. Doug
Ellett moves to Fort McMurray
and hires assistant Laura Chrapko,
opening a permanent office.

1983

2003
2000
Everall becomes E Construction when Colas International
purchases the local paving
specialist. Ellett and his
management team make
changes to the reporting
system, quality control and
accounting requirements.

Ownership transfers
to the younger Everalls
and Robin Alton.

Late 1990s-early 2000s

1986
Everall adds a permanent
office and shop in Cold Lake.

July 31, 1987

The tornado of Black Friday
destroys the Edmonton office
and injures four Everall
Construction employees,
but it does not break the
companys spirit.

Head office on Black Friday.

The emphasis on safety grows

in industry and across the
company. A safety department
starts up with Dan McKinley
as safety manager.

1990s
Growth happens this decade
and the company builds on
its long history, expanding
operations in Fort McMurray
and Cold Lake.

1988
Ruel Bros. is purchased
by NPA Ltd., now part of
the company. Everall opens
a permanent office in Slave
Lake in response to post-flood
rebuilding.

Doug Ellett becomes

general manager of
E Construction.

2003-14
The staff at the Edmonton
head office more than
quadruples. The company
grows from a 100-employee,
$60-million-a-year operation
to a more than 500-employee,
$225,000-million-a-year
enterprise. The fleet holds
900 pieces of modern paving
equipment. E Construction
grows to become one of
Western Canadas largest
paving contractors.

2011
NWT Construction joins the
family, bringing 25 years of
subarctic paving experience
to the table.

2012
The company paves the Deh
Cho Bridge, linking Yellowknife to the south. An office
opens in Lloydminster.

2014
E Construction celebrates its 60th
anniversary. A number of exciting
contracts are signed, including the
Parsons Creek Interchange, leading
to a residential subdivision
that will house 24,600 people.

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Its Called EPI

Its short for E Construction Process Improvement and impacts the way we work and the quality of our work across the
company. Five minutes with E Constructions EPI co-ordinator Gabrielle Raheem tells you why.
How long has EPI been part of E Constructions policy?
Gabrielle Raheem: Its been around since 2010. It was introduced in San Francisco at a conference, by Colas North
America. I took on the job in October 2011.
What is EPI?
GR: EPI stands for E Construction Process Improvement.
Basically, you look at the way you do something the process of
accomplishing a task and try to reduce all the inefficiencies.
Why is it important, and what has this program accomplished
so far?
GR: Its important because any time you reduce inefficiency, you
are making the job easier and faster, more repeatable and less
dangerous, but you are also adding money to your bottom line.
Whats new in EPI?
GR: Right now were working on two Study Action Teams, and
we are reading The Toyota Way. And this year, we are also
working on promoting the culture of process improvement
throughout the entire company. Its really exciting.
What changes have you seen since you started in the EPI role?
GR: Id say the biggest change has to be buy-in at every level
within the company. When I started out in this position, very
few people had heard of EPI, and even fewer understood what it
really meant. Over the last three years, through promotional efforts, but mostly through employees involvement in successful

projects, everyone is starting to see the point of process

improvement. I cant wait to see the support and enthusiasm generated for EPI this year.
What are some of the ways EPI has been implemented
so far?
GR: Our employees have really been surprising me with
their creativity in that regard. From developing smart
phone apps that bridge reporting gaps in the field, to the
reduction of paperwork errors at their source, to creating
new types of partnerships with external suppliers everyone whos been involved in an EPI project has really demonstrated creativity to implement their initiatives.
What are the goals for EPI?
GR: Thats why we have the Study Action Teams. The general goal is to become better; you can say that very loosely
or you can say that very specifically. The point of the Study
Action Teams is to create all-encompassing company goals
for process improvement.
How can you tell if its working?
GR: Process improvement is really more of a mentality
than a program. You know its really taken hold when
you have your front line staff and your top management
thinking, How can I improve my job, and how can I make
someone elses job better?

The environment: Leading by example

o hear him tell it, environment advisor Dan

McKinleys job was made a heck of a lot easier, thanks
to strong support from the top. Pursuit of excellence
in environmental monitoring and best practices is an attitude
that has carried clear through the rank and file. I have been
lucky in that E Construction has supplied the tools and support for building a good environmental department, he says.
Theres been a commitment to ongoing training.
McKinley started out as a truck driver and contractor. Seeing
the impact of a fatality early in his career got him interested in
safety, and the environmental piece came naturally. Since then,
hes seen a progression in the level of environmental concern.
In industry in the old days, there was little regard for digging
up vegetation, interrupting rivers, or being mindful of waste in
the shop, field or office. But there are consequences to all our
environmental actions, McKinley says.
Its his job to oversee the companys environmental compliance and, beyond that, its leadership. And McKinley is also in-

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volved in a road builders environmental

committee, a fact that demonstrates his commitment to the field.
The company has made strides reducing its carbon
footprint, recycling asphalt, and becoming a leader in
environmental monitoring. E Constructions efforts have
led to a greater awareness of environmental impacts.
There are times when this job is intense, McKinley says.
But we are rewarded by encouraging biodiversity on our
sites, and acknowledging the species that are there.
This past winter, the team was in charge of overseeing
the stripping of a pit at Crow Lake near a sensitive caribou run. We developed a plan for observing and documenting numbers of animals, McKinley explains.
And if youve ever been lucky enough to see an endangered woodland caribou, youd know that the rewards of
a safe and clean environment are every bit as important
as he says.

