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“We have the intellectual and human resources here to get
complicated projects done and we’re just looking forward to
growing with the western Canada economy.”
and increasing demand for large buildings,
modern buildings, for storing and fabricat-
ing…”
Today, Burnco describes themselves as an
end-to-end provider of structural, mechanical,
engineering and maintenance services. Some
of their custom manufacturing processes have
reduced labour inputs by 75 percent while in-
creasing throughput by as much as 50 percent,
O’Neill explained. One project they worked
on involved an interlocking steel pile system
where 20 people produced four piles a day.
Burnco’s involvement in the project changed
that ratio to six people producing six piles a
day, resulting in lower labour costs and an in-
crease in production and quality.
