Dexter Construction
Head Office:
PO Box 48100
Bedford NS
Phone: 902-835-3381
Fax: 902-835-7300
Email: sclegg@dexter.ca
Web: www.dexter.ca
Branches: Kentville, NS; Moncton, NS.
Date of Incorporation: 1961
Nature of Ownership: Private
Key Personnel:
David Wood, CFO
Eric Desbiens, President
Kurt Jacobs, VP
Paul MacDonald, VP, HR
Jeff Moor, Sr. VP
Dick Tiller, Manager Engineering and Estimating
Gross Revenue: $153.14 million
Area of Expertise: Heavy civil; asphalt paving, supply and storage; quarry services; demolition; drilling and blasting; excavation; utilities; concrete works; road building and maintenance; surface treatment; site preparation and servicing; slashing and burning; marine and bridges.
Corporate Profile: As the construction arm of the Municipal Group of Companies, Dexter Construction, the largest civil contractor in Atlantic Canada, competes in all areas of heavy civil construction. This includes all manner of excavation work; grading; road structure materials production and placing; concrete placing; utility piping installation; bridge and marine construction; road building and maintenance; open pit mining and more. Other divisions of the group perform mining; waste and disposal; environmental; liquids; training; equipment rental; snow removal; material handling and transport; calcium; sand and water delivery serving Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northern Quebec and the Caribbean.
Major Projects: Hwy. 104 Bridge Upgrades, Pictou County, NS
Hwy. 104 Roadwork, Antigonish County, NS
Cape Breton Highlands National Park Trail Upgrades, Cape Breton, NS
Washmill Lake Miscellaneous Engineering, Halifax, NS
Hwy. 101 Roadwork, Hants County, NS
Trunk 4, Jim MacDonald Brook Bridge (CB113) and McNeils Brook Bridge (CB124), Cape Breton County, NS
Saulnierville Breakwater and Roadwork, Digby County, NS
Hwy. 101 Roadwork, Digby County, NS
Hwy. 102 Bridges, Hants County, NS
Hwy. 125 Roadwork, Cape Breton County, NS
—updated November, 2011
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