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Where Safety Lives

E Constructions 500-plus employees are striving for a
nice, round number of safety incidents: zero

afety is a buzzword in industry today.

ago that distracted driving wasnt a good thing, Ellett
says. Cell phone use behind the wheel has been prohibited
But to truly create a culture of safety that permein the manual for years; laws are just now catching up.
ates the ranks, management has to live the mesAnother effective step is that new employees wear green
sage. I have to lead by example, says Doug Ellett, company
president. And our safety culture is supported by our parent vests. Its a pretty transient workforce at times, Babiy says.
The vests make it easier for us to pick out the new workers
company. The safety component of my job is the most imand keep an eye on them.
portant thing I do.
The first week of every construction season is Safety
To that end, the team at E Construction created a safety
Week, and employees are required to take a refresher class.
department. Current safety manager Troy Babiy is happy to
This start-up orientation
promote the ongoing message. The reincludes a review of comsult has been that safety has become
pany policies, practices and
everyones responsibility. Safety is
Green vests signify new workers.
procedures. Employees are
number one at E Construction,
Their more experienced peers can
also taught how to properly
Babiy confirms. We build that culconduct toolbox meetings
ture right down to each worker, and
help them learn to work safely.
and hazard assessments. The
throughout the office. Before profit
extent of a workers required
or anything, its all about getting
safety training depends on
the guys back home to their famithe job, says Babiy, adding that
lies, and back to the things they like
those in safety sensitive positions are expected to learn
to do.
E Construction has instituted a number of means to meas- the basics, from flag training to WHMIS, as well as defensive driving, transportation of dangerous goods, ground
ure and improve safety. A corporate safety committee has
disturbance training and first aid. Meanwhile, managers go
created safety benchmarks and goals, and it meets once a
through Leadership for Safety Excellence (LSE) courses. It
month to update management as to technical safety stats.
teaches them to conduct incident investigations, inspections
The goal is to maintain a simple safety number: zero lostand hazard assessments, Babiy adds, and it covers health
time incidents.
and safety legislation.
Some initiatives are simple. We recognized a long time

The safety message is important in the field, too.

Troy Babiy knows his efforts impact all E Construction

staff members and their families.

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Doug Ellett will tell you that taking care of business

means taking care of safety. And it starts at the top.

compromise safety, Ellett says, because someone needs

Colas recently launched a new safety campaign and,
a parking lot paved.
so far, it has been well-received by employees, says Babiy.
Christina Marshall is a two-year employee and one of
He demonstrates the hand signal for the safety attitude,
several sets of boots on the ground as a safety officer in
with his index finger and thumb forming a zero. Thats the
Fort McMurray, one of the companys busiest divisions.
number of incidents the company strives for. It shows its
Its her job to see that safe practices are enforced withnot just the safety managers job, he says. The attitude is
out exception. Even though ensuring
company-wide.
safety takes some time out of your day
There are consequences
as opposed to production, Marshall
including suspension and disIm not going to compromise
says, being safe makes us productive
missal if a breach in safety
safety, Doug Ellett says,
because everyone goes home at the
by an E Construction emend of the day.
ployee is serious. Thankfully,
just because someone needs
But its not just safety officers who
Ellett says, the latter has yet
a parking lot paved.
strive for improvement. No one wants
to happen. The company also
to work in an unsafe environment.
has a drug and alcohol policy,
The safety culture here is everyone
the purpose of which is to
looking out for each other, Marshall
proactively keep worksites
says. She says that its the whole crews
free of the safety hazards inresponsibility to speak up and correct potential
volved with substance abuse and impairment. We take this
safety infractions.
policy very seriously, Ellett says.
The company did a survey last year that showed a
Though long hours are commonplace during the busy
strong safety culture. We are pleased to see that our
paving season, the company created a new policy in 2013 to
workforce believes that safety is the number one priority
prevent workers from putting in more time at work than is
within our company, Marshall says. It was nice to see
healthy. Employees typically work 12 hours per day, unless
that its working.
circumstances warrant exceeding this daily limit. Most crews
But Marshall knows that just because its working
work six days per week with one day off, with the exception
doesnt mean she can relax the standards. We continue
of a few crews in certain working areas who follow a 24to build that safety culture, she says, of peer-to-peer indays-on, four-days-off schedule. No individual can work long
terventions and everyone looking out for each other.
hours day after day without it taking a toll. Im not going to

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Family Matters
Our employees recommend E Construction to their
friends and family as a great place to work. It says
a lot about us
THE ELLETTS

Keith Ellett started working at Everall Construction in

his 20s after the founder of the company, which started in
1954, brought him on as a labourer. He was one of a few
key people.
Keith Ellett instilled his passion for paving in his son,
Doug. As he stayed with the company, his position grew,
says Doug. As part of the family, I grew up, got older and
liked what he did. We spent the summers driving around
with my dad and it was kind of cool. I went to school, took
engineering and liked the business, always have. It was important to me so I came back and did this. Doug, of course,
would become president of E Construction.
Ron Everalls sons, Earl and Roy, both worked at the family business. When they took over the company in the early
1980s, Doug came back to the place hed spent so many
summers. His father, meanwhile, had worked up to a superintendent position, and retired, only to return in various capacities until he passed away in 2007. His main focus in his
career was this company, as mine has been, says Doug.
In fact, three generations of Elletts have carried the
E Construction torch. My second-eldest son Mark worked
here for a number of years and is now a project manager
for a sister company.

