Safety and Service Define CorMac Projects Inc. by Rennay Craats
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any people warn that you should never go into business with friends, but sometimes it’s the smartest decision you can make. Good friends Corey Hanson and Christopher MacKenzie decided to do just that and created CorMac Projects in 2008. A decade later – a successful general contracting business with a real estate arm and a hazardous materials division – it’s clear the decision was a good one. “I think the whole reason we’re here today is we were best of friends and still are today. We both have strengths in different areas and come from different backgrounds so we don’t step on each other’s toes,” says Christopher MacKenzie, co-founder of CorMac Projects. Before CorMac, MacKenzie studied architectural drafting
and design and civil engineering technology and worked for years in general contracting and project management; Hanson studied psychology and worked in corrections while maintaining side businesses in asphalt, concrete and sandblasting. In 2008, the time was right to venture out and the two pooled their networks and skill sets to attract clients. The company may have been small but the founders ensured the results were anything but. Clients quickly came to realize they could count on CorMac for quality service and commitment to every project. “From the beginning, we tried to be that one-stop shop that would look at pretty much anything,” says co-founder Corey Hanson. “We are proud of our reputation for doing what we say and meaning what we say and getting it done.”
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