Welcome to Gil-Son Construction
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One of the most trusted names in electrical and mechanical contracting in the Atlantic provinces.
Founded in 1986, Gil-Son Construction Limited has grown from a minor construction company to one of the most trusted names in electrical and mechanical construction in the Atlantic provinces. Based out of Halifax, Nova Scotia, we started as a team of two and have since grown to over 250 employees with 54 trucks on the road, and over 400 satisfied clients. At any time, we will have more than 350 open projects.
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Our Projects
We are trusted with production support for several large institutions and companies and have worked on hundreds of large-scale projects.
Safe Work Environment
At Gil-Son Construction, our employees are family and we are committed to providing a safe work environment for every employee and partner that we work with.
24-Hour Services
Our emergency response team is on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year to make sure that you never go down.
Employees Protection
A safe project site is a productive project site, which is why we continue to focus on maintaining our impressive safety ratings and protecting our employees from harm.
Unique
We are unique in our ability to offer complete contracting solutions and our willingness to work in situations or on projects that other companies may not.
No subcontract
There is no need to subcontract out work since we at Gil-Son Construction are equipped to do it all. With two fabrication shops on site for mechanical piping and sheet metal, as well as skilled teams.
Company history at a glance
At Gil-Son Construction, we believe in being a dedicated construction partner, a champion of safety practices, and a proud supporter of the communities we work in.
1986 - founding year of Gil-Son Construction
Originally started as a small, general contracting company that specialized in office fit-ups, we have expanded to our current role as one of the leading providers of electrical and mechanical contracting in Atlantic Canada.
2014 - dawn of the new Gil-Son Construction
In May of 2014, Daniel Hiltz took the helm of Gil-Son Construction as Owner & President and started to grow the company. Armed with 23 years in multi-trade work, he was able to acquire two Gil-Son employees, Brittany Harpell and Russell MacDonald. These dedicated and hard-working individuals are still with him today. A short time later, Daniel was joined by his first certified electrician, William Bonang. Through hard work and long hours, William was invaluable in helping Daniel get the business off the ground. Colin Campbell came aboard a few months after and brought 30 years experience to become the Lead Electrical Estimator & Senior Project Manager. Later that year, Donald Hiltz joined as a strategic partner and with his 40 years of industry knowledge was instrumental in helping move the company forward on a solid footing. This was also the year that Gil-Son took on its first major project with Irving Shipbuilding doing Machine Shop East renovations, entrusted with completing the electrical and lighting fit-up for the office spaces. In 2014, we secured 173 projects.
2015 - exponential growth
2016 - a new milestone
In 2016, we celebrated the milestone of 1,000 secured projects—and kept right on working! That year, we helped supply skilled trades on an as-needed basis to support the shipbuilding and ship refit activities at Irving Shipbuilding and worked as the general contractor to construct a new Jetty NF at CFB Halifax. We also expanded the company in two important ways. We hired David Morash to establish an HVAC-R, Propane and Natural Gas service department and were able to bring on Don Hartlen, P.Eng to lead an in-house Mechanical Engineering Support team. We replaced 31 water source heat pumps at Halifax West for the Halifax Regional Centre for Education as well as completing new electrical distribution to the Bell Aliant building, and a new back-up generator, fuel storage, and ventilation and cooling upgrades.
2017 - more projects, more growth
While celebrating our 2,000th secured project milestone in 2017, we also opened our sheet metal fabrication shop under our Mechanical Department. Our big projects of the year included building new electrical, mechanical, and HVAC systems for Newbridge Academy, completed in under 5 months. We also completed industrial electrical installation, pipe spool fabrication and process piping installation for the Moose River Gold Mine under a fast-paced schedule and in a remote location. We also performed electrical and mechanical upgrades at Woodside Industries, including HVAC, process piping and industrial electrical systems. Finally, we worked on the Sustane Technologies Waste Recycling Facility—a first of its kind facility in a remote location—where we provided facility HVAC, electrical, process piping, process equipment installation, and commissioning assistance.
2018 - on track for the future
Keeping right on track, by 2018 we had over 3,000 secured projects. We also started a two-year project to complete the new drill shed training facility at CFB Halifax. This will include facility electrical distribution, plumbing, and HVAC. We were also proud to complete the plumbing, electrical and HVAC systems for the new arena at Saint Mary’s University as well as HVAC, electrical, and plumbing installation for O’Reagan’s Re-Con Centre.
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With Gil-Son Construction you will experience a unique working partnership that will result in a job well done.
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