The Ontario Construction Report – May 2009 – PAGE OCR 7
Reid & Deleye
Homedale French Immersion Public School, St Thomas
Contractors
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Over the years, diversification has kept
his team busy, 12 months of the year.
Currently, they do mostly institutional
and municipal projects, but that’s just a
product of the economy. It was only a few
years ago that Reid & Deleye Contractors
were knee-deep in industrial expansion
projects.
“At the end of the day it’s a business, we
need to be able to operate, generate profits,
and keep our employees and subtrades
busy,” he said. “So a long time ago we de-
cided diversification was the way to go. To
be truly diversified, you have to gain expe-
rience in all market segments. We’re good
at water sewage treatment plants, so we can
build those. We can build bridges, we can
build schools, we can build hospitals. We
have a track record in all market segments.
We’re not shut out of any particular mar-
ket.”
Currently the company keeps busy with
roughly 50 projects a year, ranging from
$500,000 to $20 million. They have expe-
rienced growth consistently every year.
“As we grow, as time goes on, addi- Sometimes that involves fastracking It’s a little less expensive at the end of the pany’s quality, integrity, and the abilities of
tional opportunities are presented to us and projects, while in others it involves re- day.” their workers.
we take advantage of them,” said Eyre. design. Sometimes clients want to partici- The majority of clients choose either de- “The majority of our employees have
“We’re not focused on growth per se. As pate in the project, so the company tries to sign/build or bid spec for their first project been with us in excess of 15 years,” he
we grow to be able to accommodate our accommodate them as much as possible. with the company. said. “We still have young fellas in there.
clients’ needs, we’re also able to accommo- They also offer different building meth- They come back to Reid & Deleye for
date additional work. As we complete proj- ods to their clients, from design/build to their other projects because of the com-
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ects, we’re offered opportunities on bigger bid spec and construction management.
projects.” However the client wants to undertake the
Reid & Deleye Contractors attract these project, Reid & Deleye will work in that
opportunities largely as a result of their capacity. The company generally splits
client-first approach to business and their their projects evenly between the three
attitude. building methods.
“We’re cooperative,” Eyre said. “We’re “Our background was in agricultural, so
CUSTOM WELDING & FABRICATING
solution builders. We’re there to assist the design/build was pretty much the way INDUSTRIAL & COMMERCIAL
client in meeting their needs in more ways things went,” said Eyre. “Construction
that just bricks and mortar. We assist them management comes with experience. A
in ensuring their facility is going to work huge amount of our clients are repeat cus-
for them, and we work within their param- tomers and oftentimes they’ll select con-
eters.” struction management on a second project.
Congratulations to
Reid & Deleye Contractors
for you well deserved recognition!
East Elgin Concrete Forming Limited
Residential, Commercial, Agricultural
PROUD TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH
Foundations, Walls, Floors, Flat Work
REID & DELEYE CONTRACTORS LTD.
Jim Anderson
Tyson Van Leeuwen
10 Elm Street, Tillsonburg, ON N4G 0A7
Tel: 519-842-6667 Fax: 519-842-3374
Email: info@eecf.ca
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