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Constantine – who also serves the company in a
Business Development and Estimating role – started
Give Back Contracting with his business partner
in 2015. At that time, the requirements relating
to erosion and sediment control were increasing
substantially in Alberta. Clients not only needed the
related products to keep up with the increase of the
E&SC scope of work, but they needed contractors to
install them. Many existing landscaping companies
and earthwork contractors preferred to stay away
due to how complex and labour intensive the work
was.
Give Back Contracting was formed to provide an
alternative to those companies, and to fulfill that
growing need in the market. In less than two weeks,
they had over $300,000 worth of work scheduled
– including a significant project on Highway 63,