By Rajitha Sivakumaran
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or many companies in Fort McMur-
ray, it is hard not to talk about the
wildfire that happened in May. Dave
Tuccaro, President and CEO of the Tuccaro
Group, called it “a kick in the teeth”. His
group of seven companies have operated
in the region catering to oil sands com-
panies for decades. Through one or more
of its companies, the Tuccaro Group has
worked on every oil sands site in the re-
gion, and clients include Syncrude Canada,
Suncor, Shell and more. Despite success-
fully serving major oil sands companies in
Alberta with its highly diversified service
line, even the Tuccaro Group felt the wrath
of the fire.
The event changed things. Employees lost
their homes and were displaced all over
the country, but Craig Jenkins, the Tuc-
caro Group’s COO, says, “We didn’t come
here, we’re from here, we didn’t show up
to cash in and cash out. We’re not going
anywhere.”
MARCH 2017
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