C.F. Construction also provides excavation and site services for private landowners and commercial clients alike, as well as servicing both municipal and provincial levels of government. With their wide variety of earthworks equipment and their experienced team of professional operators, they have the capability to do everything from new road construction, to site preparation for new commercial developments and shopping centers, to ditching and development for agricultural, municipal, and provincial clients. Currently, however, C.F. Construction is primarily focused on heavy infrastructure and largescale commercial and multi-residential projects. Recently, they had the opportunity to work with larger general contractors on the infrastructure site at the Nova Scotia Community College campus in Stellarton, as well as on the expansion of the deCoste Centre in Pictou. Currently, they are also working on a large condo development project in Pictou, which will comprise 72 units across 36 buildings. That project is being developed by their sister company, RC Fraser, and C.F. Construction will be responsible for all the infrastructure work. According to Mitch, clients with projects of that calibre are typically drawn to C.F. Construction by the depth of their in-house capability: “We can do a lot of stuff in-house – especially compared to our competitors, who would have to subcontract a lot of the scope out,” he explains. “We accomplish this with our own employees and our own gear. That helps us with the cost and it helps us keep a tight control over our quality.” Mitch also says that clients recognize the quality of service that C.F. Construction provides. He says they are known for being responsive to clients and for going the extra mile to meet their needs and make sure they are satisfied at the end of the project. He explains that their reputation is very important to the company, as they are in a small town where word gets around quickly: “We meet a lot of our clients in the grocery store,” he says. “We come face-to-face with them on a weekly basis. We want to be spoken well of in town. That drives our service and our performance. We have a reputation to uphold.” MAY 2024
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