SM Spotlight Stuart Olson
When it comes to a construction project — whether residential, commercial, or industrial — you want assurance that you’ve hired one of the utmost experts to get the job done. In Canada, that is Stuart Olson, and its recent merger partner, Bird Construction.
An Industry Leader…For over a hundred years, Stuart Olson and Bird Construction have been among Canada’s topmost full-service contractors.
With headquarters in both Calgary and Mississauga, Bird Construction and Stuart Olson serve businesses and communities from the Atlantic to Pacific coast.
“[Stuart Olson delivers] full service from the conceptual phase, through to handing over the keys at the end of the project,” said Rick Andison, Project Director.
As a nation-wide leader providing a comprehensive range of construction services, Stuart Olson can take on just about any project you might have. Some of Stuart Olson’s successes include The Richmond Oval, in British Columbia, Calgary’s Central Library, in Alberta, RBC Convention Centre in Manitoba, an array of Post-Secondary builds in Ontario including facilities at McMaster University, University of Toronto Mississauga, and Windsor University, to name a few. They also have a large presence in the Industrial Infrastructure space, covering maintenance, repair, and operations; and have a proven track record delivering agriculture, food processing, and cold storage facilities.
In 2020, Stuart Olson joined forces with Bird Construction, merging to create one forward-thinking, premier Canadian construction company. Although the integration of the two bodies is still in process, the collaboration between them is proving to spark innovation already. Take, for example, their mutual hashtag #OurBestBuildYet. Not only does this reflect their shared values of making each project a specialized representation of their abilities, but it has brought a lot of media coverage to the good work Stuart Olson and Bird Construction do every day, a lot of which falls outside the realm of what you might usually associate with a contractor.
Stuart Olson and Bird Construction are committed to being innovators. Stuart Olson has a Centre for Building Performance, dedicated to energy efficiency, tracking, analytics and insights; and Bird Construction has consistently prioritized and promoted collaboration among Indigenous communities across Canada. Together, they are working toward contributing to positive advances in the industry.
Looking towards the future, Stuart Olson knows that change is inevitable in any industry, including construction, and they plan to continue providing long-term value for clients, through flexible, innovative, and forward thinking solutions.
“There’s nothing we won’t look at or haven’t looked at,” Andison said.
For more information about this great Canadian business, visit www.stuartolson.com or www.bird.ca
