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MAY 2021 of highly qualified, diversified professionals who are all committed to delivering excellence at every step of a project.” Phillip is another veteran of the contracting industry – he started his career in the United Kingdom, and continued it in Canada after moving roughly 16 years ago. About a year-and- a-half back, Jason convinced him to join the Acres team. Since he came aboard and started working with the team, the company has grown considerably, even amidst the onset of the pandemic. “When COVID hit, we got together as a senior group and we put together a plan,” Phillip recalls. “We executed the plan really well, and because we’re a technology-driven company, everyone was set up at their home literally overnight. The impact to the business and our clients was minimal.” These days, those clients include a diverse array of companies in the general, industrial and civil sectors, and their projects can range greatly in size and value. Acres can take on everything from tenant improvements valued from $50,000 to $100,000, all the way through to general construction to heavy industrial projects valued from $15 to $20 million. According to Phillip, clients all throughout that spectrum tend to choose Acres for the same reasons. One of the main ones is their team’s ability to self- perform much of their own work. At any time, the company directly employs between 80 and 120 people, they own and operate all their own civil contracting equipment, and they have their own carpentry and concrete teams in-house. “That gives us a distinct advantage over our competitors in the area,” Phillip says. And clients do choose Acres – typically, they bring their projects straight to the company, as they understand the value that they can provide, and they trust them to meet or