awareness when working with Indigenous people.” Also, on September 30th, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation – which is not a statutory holiday in BC – the company decided to give employees the day off to learn about residential schools and share what they learned the next day. “That was pretty successful in terms of getting people engaged and increasing their awareness,” Mike says. Moving forward, Keystone Environmental intends to continue promoting that engagement as their work in that sector continues. At the same time, they also intend to continue expanding their client base and service offering – but never to the point where their customer service suffers. The company is currently at a size where they can be responsive to clients and flexible internally, and they never want to compromise that. “If anybody here identifies a concern, or if they have a good idea, action can be taken fairly quickly,” Raminder says. “We don’t have to go through a head office and wait for a decision. That’s the advantage of being a midsized company and not a large one.” “Wewant to stay at that size,”Mike adds. “That’s part of our mandate. Wearefar-reaching intermsofour client base and where we work, thanks to our valued partnerships with other firms, but we never want to grow to a point where we can’t be nimble and responsive.” All that said, Raminder believes there is still room for Keystone Environmental to expand. “Before the pandemic, we were about 80-ish people,” he says. “Now we have about 115 staff. THE CONSTRUCTION SOURCE CANADA The company completes many projects along the Alaska Highway, especially for its federal government clients.
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