THE MITCHELLS AND GUDELOTS

Jerry Mitchell started working at Everall in 1974, about

the same time as his son Randy did. Jerry moved up in the
company, becoming an important part of the team. By 1977,
he had been promoted to asphalt superintendent.
I actually worked for my dad when he was superintendent, says Randy. Over the years, Jerry oversaw many of his
other family members, including his wife Armella, another
son Brian, and his nephew, Ron Gudelot. All of them either
stayed for years or still work at E Construction. Other family
members came and went.
Meanwhile, Randy had been working positions of increasing responsibility himself. So after Jerry suffered a heart attack in 1984, it seemed natural when Robin Alton suggested
Randy step into the superintendent role until his dads health
improved. Sadly, though, Jerry passed away in 1986.
Like Randy, brother Brian would hold several positions
with Everall before becoming a superintendent with the

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Circa 1950s, this roller was cutting-edge in its day.

company. Besides being brothers, they had their work in

common. So it was tough when Brian passed away of cancer
in 2010. He worked until a month before his death, his wife,
Brenda, working right alongside him.
Jerrys nephew Ron Gudelot has also had a successful
career at Everall. He worked his way up to crew foreman in
2006. His sons George and Jordan are among his crew
members. For the Mitchells and Gudelots, it truly has been
a family business.

BABIY AND SADOWNYK

TROY BABIY My father-in-law worked for Everall

back in the 1960s. In 1990, Bren Alton, an uncle-in-law
of mine, called and offered me a position as parts driver.
At the end of the 1990 construction season, Robin Alton
(part owner of Everall) asked if Id be interested in a
heavy duty mechanic apprenticeship. I jumped at the
chance! Once I finished my apprenticeship, I worked in the
Edmonton shop and occasionally in the field. In 2003, the
company needed another person to hold COR (Certificate
of Recognition) certification, so I started the Alberta
Construction Safety Association courses.

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Doug Ellett expressed an early interest in construction.

Hes pictured here with his father, Keith.

As a safety rep, I started holding regular toolbox

safety meetings for the shop. By 2005, my role had
expanded to the assistant safety manager position
and in 2012, I became the safety manager at the company. Its a really interesting field and Ive always
been interested in affecting peoples lives for the
better. I want to see everyone go home to their
families at the end of each day.
COLIN SADOWNYK My cousin Troy whos
also my brother-in-law had a great job at Everall.
When his shop foreman Doug deBeurs asked if he

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knew an automotive technician looking for a job, he referred

me. I began working at Everall on June 10, 1996 and have
remained here ever since then. I have been able to watch the
company grow from $15-20 million a year to $200 million a year.
Plus, Ive witnessed it expand in employees and assets a lot
over the last 18 years.
Ive stayed because I really enjoy the great people I have
been able to work alongside over the years. I also enjoy the
camaraderie of the many activities the company brings to
its employees, such as the Christmas party, kids party, golf
tournament, as well as the Colas Cup hockey tournament.
The people here are truly like family.

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Longstanding
Employees
Laura Chrapko: At work in head office

AURA CHRAPKO BEGAN HER CAREER AT EVERALL

Construction in 1984, when she was hired as Doug
Elletts assistant its still her official position. A stayat-home mom until she started with the company in Fort
McMurray, she has learned by doing. We didnt have training it was OK, use it. Nothing was computerized when I
started so payroll was interesting, she explains.
Ellett, now president of E Construction, recalls working
with Laura in Fort McMurray, for the first half-decade of her
career. The office basically consisted of Laura and me, in an
old house trailer. We worked there for five or six years until we
could get something more elaborate, Ellett says.
Along with her post as Elletts executive assistant, Laura is
responsible for the companys insurance and bonding functions. But of all the hats Laura wears, her most important is
keeping Ellett in line, he jokes. People in positions with titles
sometimes think they cant do anything wrong, he says.
Someone has to put you back on track.
She agrees that being Elletts right hand is the bulk of her
job. She characterizes the breakdown as 50 per cent looking
after Doug, with his travel arrangements, correspondence
and meetings; 25 per cent bonding and insurance; and the
other 25 per cent, employee relations.
She is known for her kindness. When I first started here
in 1989, the first person that helped me was Laura, from Fort
McMurray. I was out in the field in Anzac, and I had no idea
what I was doing. I phoned her with a question and she has

Laura Chrapko keeps business running smoothly.

helped me every day since, says Wanda Block-Blixrud. She

gets everybody involved, which is an admirable attribute
because we all get too busy around here. Shes that person.
Her knowledge of the industry has grown, alongside the
companys growth, Laura admits. The first couple of years,
we were pretty green. I had no idea what a paving company
did, except that the roads were black, she says. I spent a
lot of time asking a lot of questions.

Brian McBride: Four decades strong

F ANYONE KNOWS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF

E Construction and its reputation for retaining
staff, its Brian McBride, who just marked his 42year milestone. The veteran employee started at Everall in
1972, initially working for company founder Ron Everall
as a purchaser.
To this day McBride recalls starting out at the company
with just a parts-covered desk and a rotary phone. Now,

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with four decades, many thousand kilometres of road

and one tornado behind him, he has worn many hats
at the company and made hundreds of work acquaintances along the way.
McBride even gave current president Doug Ellett a job,
hiring him as a part-time parts man. What Brian brings
to E Construction, the rest of the paving world can only
imagine, says Ellett of the veteran employee. Brian

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FIRST AMONG EQUALS

I dont know if we were exactly pioneers in hiring women in
operational roles, but we saw the importance of an excellent
employee in a tight labour market. When we opened a branch
office in Fort McMurray in the mid-1980s, the big oil and gas
players were actively recruiting women for non-traditional roles.
So we looked around at our own company, and realized we
already had been hiring women for equipment operating
positions. Paving is traditionally a pretty male-dominated job,
but by the 1980s we were already seeing that change. We
encouraged women to apply and trained them on road building
equipment. The trickle down benefit to our family of employees
has been that many husband-and-wife teams have worked
side by side. E Construction continues to hire women in diverse
positions throughout the company.
Doug Ellett, President

