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L.T.L. CONTRACTING
Civil contractor L.T.L. Contracting performs
work in the municipal, industrial, mining and
commercial sectors.

A Good Work Ethic is Key

L.T.L. Contracting, based in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, is diversifying its services and completed
its first sewage treatment plant earlier this year. The company also plans to expand its drilling division.
By Libby John mainly does projects for townships in northern Ontario.

E arlier this year, L.T.L. Contracting completed its first

sewage treatment plant in Geralton, Ontario, Can-
ada. Although the $10 million project was a first for
the company, President Scott MacLeod says it did not face
major challenges. “We hired some subcontractors to do the
specialty work for us,” he explains, which is a standard
practice for the company.
The company, based in Thunder Bay, Ontario, is a civil
and general contractor that performs work in the munici-
pal, industrial, mining and commercial sectors. The proj-
ects typically involve the various aspects of earth moving,
underground infrastructure installations,
L.T.L. Contracting
www.ltlcontracting.com site development, municipal infrastruc-
2006 revenues: $20 million ture upgrades including road and bridges,
Headquarters: Thunder Bay, marine installations, contaminated site
Ontario, Canada
Employees: 70 clean-up, trenchless installations and water
Specialty: Civil construction/ sewage treatment systems.
directional drilling MacLeod says the company participat-
Scott MacLeod: “We have a
lot of good employees who ed in the one-year sewer treatment plant
work together as a team.” project as a way to diversify its services. It
Harvey Laurin, Vick Laurin and Brian Tetlock founded
the company in 1981. The Laurin brothers had previously
worked for their father in the landscaping business, Mac-
Leod says. However, the company moved away from land-
scaping and instead focused on sewer, water and road
work because there was greater potential in those markets.
According to the Council of Ontario Construction Assoc-
iations (COCA), the construction industry encompasses
nearly 6 percent of the province’s labor force, equaling
411,000 jobs. “We have a lot of good employees who
work together as a team,” MacLeod says. “They have a
good work ethic.”
“Most of our employees are trained in-house,” he adds.
COCA says the economic impact of the regional con-
struction industry is significant. For example, the gross
domestic product for construction is 3.1 percent in
Ontario, which is over two times higher than other indus-
tries at 1.5 percent.
Every $1 million invested in construction in Ontario
produces nearly $3 million in related activities, it says.

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