Press Release

Ledcor Celebrates 65th Year of Achievements Launches Corporate Video

March 27, 2014

Photo from the corporate video.

More than 100 Ledcor staff, contractors and clients contributed to an epic cross-Canada video to celebrate 65 years of the company’s projects in Canada and the US. 

Ledcor rebranded in 2010, and the company decided to mark its 65th year with a video that celebrated its new vision, Forward. Together. The intention was to showcase Ledcor’s people and projects across Canada and the US to reflect some of the company’s stories and achievements.

Given the challenge of covering all of Ledcor’s divisions in locations across the continent, the video was several months in the making.  Over 100 Ledcor employees, contractors, and clients took part, either in an organizational or starring role, and a core team of about ten Ledcor staff and filmmaking crew travelled across Canada to shoot at a variety of locations – from Vancouver’s Shangri-La to the town of Wandering River in Alberta. 

The full location list includes the Shangri La Hotel, Guildford Town Centre, Van Deusen Gardens, Shaw Tower, time lapse of the Bow in Calgary, the LTS training facility in Coquitlam, the Art Gallery of Alberta in Edmonton, the Kearl site in Fort McMurray, along Highway 63 from Edmonton to Fort McMurray, and Wandering River. 

The video can be viewed combined or as two parts: ‘Legacy’, showcasing Ledcor’s 65 year history, and ‘Great Strides’, demonstrating the breadth of our company through our innovation. 

As can be seen from the videos, Ledcor is extremely proud to be celebrating our 65th year of business in Canada, and our 35th in the US. As we move Forward. Together. for the next 65 years, we expect to continue building momentum alongside our customers, partners, and within our communities. 

You can view the 'Great Strides' video below and the 'Legacy' video on our History page, or visit our YouTube channel to view all of the videos. 

Some of Ledcor’s 65th anniversary highlights: 

As trusted partners to their clients, here are some of Ledcor’s accomplishments over the last five years:

  • awarded three national safety awards, 18 safety awards in British Columbia and Alberta, and 29 safety awards in other parts of Canada and the United States

  • selected as one of Canada’s Top 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures in 2011,  one of the Financial Post's Ten Best Companies to Work for in 2011, 2012, and 2013, and one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers by the Globe and Mail in 2011, 2012, and 2013.

  • reached 8,000 total employees

  • exceeded 3,000 employees in the oil sands

  • built The Bow, Western Canada's tallest building and largest steel structure

  • built Shangri-La,Vancouver’s tallest building

  • built Epcor Tower, Edmonton's second tallest building

  • built two of the first Living Building Certification candidates in Canada

  • completed our 400th Costco project in North America

  • increased our telecom service fleet to 1,000 trucks

  • acquired six tugs and 13 barges to launch our marine services division

  • established our forestry division with the acquisition of Renew Resources, constructed a new cant mill and began exporting lumber to China

  • acquired Summit Air, Arctic Sunwest Charters and Trinity Helicopters to build our aviation fleet to over 20 cargo and passenger aircraft and eight helicopters

  • expanded our construction operations in California through the formation of a new entity - Edge Construction LLC - to specialize in public works construction

  • along with Allstream, installed Wi-Fi service in over 860 Starbucks locations across Canada

  • began constructing North America’s largest P25 trunked radio systems, The Alberta First Responders Radio Communication System

  • built Mosaic Tower, Regina's first new office tower in over 20 years

  • broke ground on THERIVER, Calgary's most exclusive luxury condominiums

  • completed our 19th winery construction project in the Napa and Somana Valleys in California

  • along with EllisDon, began construction of the Canary District, home of the 2015 CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Athletes’ Village development in Toronto