McBride has been the glue, guiding us along and contributing greatly to our success by having our asphalt plants
ready and able to work anywhere, any time.
McBride was promoted to equipment manager in 1978,
with eight plants under his watch at the time. By 1995,
McBride also took over troubled RSE as part of his responsibility now called SPAC and began running this division,
pulling its nine tankers out of debt.
McBride saw the potential that the takeover by Colas
would bring, and he was a strong proponent of the prospect.
When it happened, it gave him plenty more responsibility
and much more equipment to oversee. As current plants
manager, McBride is responsible for the mobilization
and maintenance of E Constructions 15 asphalt plants.
He remains a fixture at the company today.

THE LONG HAUL

E Construction prides itself on the loyalty of its employees.
There are a few veterans whove been around for a while:
Armando Cardamone
Jules Champigny
Brian McBride
Frank Stolk
Ron Gudelot
Lorne Madu
Randy Mitchell
Doug deBeurs
Randy Fandrick
Doug Ellett
Bob Hill
Laura Chrapko
Bryan Betteridge

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Retired Trucker
Plant Foreman
Plant Manager
Welding Shop Foreman
Paving Foreman
Trucker
Superintendent
Equipment Manager
Lead Mechanic
President
Paving Foreman
Executive Assistant
General Superintendent

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Loading equipment in Fort Chipewyan.

Jules Champigny:
Since the beginning

WAS FRESH OFF THE BOAT FROM HOLLAND

when I met Jules, Frank Stolk says. That was
nearly 40 years ago, and Stolk had just started
his apprenticeship with Everall Construction. Jules
Champigny (who had been hired in 1966 by Keith Ellett)
was a plant foreman, and he went out of his way to welcome the young Stolk to the company and the country.
Soon Stolk found the easy-going Champigny to be a great
mentor and a good friend, too.
Hes good at his job. He goes out into the field every
year and runs a plant well, Stolk says. He makes things
happen without too much hoopla. Their friendship
comes from a lot of years of shared experiences, most of
them ordinary some less so.
There was the time in 1987 when Stolk, Champigny,
Brian McBride and Doug deBeurs had just reconvened
in the Everall yard after a coffee break. The Black Friday
tornado came barrelling over Baseline Road. Jules took
one look at it and said adios amigos, Stolk recalls. The
group scattered, and Jules made for his truck, but as the
storm closed in and the debris swirled, he realized he
wouldnt make it. He ran for the shop to take cover. The
shop basically came down around him and pinned him
under debris. After the tornado passed, the guys dug him
out, and hailed a passing car to carry him to the hospital.
Champigny recovered from broken ribs and a punctured lung and was back at work in pretty short order.
And despite that Champigny is into his 70s now, hes still
working. Hes got this bushy grey hair and hes in good
enough shape to put most young men to shame, Stolk
says. Every year we ask Are you coming back next year?
He just says, Well see.

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Thank You!
We couldnt have done it without you!

t E Construction we got our start doing small-scale paving jobs. Success didnt come overnight, and were
proud of our ability to scale up quickly from small to mid-size to large projects. Anywhere you step in Alberta, youll
find us. Weve paved in all four corners and beyond. But a company, whether its six years old or 60, is only as good as
its employees. And ours are the best. Thanks, and congratulations to all of you.

Boyce Abbott, Lucas Abbott, Merill (Cecil) Abbott,

Donovan Adam, George Adam, Gerald Adams,
Joshawah Adie, Lawana Adie, Trevor Ahola, Rodney
Allain, Samantha Allan, Naomi Allison-Tremblay,
Dylan Ames, Michael Amey, Devon Anderson, Mark
Anderson, Cory Angell, Dwight Angell, Graeme
Arnison, Sarmed Asadie, Kim Auge, Edward Avery,
Jamie Axani, Troy Babiy, Donald Baker, Jordan Baker,
Paul Bambrick, Albert Banfield, Aaron Lee Banks,
James Banks, Larry Banks, Susan Beattie, Evelyn
Beckwith, Dawn Belcourt, Jerrett Bennett, Cole
Benoit, Trevor Benteau, Terra Berg, Christelle
Bernabe, Bryan Betteridge, Candice Betteridge,
Guillaume Beudet, Bill Bittner, Taylor Bittorf, Darren
Blair, Craig Blake, Andre Blanchard, Isaac Blimke,
Wanda Block-Blixrud, Andrew Blundon, Bruce
Blundon, Michael Bohme, Muneeb Bokhari, Jesse
Booker, Michelle Bordynuik, Steve Boucher, Jewell
Bougie, Mark Bower, Ian Boychuk, Kim Bradford,
Shelly Brennan, Sylvie Brideau, Michael Bridgeman,
Natalie Bridgeman, Larissa Broderick, Brett Brown,
Colleen Brown, Mark Brown, Reisha Brown, Shane
Brown, Toby Bugden, Beverly Bulkeley, Ashley
Burgess, Jonathan Burgoyne, Wesley Burkhart,
Trevor Cairns, Lee Campbell, Keanan Cardinal, Chris
Carlson, Terry Carvell, Dave Castle, Jules Champigny,
Elisha Chase, Don Cheney, Evgeny Cherniak, Laura
Chrapko, Jordan Christianson, Paul Christofferson,
Lynn Cisco, Kyle Clarke, Nathan Clifford, Mario
Collette, Debbie Cooper, John Cooper, Randy Cooper,
Raymond Copeland, John Cormier, Chris Coughlin,
Roger Coulombe, Cheri Courtorielle, Ozzie Crocker,
Shaun Dagenais, Jolene Dauphinais, Kenneth Davey,
Keith Davidson, Theresa Davies, Douglas Debeurs,
Amelia Debogorski, Brian Decker, Dennis Decker,
Katherine Delorme, Line Demers, Lee Roy Dennison,
Wallace Denty, Keith Deringer, David Desroches,
Margaret Dickert, Blair Dillman, Fred Dillman, Robert
Dillman, Shawn Dixon, Arthur Domke, Chris Domke,
Blair J Donovan, Brian Dormody, Blair Doucet,
Victoria Down, Daniel Drechsel, Basil Duncanson,
Christopher Duncanson, Craig Duncanson, Tara
Dutchak, Scott Dyke, Joel Dynna, Evan Dyson,
Laura Earle, Dennis Eastman, Keith Edwardson,

