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Bad news travels first
Owners hear about a problem the day we find it, with a plan attached. Surprises are the only thing we refuse to deliver.
S-11 About Meridian
Built by people who pour concrete
Meridian started in 1998 as a concrete contractor working for other builders. We became a general contractor so we could keep the promises ourselves, and we still self-perform the trades that set the schedule.
A-01 Our story
From foundations to whole buildings
Two concrete foremen and an estimator started Meridian in a rented yard in Calder Flats. For six years we poured foundations and slabs for other general contractors, and we watched good concrete get blamed for schedules that were never realistic.
In 2004 we took our first general contract, a cold-storage building, and made a rule we still follow: the trades that set the schedule stay on our own payroll. Today that means concrete, tilt-up, steel erection, rough carpentry and demolition, done by 120 craft professionals in Meridian colours.
We build for owners who check the numbers: manufacturers, health systems, school districts and logistics operators. They hire us because we price carefully, report honestly and tell them about problems the day we find them.
A-02 Milestones
Twenty-eight years, seven dates
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1998
Founded as a concrete contractor
Two foremen and an estimator start Meridian in a rented yard in Calder Flats, pouring foundations for other general contractors.
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2004
First general contract
A 60,000 SF cold-storage building. A young field engineer named Elena Vasquez joins the job.
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2011
Healthcare practice opens
The first ICRA-governed project on a live hospital campus, and the protocols we still use.
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2014
Tilt-up division
Our own crews start casting and flying panels, and distribution work becomes a core sector.
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2019
Elena Vasquez becomes president
The company commits to self-performing every critical-path structural trade.
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2023
Apprenticeship partnership
Paid craft apprenticeships with Calder Technical College, with rigging added as a track in 2026.
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2026
240 people, 120 of them craft
About $310M of annual volume across manufacturing, healthcare, education and logistics.
A-03 How we work
Six rules we hold ourselves to
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Write it down
Estimates, schedules, decisions and promises live on paper with a date on them. Memory is not a project control.
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Own the critical path
We self-perform the trades that set the schedule, so a promise about the date is a promise we can keep ourselves.
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Stopping work is a right
Anyone on our sites can stop the work without explanation. Every one of them gets thanked for it.
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Measure it or don't claim it
Safety, waste diversion, slab flatness, estimate variance. If we talk about it, we publish the number.
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Hire, pay and teach properly
Published wage bands, paid apprenticeships and a field-to-office ladder that people are actually climbing.
A-04 Our crews
120 craft professionals on our payroll
Our foremen plan their own look-aheads, our superintendents write their own daily logs, and about one in ten of our craft workers is a paid apprentice from Calder Technical College. When a schedule gets tight, we add a crew instead of sending an email.
A-05 The team
The people who sign the promises
Elena Vasquez
President & Chief Executive Officer
“We don't sell buildings. We sell the absence of surprises.”
Marcus Whitfield
Vice President, Operations
“A schedule nobody in the field believes in is just a drawing of a calendar.”
Dana Okafor
Vice President, Preconstruction & Estimating
“An estimate is a promise with a spreadsheet attached. Write it like one.”
Sam Kowalski
Director of Safety
“Nobody has ever been hurt by a schedule slipping one day. Plenty have been hurt so it wouldn't.”
Fictional people, invented for this demonstration.
Start / Bid room
Meet the team that would build it
Precon presents its own estimates, operations plans its own logistics, and the safety director walks your site before we price it. Start with the bid configurator or a call.
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