that began with just a few employees now has
about 20 people on staff, runs three crews
and has tripled the size of their shop. And in
response to market changes in 2007, Custom
Fiberglass Contractors expanded into chemi-
cal and industrial sectors while increasing their
marketing efforts in oil and gas with a new
website and greater online exposure.
Jason Goodwill joined the company in April
2013 with a background in facilities manage-
ment and business management. Determined
to learn the industry from the ground up, he
went out into the field and logged more than
2,000 pipefitting hours before moving into the
position of vice president later that year. “It
was just a tremendous learning experience,” he
explained. “It was very physically demanding,
lots of hours. What was particularly interesting
for me was I had worked in the United States
and then in Canada because there was a lot of
oil booming activity going on in the U.S., but
they’re a good 10 years behind what we are in
Canada in terms of safety and regulations and
protocols. For example, right now I don’t know
how many safety tickets I have in order to just
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