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Leif Edwardson, Darrell Eklund, Douglas Ellett, Elias

(Jr) Ellsworth, Genevieve Emmelkamp, Gerald
Ergang, Matthew Evans, Stan Fabish, Jack Farrar,
Shane Farrell, Serhiy Fedorenko, Ryan Feener, Arson
Fern, Andy Ferrie, Daina Firomski, Kelvin Flowers,
Valerie Forcade, Bradley Ford, Kevin Fowler,
Christopher Freake, Stephanie Freake, Dan Friesen,
Clarke Fuller, Erik Fuller, Jacob Fulton, Malcolm Gale,
Sarah Garbowski, Jeff Gariepy, Dewayne Garrow,
Lindy Gates, Jordan Gaudet, Matthieu Gauthier, Steve
Gauthier, Arlana Genest, Pete Gervais, Terry Gessell,
Grady Gibson, Cory Gillingham, Nathan Gillingham,
Tyson Gillingham, Francis Gladue, Ken Glass, Steven
Gnauck, Brian Godwin, Brian Goods, Kyle Gray, Kyle
Green, Nicole Griffin, Ben Grimmelt, Gregor
Grimmelt, Brenton Grundy, George Gudelot, Jordon
Gudelot, Ron Gudelot, Sharon Gunderson, Jozef
Hajcik, Tiffany Hall, Aubrey Hancott, Derek Hann,
Liam Hannah, Chad Harrison, David Hayward, David
(Jr) Hayward, Tammy Hayward, James Hazel, Cody
Heath, Jeffery Heath, Dwaine (Opie) Henderson,
Thomas Herrera, Bernie Hiemstra, Rod Hildebrandt,
Robert Hill, Greg Hillier, Jason Hillier, Kevin Hillier,
Ryan Hobart, Clifford Hodder, Eugene Hodder, Ivan
Hodder, Jamie Hodder, Jerry Hodder, Juanita Hodder,
Philip Hodder, Shawn Hodder, Wanda Hodder, Yvonne
Hodder, Harvey Hoknes, Tim Hoknes, Dalton Holley,
Frederick Holloway, Francis Honish, Ashley Hourie,
Jennifer Hourie, Kevin Howe, Michael Howlett,
Patrick Huber, Rob Huber, Herwin Humphries,
Levenia (Joyce) Humphries, Trista Humphries,
Courtney Hurst, Robert S. Ionitescu, Calvin Isaacs,
Jerry Isaacs, Bernard Jackman, Liam James, Shane
Janzen, Tara Marie Lynn Janzen, Cody Jensen, Hal
Jones, Stephen Jones, Insun Joo, Andrea-Leigh
Kalechyn, Alan Keehn, Kohl Kehler, Leonard Kelly,
Thomas Kenzie, Henrico Kleinhans, Jordan
Kloosterman, Paul Kolybaba, Raymond Kolybaba,
Aurey Kreutzer, Thomas Krywitsky, Samantha
Lacombe-Giroux, Thomas Lado, Robert Lambert,
Scott Lamont, Dave Land, Mitchell Langdon, Julianna
Lanning, Thomas Lapeyre, Gerard Larocque,
Matthew Laturnas, Dana Laurie,
Woodrow Layte, Austin Lee, Vilmos (Val) Legler,

