Terry Emmerson, Derek Hawkeswood, Leiann Kucher, Ed Kalwajtys, David Hughes, Ryan Leonard and Dan Maxwell.
Provincial Electrical
Shines
on its 15th Anniversary
“We are a full service electrical contractor that listens to and understands what the customer needs, and provides the services required to ensure their project is successful, on budget and on time.” ~ Terry Emmerson By Nerissa McNaughton
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n 2002, Terry Emmerson wanted to expand his horizons, and the thought of owning his own electrical contracting business really excited him.
“I understood the challenges ahead of me and I was willing to take the risk,” Emmerson explains. “My wife was fully supportive. I talked to her about it and said the house would have to go on the line. Jennifer said, ‘it’s only a house’. I knew then that I had my wife’s full support.” Like most entrepreneurial ventures, he started out small. “We started Provincial Electrical Services in a second floor office space, thinking that’s all I would need,” Emmerson confirms. He was wrong. “Within two years we had outgrown the space and had to move into an office with a warehouse.” Emmerson’s success is due, in part, to doing things right from
day one. When he left the company he had been working with, he didn’t ask any of his former coworkers to come with him; but that didn’t stop some from joining him of their own free will as they recognized his leadership and vision. “We started fresh with our own attitude and ideas. Our driving passion was quality. We wanted to raise people’s expectations of what an electrical installation should be, inspiring and training our employees to be the best they can be, in their professional and personal lives,” reminisces Emmerson. “We’ve had steady growth from day one. We all know that it takes a lifetime to build a name and only a moment to tear it down, so we strived to commit to our clients, especially for our word and quality of our work.” He credits the growth to several factors, some of which include: the ability to take on the challenges of the construction industry through strategic company positioning, developing relationships, delivering on promises and remembering that on a project, it is always a team effort. “Our growth came naturally as the projects came in,” Emmerson continues. “We had to add more field staff, we also hired Darlene.” Emmerson praises office manager Darlene Young for
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