institutional & industrial construction
Dalcon workers place concrete on the deck of the Upper Dwyer Hill Road Bridge, near Pakenham, ON.
dalcon enterprises inc. Ottawa company does both ICI and heavy civil construction work, building bridges, schools, and government facilities by mary wisniewski
at a glance location: ottawa, on founded: 2004 employees: 45 area of specialty: institutional, industrial, and commercial buildings annual revenues: $15 million+
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while some construction companies limit projects to either commercial or heavy civil construction work, Ottawa-based Dalcon Enterprises does both, and keeps busy in both winter and summer. With an additional focus on government work, the company has been unaffected by the recession.
After 10 years of owning and operating several familyowned companies, including Frecon Construction, Dale Drevniok, CET, started Dalcon, incorporating in 2004 and growing every year since. At the start of summer 2010, the company already was close to $18 million in revenues, $4 million more than it had secured by the end of the summer of 2009, Coleman says. The nation’s capital is a booming town—Ottawa is always improving its infrastructure, Coleman explains.
“We have an ICI [industrial, commercial, and institutional] sector and a heavy civil sector—there are very few companies in Ottawa that undertake both,” says William Coleman, project manager for Dalcon. “Competitors can “We focus on provincial, federal, and municipal contracts, expect us to bid a wave pool to a bridge to a water main, and we keep pretty busy with work because of our diversification,” Coleman says, “although we will do, on occasion, which helps with our competitive edge.”
canadian builders quarterly january/february 2011