William Legler, Jeremie (JL) Lemay, Brad Lepage,

Susan Lepage, Dustin Lepine, Jean-Claude Lepine,
Ryan Lepine, Claude Lessard, Bruce Letkeman, Eli
Leyte, Manuel Patricio Leyton-Rojas, Tamara
Loetscher, Jarrod Loranger, Jaydene Loranger, Rene
Loranger, Roland Loranger, Tara Losier, Michelle
Lundrigan, Brandon Lundrigon, Davina Lussier, Alec
Macdonald, Daniel Macinnis, Dylan Macisaac, Bruce
Mackenzie, Lorne Madu, Michael Maksymchuk, Dave
Manchakowski, Jacie Marcellus, Kevin Marcotte,
Christina Marshall, Phillip Mathias, Christine
Matijak, David Scott Maxwell, Madison Mayer, John
Mayo, Brian Mcbride, Chris Mcbride, Dennis
Mccarthy, Ken Mccormick, Tyrell Mccoy, Paul
Mccullough, Ambrose Mcdonald, Barry Mcdonald,
David Mcdonald, Roderick Mcdonald, Stephen P.
Mcelhatton, Dan Mckinley, Daniel Mclean, Dionne
Mclean, Kyle Mclean, Brett Mcmillin, Ron Mcphee,
Ron Megley, Jarrod Mehaney, Tanner Mielke, George
Miller, Kelly Miller, Ella-Grace Miron, Randy Mitchell,
Ryan Mitchell, Trent Mitchell, Jessica Mittelstadt,
Richard Mittelstadt, Kieran Moore, Anny Morand,
Jeremy Morgan, Dean Morrow, Fallon Morton,
Samuel Mottishaw, Matt Mountney, Rahim
Mugambwa, Mukunde Mukurarinda, Brandon
Munroe, Brian Murphy, Whitney Murray, Vicky
Murray-Friend, Austin Myers, Kate Nadeau, Sue
Neilson, Sean Nemcsok, Katie Newman, Melissa
Nippard, Perry Nippard, Christopher Noble, Lorne
Noble, George Normore, Melody Norris, Yves Ntwali,
Jodie ODonnell, Stephanie ODonnell, Terri OKeefeHynes, Clarence ONeill, Mike Ozechowski, Jason
Pacquette, Lorne Pardy, Rodney Pardy, Bryan
Patterson, Britni Pattison, Brad Paulsen, Kacie
Paulsen, Rick Peckford, Kevin Pendrak, Kimberly
Penny, Pedro Perez Taylor, Ken Perry, Thomas
Peters, Jesse Peterson, Terry Peterson, Dang Pham,
Curits Phillips, Bradley Pike, Vanessa Pike, Kelly
Pinnell, Justin Pittman, Leighton Pittman, Jesse
Ponath, Renee-Lydia Poulin, Kevin Pretula, Brent
Pritchett, Juan Mauricio Pugliese, Andreas Puls,
Shane Purchase, Jean-Francois Quesnel, Gabrielle
Raheem, Robert Ramsay, Lisa Ratte, David Reber,
Kevin Reddick, Dana Redwood, Joey Reid,

Kenneth Reid, Ryan Reimer, Jasmine Renaud,

Christopher Revega, Claudette Rioux, Jonathan
Rioux, Noel Roberts, Donald Robichaud, Carlos
Rodriguez, Richard Rodriguez, Derrick Roebotham,
Jonathan Roebothan, Lenard Rogers, Tyrone Rogers,
Les Roll, Jessica Rollin, Rachel Rollins, David Ronald,
Marlene Rose, Maxwell Rose, Bruce Ross, Christian
Rousselle, Eddie Rowan, Mike Rowan, Robert
Rowan, Pierre-Claver Rubabaza, Scott Russell, Linda
Sabroski, Tom Sabroski, Colin Sadownyk, Malcolm
Samms, Shawn Samms, Victor Sandberg, Neil
Saunders, Clement Michel Savoie, Keith Savoie,
Conor Sawyer, Ronald Seamone, Nicole Seib, Andy
Senger, Lacy Senio, Bradley Shakotko, Nicole
Shannon, Raymond Simms, Scott Simms, Ivy
Simpson, Robert Lloyd Skiffington, Ernest Skinner,
Mark Skinner, Thomas Skjeie, James Smith, Larry
Smith, Mackenzie Smith, Wayne Smith, Ira Snow,
Willow Snowden, Allen Somers, Jesse Sorenson, Jim
Sorenson, Ray Sorenson, Sharon Sorenson, Malcolm
Stanley, Kevin S. Stannard, Irwin Steen, David Cory
Stenberg, Jared Stevens, Jim Stevenson, Carolyn
Stewart-Ellett, Doug Still, Frank Stolk, Frank
Storimans, Stephanie Sturgess-Smart, Rob
Swanson, Larry Sweeney, Mitchell Sweeney, Brian
Sweetapple, Jared Symes, Sheldon Szamata,
Gabrielle Thireau, Patrice-alexandre Thireau, Jim
Thompson, Tony Thornhill, Kevin Tiedeman, Dillon
Tomyn, Michelle Toole, Frederic Tremblay, Cory
Tucker, Ricky Tulk, Wendy Tupper, Kyla Tymchatyn,
Rousselle Urbain, Aime Vaillancort, Aziz Van Gassen,
Crysta Vandenhouten, Melissa Vanderspoel, Jeffrey
Vickers, Donovan Vivian, Brandon Voyageur, Lillian
Voyageur, Joshua Waldner, Allison Walker, Margaret
Walsh, Wangjie Wang, Theresa Wardell, Verna
Warner, Morgan Warner-valin, Kenny Warren, Isaac
Warrener, Wayne Watkins, Linton (Gordon) Weikle,
Julia Weitzel, Devin Wentzell, Devon Wesley, Don
Westerman, Timothy Wettlaufer, Mitchell Whalen,
Devon White, Chad Wiggins, Paul Williams,
Linda (Lyn) Williamson, William Wilson,
Ryan Wiseman, Ken Wolanski, Lawrence
Wooldridge, Jordan Yaceyko, Darryl Zaharichuk,
Kaihe Zhang, Jerome Zinger

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A Great Mix
You cant talk about paving without talking
about the asphalt

here are 15 asphalt plants keeping the pavers in business at E Construction. One of the largest,
P36, is also one of the most technically advanced in the business. It helps keep the company competitive
in the road building landscape. And frankly, its also pretty cool. Superintendent Art Domke supplied
a few details about P36.

