Working as a Construction

PCL is a group of independent construction companies that carries out work across the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, and Australia. These diverse operations in the civil infrastructure, heavy industrial, and building markets are supported by a strategic presence in 31 major centers. Together, these companies have an annual construction volume of more than $8 billion, making PCL one of the largest contracting organizations in North America. PCL is 100% employee-owned and is continuously named a Best Place to Work. Watch us build at PCL.com.

EllisDon is hoping to some day build its way to the very top of Canada's construction industry. One of the country's largest construction companies, EllisDon is a design/build firm that offers a range of services, including preconstruction, engineering, general contracting, and project management. Other services include arranging project financing for clients and updating and designing IT and communication systems for building infrastructures. EllisDon's major projects have included airports, hospitals, office buildings, schools, and shopping centers. The firm does most of its business in Canada, but it has also completed major projects in the US, United Arab Emirates, West Indies, Greece, and other countries.

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority, which operates as BC Hydro, distributes electricity to the 1.8 million residential and business customers. The province-owned utility owns more than 46,500 miles of transmission and distribution lines, and it operates hydroelectric and fossil-fueled power plants about 11,350 MW of generating capacity. Subsidiary Powerex markets and trades energy throughout North America. To increase efficiencies in green power production, in 2010 BC Hydro consolidated its transmission operations with those of the province-owned British Columbia Transmission. A Crown corporation owned by British Columbia, BC Hydro is regulated by British Columbia Utilities Commission.

Turner Construction has built head-turning projects for more than a century. The company that built Madison Square Garden has ranked among the leading general builders in the US since the early 1900s. Turner Construction provides construction and project management services for commercial and multifamily buildings, airports, and stadiums, as well as correctional, educational, entertainment, and manufacturing facilities. The company is also a leader in sustainable or green building practices. Founded in 1902 by Henry Turner, the company is the main operating unit of The Turner Corporation, which is a subsidiary of German construction group HOCHTIEF.

We're a diversified construction company, made up of teams of people who are proven in their industries. All working to design, build, transport, operate, and maintain projects all over North America. But we believe that projects are about more than concrete and steel. They're about people and the power of partnerships. Partnerships with our employees, our communities, our contractors and clients. Our True Blue team believes in building trust in the places where we do business—whether that's by engaging honestly, by giving back, by putting safety first, or by looking for smarter, more sustainable ways to get the job done right.

Founded in 1911, SNC-Lavalin is a fully integrated professional services and project management company with offices around the world dedicated to engineering a better future for our planet and its people. We create sustainable solutions that connect people, technology and data to design, deliver and operate the most complex projects. We deploy global capabilities locally to our clients and deliver unique end-to-end services across the whole life cycle of an asset including consulting, advisory & environmental services, intelligent networks & cybersecurity, design & engineering, procurement, project & construction management, operations & maintenance, decommissioning and capital – and delivered to clients in key strategic sectors such as Engineering Services, Nuclear, Operations & Maintenance and Capital. News and information are available at snclavalin.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

We deliver impactful global solutions to create a more connected, sustainable world — from intelligence to infrastructure, cybersecurity to space exploration. Our 52,000 employees across 50 countries work every day, challenging the expectations of today to reinvent the way we’ll all live tomorrow.