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RND CONSTRUCTION LTD. AWARD-WINNING OTTAWA BUILDER AND RENOVATOR DELIVERS SUSTAINABILITY WITH STYLE
FA S T FA C T S Company Name: RND Construction Ltd.
Farmside Green: a 9-home Net Zero Ready project
Head Office: Ottawa BY NATASHA ROMBOUGH, DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS, CHBA
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t’s hard to believe you’re in the heart of Canada’s capital when standing on the terrace of Roy Nandram’s latest award-winning home. Suspended over a 20-ft. cliff and backing onto greenspace is delightfully closer to being in a treehouse than an urban centre. That connection with nature extends throughout the home, with oversized windows showcasing every leafy view, granting a refined combination of abundant natural light and cocooned privacy. Sustainability with style is the driving force behind RND Construction Ltd., which has been serving the Ottawa-area for more than 34 years. Its President and Project Manager, Roy Nandram, originally started the company as a renovation business, but now it also builds custom and spec homes in addition to
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full-scale renovations. Nandram’s commitment to innovation and healthy living has led the company on a progressive journey from Energy Star, to R-2000, to LEED and now every new home it builds is Net Zero. “I’ve always had an interest in the environment,” says Nandram. “We were getting training from all directions, but no one was focusing on energy efficiency. So, we decided that, as a small company, there was sufficient business for us within the energy efficiency niche.” With 22 homes labelled under CHBA’s Net Zero Home Labelling Program and another two coming shortly, the company has labelled more homes than any other in Ottawa. That accomplishment stemmed from years of actively striving to learn more, give back and make a difference.
Number of Full-Time Employees: 12-15 Approx. Annual Gross Revenue: avg. $10 million Projects per year: 15
ADVENTUROUS AMBITIONS AND EDUCATION Good marketing outreach brought Nandram to Canada in his youth. One of 10 children, Nandram was born and raised in a farming village in Guyana, a country on the Caribbean coast of South America, slightly bigger than New Brunswick with roughly the same population density. Having completed five
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