TYPE: Drum plant

LOCATION: Pictured in Entwistle, this mobile plant

sets up anywhere in Alberta

EQUIPMENT: Two loaders one that feeds virgin
material, the other feeds recycled asphalt (RAP); a skid
steer; scale; drum and silo; lab for testing to ensure the
asphalt is within job specifications
TEMPERATURE: Rock is heated (to 145-150C) and
mixed in a drum

PRODUCTION: 200,000 to 300,000 tonnes of

asphalt a year

MIX CAPABILITY: 350 tonnes an hour

EMPLOYEES: 10, including a foreman; plant

operator; ground man; two loader operators; two

night men; two testers; and a scale person
OPERATION: From May to November

IN THE MIX:
The exact mix on every job is a little bit different,
Art Domke says. Heres what a typical aggregate
mix might look like:

CLAIM TO FAME: We were ahead of

the game with the recycled material, Art
Domke says. P36 was responsible for one of
the first recycled asphalt jobs completed for
Alberta Transportation. The percentage of
RAP (recycled asphalt) varies from job to job.
We now have several RAP-capable plants.

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5%
10%
10%
75%

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Black Friday
A catastrophic days impact is felt throughout
the company, and across the decades

T WAS A STICKY FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JUST

It was a category F4 tornado one of the strongest ever reminutes before quitting time. It had been hot all day
corded in the area. Before it ran its course, the twister would cut
long, the humidity unusually high for Edmonton.
a swath of devastation 40 kilometres long and up to a kilometre
People all over town welcomed the gathering clouds that afterwide. deBeurs estimates that the tornado took no more than
noon, anticipating the relief of a summer rainfall to ring in the
20 seconds to rip through the Everall vicinity of Refinery Row.
August long weekend.
When it hit the building, the doors flew
It was July 31, 1987 a day
off and everything went black. Basically,
Edmontonians would come to know as
it picked the truck up in the air, turned
When it hit the building,
Black Friday.
it sideways and laid it over. When we
Doug deBeurs says, the
The clouds, at first promising to
got out of it, we had to jump down
doors flew off and everybring cool relief, were starting to take
about 10 feet. The whole building was
on a menacing, greenish hue.
lying down and everything all smashed
thing went black.
In the yard at Everall Construction,
up we were on top of it.
Doug deBeurs and his colleagues were
In and around a nearby mobile home
getting ready to head out to Inuvik
park, 27 people were killed. As many
for a big job. There was myself, Frank Stolk, and another felas 300 Edmontonians were injured and as many as 300 homes
low, Larry Andre. We had a big power van backed into the shop,
destroyed. The loss of life, and property damage and destruction
hooked into a truck. One of the three men glanced up from the
($581 million at 2013 values) made it one of the worst natural
task at hand, saw something dark barrelling over the horizon,
disasters in Alberta, and one of the worst in Canadian history.
and called to the others.
After the twister hit, everything went quiet. There was noWe saw it coming from the south, overtop of the hills we
body around, deBeurs says. We thought everybody was gone.
didnt know what it was. It was getting closer fast so we ran, and
It was bad. Then we walked around and guys started coming out
crawled into the back of the power van, deBeurs says.
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It took about 20 seconds for the tornado to do

its damage to the Edmonton shop and office.

One Everall employee was hit in the head with debris and suffered a spinal injury; another was struck by a massive door from
the welding shop and was buried, suffering a punctured lung.
There were people really badly hurt around us. We basically got
everybody out and made sure everybody was OK. There were
probably about 20 people. Then we started helping other people,
says deBeurs.
Though no Everall workers lives were lost, there were several
people killed around the immediate industrial area, and four
employees were injured, says deBeurs. There was a pickup truck
driving out near here and a two-by-four went through the driver.
People helped stabilize him until the ambulance came, but luck
was against him. That fellow passed away two days later,
deBeurs says.
Both deBeurs and Brian McBride drove company vehicles and
they were badly damaged. Brians was beyond repair, so the two,
still in shock, left work in deBeurs truck, which had its windows
blown out. We drove across the river and came back down the
Capilano freeway, he says. It was really strange because people
were in their campers and had their boats and everything, going
away for the weekend and theyre looking at us like wed gone
through a war.
When employees returned on Tuesday after the long weekend,

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the relatively new Everall facility was a write-off. It would take

a year before the new headquarters, built to the same design
as the storm-affected one, was up and running. There was no
office, there was nothing. We had to find office space and start
over again, Laura Chrapko says. Office and shop spaces were
rented, and business was up and running in a week. Payroll was
only two days late that week.
Brian McBride was tasked with the job of surveying the devastation and accounting for every piece of Everall equipment
a job that would take 11 months, with damages at the company
estimated in the $2.75-million range.
Though it was 26 years ago, deBeurs memories are crystal
clear, and so are the feelings stirred up by talking about the
events of the day. Its weird. After you go through something
like that, its life changing. Its humbling. While deBeurs says he
thinks the experience brought the company closer together, the
long-term impact on its survivors was felt long after the dust
settled. There are still quite a few people here that were here
when the tornado hit. He pauses, and shakes his head at the
memory. It took two years before I could be around a thunderstorm without having a heart attack.

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Divide and Conquer

Meet E Constructions operational divisions

Construction is one of the largest paving contractors in Western Canada. Our five divisions serve all of Alberta,
the Northwest Territories and parts of Saskatchewan. We own more asphalt plants than any other paving contractor in our operating area, which makes it easy for us to take on any size job. Our divisions know their own
backyard best, and their success is our success.

NORTHERN EXPOSURE
The strength of the North Division is built on the hard
work and dedication of our employees. Their commitment to safety, quality and customer service represent the
companys core values. Our business
goals are driven by that commitment
and our future is bright.
Given the competitive nature of
the Alberta construction market, 60
years in business is an extraordinary
achievement for E Construction. With
ongoing dedication to our core values
and business ethics, our employees
will guarantee the continued success
of E Construction; a company that
our customers prefer to work with, and one that we can
all be proud of.
Jack Farrar, Division Manager

GO WEST
The West Division is successful due to its mobility and
ability to react quickly. Weve secured strategic regions
by establishing and maintaining a permanent presence
with our offices and asphalt plants
in Peace River, Slave Lake and
Whitecourt. Our people are motivated
and, unlike many of our competitors,
unafraid of tackling complex, demanding projects.
Well also attack projects outside
our territory when the job suits our
capabilities (e.g., the Pincher Creek
Airport and Fort Chipewyan paving).
Our clients know well work to guarantee high quality projects that fit their timeframe and
budget. Weve successfully negotiated work that would
normally have gone to tender, and weve won tendered
projects even when we werent the lowest bidder.
Ben Grimmelt, Division Manager

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NORTH DIVISION BY THE NUMBERS:

North Division is the largest of the companys five
The number of years the company has operated in the
Fort McMurray area
The number of its full-service civil contractor crews that
service the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo
A few of the operations at North Division include site
grading and development, gravel production, granular
base construction, underground utility installation,
asphalt paving and civil concrete installations
The number of great employees

WEST DIVISION BY THE NUMBERS:

West Division services the largest geographical
area of the five divisions
The number of tonnes of asphalt the company used to
pave the hamlet of Fort Chipewyan. Equipment and
materials had to be barged up the Athabasca River
This division has the highest number of asphalt
plants at its disposal
The number of airports West Division has completed
The number of great employees

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NWT CONSTRUCTION, BY THE NUMBERS

The number of years of northern experience
NWT Construction Ltd. had before joining E Construction
The number of employees who paved the Hay River airport
using two pavers, four rollers, a skid steer and a tack truck
The number of NWT Construction employees who survived
a plane crash after take off from Yellowknife in 2013

NORTHWEST PASSAGE
NWT Construction is privileged to share this exciting
celebration of 60 years of construction excellence. Located
in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories in a challenging
environment, NWT Construction
joined the E Construction family
in 2011. E Constructions corporate
structure and expertise in mobile
plants, equipment, and personnel
has been a boost to operations.
NWT Construction successfully
seeks out large and small opportunities, including municipal, runway,
parking lot and driveway paving,
underground utility installation, site
servicing, pavement maintenance, walking trails and quarry
sales. Our people are what push us to the forefront of our
marketplace and our team leaders help us honour commitments to clients. They know that when we say we will, we
will. On behalf of NWT Construction, congratulations to
E Construction for its success and thanks for the empowerment and support it gives each division.
Rod Hildebrandt, NWT Construction Manager

OF HIGHWAYS AND EASTERN PROMISE

For 60 years, E Construction has built a solid reputation,
providing on-time, on-spec and on-budget performance,
while constructing some of industrys most interesting and
challenging projects. The Highways
Division and East Division build success on the efforts and talents of our
employees who work under pressure
to make hay while the sun shines.
The short construction season involves scheduling demands, and it
occasionally forces employees to
make personal sacrifices. It is their
loyalty and commitment that separates us from the competition.
We look to the future with confidence. Growth will continue in a planned and deliberate manner. Our goal is to
continue to provide a safe work environment that allows
employees to use exceptional skills to exceed the expectations of our customers. Well continue to lead through innovation, environmental stewardship and market knowledge.
Darryl Zaharichuk, Division Manager

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What no job is. We scale up to airports, roads, highways

and supply aggregate to civil construction services,
such as water and sewer; and we do underground work
The number of great employees

HIGHWAYS DIVISION, BY THE NUMBERS

The number of crews at work in a season for the
Highways Division
The number of high-production portable asphalt plants
the division deploys each season
The number of employees who paved a 50-km stretch of
Hwy 16 near Mundare, a project valued at $14.4 million
The division delivers grading, aggregate production,
granular base course and paving to major public and
private projects in Alberta
The number of great employees

EAST DIVISION, BY THE NUMBERS

The number of kilometres the Lloydminster
office is from Edmonton
E Construction has had a presence at 4 Wing Cold Lake,
Canadas busiest air force fighter base, since the 1950s
The value of the Cold Lake roundabout, which included a
detour for large trucks bound for the Imperial Oil plant
The year the permanent plant & office in Cold Lake opened
The year the Lloydminster permanent office opened
The number of great employees

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Notable Project
THE FORT MCMURRAY AIRPORT EXPANSION
This is the largest project E Construction has executed in its 60-year
history. Completed in 2013, the $70-million airport extension included a major upgrade and expansion of the existing 1986 terminal;
construction of underground services; new access roads; parking
facilities; taxiways; de-icing facilities; aircraft apron and upgraded
airfield electrical installations. This project, executed at the same time
a new terminal was being built, achieved some truly notable feats.

THE JOB BY THE NUMBERS:

290,000
645,600
286,000
62,500
9,600
6,900
3,300
4,060
2,375
3,345
820
495
78
125

cubic metres of over burden removal

cubic metres of common excavation
tonnes of sub-base gravel
tonnes of asphalt
square metres of Airside Portland Cement concrete
metres of concrete curb and gutter
square metres of concrete sidewalk
metres of PVC water main pipe
metres of PVC sanitary sewer, including 21 manholes
metres of PVC and concrete storm sewer
metres of culverts
concrete block heater pedestals in parking lot with
12,900 metres of PVC conduit
street lights on roadways with 4,600 metres of
PVC conduit
edge lights for the apron and taxiway with
16,340 metres of cable