Scholarship Donor - AIT

Donor Since: 2002
Number of Scholarships: 1
Websites: Comstock Canada Ltd.
Scholarship Information: Comstock Canada Scholarship

History:
Comstock Canada Ltd. is a member of the EMCOR Group of Companies. EMCOR is the world's leading
provider of mechanical and electrical construction and facilities services, including planning, consulting,
operations and maintenance. The Comstock name has been associated with most of the major industrial
projects completed in Canada over the last fifty years. Our client list is the who's who of corporate
Canada.
Comstock was founded in 1904 and has since been providing a wide variety of specialty contracting
services to the Canadian industry. Comstock was incorporated in the Province of Ontario in December,
1990. We employ field forces capable of performing mechanical, electrical, millwright and rigging
projects ranging in size from small single trade projects to large multi-discipline contracts.
Comstock Canada provides total mechanical and electrical services for public and private buildings,
refineries, steel mills, mines, pulp and paper mills, natural gas transmission, power generation, highvoltage
overhead and underground power transmission, automotive, petrochemical and public utilities.
Our capabilities range from the performance of straight forward electrical and mechanical contracts to the
planning, directing and executing of multi-trade, multi-million dollar projects delivered to the industrial,
commercial and institutional sectors. We have participated in Canada's development for over 100 years.
Our specialty is the delivery of engineered industrial, installations on a firm price basis and turnkey
projects on a design/build format.
We have the technical expertise, the human resources and the financial capacity to undertake and deliver
virtually any project - safely, on time and on budget.

Local Service Coast-to-Coast:

We provide services from nine locations in Canada. Our offices are strategically located to provide extra
resources to the project site. We are considered a 'local contractor' in many jurisdictions. Since we work
across Canada, our supervision has familiarity with the trades and working conditions in most localities.

Comstock Safety:

Comstock has a comprehensive Health and Safety Program, becoming one of the first Electrical/
Mechanical companies in North America to be OHSAS (ISO) 18001 registered (Health and Safety
Management). This program is driven by our efforts to continuously improve our safety performance and
is focused on ensuring our employees are actively engaged and challenged to meet our 'Zero Accident'
safety objective.
Our safety program is designed around the 'Plan-Do-Check-Act-Improve' process and includes over 50
individual programs and in-house training courses that address critical safety elements including: safety
leadership, supervisor competency, safety planning, safety communications and hazard specific training
and awareness.

Safety Leadership:

Safety is the principal objective of Comstock in conducting our business and we are committed to
preventing all accidents and injuries. This safety commitment is driven by Comstock's executive
management who continuously review project safety performance and take a direct and active role to
help ensure the Company's safety expectations are being achieved. We are proud of our achievement to
obtain our Occupational Health and Safety Management credential of OHS 18001:2007 and our ISO
14001:2004 registration for our Environmental Management System.
Comstock also has one of the largest, most experienced and technically knowledgeable safety
departments in Canada, all of whom are dedicated to ensuring that safety is effectively managed on all
our project sites. This resource also allows Comstock to ensure that our projects are properly staffed, with
trained and knowledgeable personnel who will add value to the project.
We also feel that as a 'safety leader' our responsibility for safety extends beyond our Company. As such,
Comstock actively participates on over 20+ industry, client and government advisory safety boards
nationwide including the CSAO, OCUC, COCA, HHCA, Alberta Construction Association and ECAO. In
addition, Comstock created an $80,000 endowment fund at Ryerson University that will be used to
advance the study of Workplace Health and Safety.

Safe Execution:

Over the past several years Comstock has repeatedly ranked as one of the top safety performers. Our
Lost Time Accident Rate performance is over 80% lower / better than the national construction industry
average. As a result, we have continuously received recognition for safety excellence from several
prominent associations including WorkSafe Alberta, the Electrical Contractors Association of Ontario and
the Hamilton-Halton Construction Association, as well as from our satisfied customers.

Quality Control:

The Quality Assurance/Control System utilized by the Company is based on the ISO 9001-2008 series of
standards.
The system is used to control work on projects contracted by the Company through the use of project
specific quality plans or inspection and test plans, as well as documented procedures, work instructions,
check sheets and forms.
The system has the full support of senior management and is administered through a Management
Quality Representative at a corporate level, Quality Controllers at a divisional level and assigned QC
personnel on each project.
Comstock is certified across Canada by the jurisdictions similar to and including Ontario (T.S.S.A.), for
the fabrication and installation of piping systems under the ASME codes of construction for B31.1 Power
Piping, ASME B31.3 Process Piping, B31.5 Refrigeration Piping, all in accordance with CSA Standard
B51. Repairs and alterations are performed by implementing the original code of construction and NBIC
23.
In addition we are certified by ASME and TSSA for the field assembly of Power Boilers under Boiler
Assembly - Sec 1.
We are also certified by the jurisdictions in Ontario for the fabrication installation and assembly of
pressure retaining items under CSA N285.0 and ASME Sec III subsections NB, NC, ND Nuclear.
Comstock has developed a nuclear program for N286.1 - Procurement, N286.2 - Design and N286.3 -
Construction which has been accepted by the PMC for Bruce Power.
Comstock Canada is renowned for the quality of our services and we offer comprehensive internal
training programs on quality management systems and technical code requirements.
We provide training on CSA Boiler Installation & Piping Standard: Boiler & Pressure Vessel Repair,
Pressure Piping Quality Control Manual, ASME B31.1 Process Piping, ASME B31.3 Power Piping and
additional QA/QC Training Seminars. Additional seminars include ASME Section 111 Rules for
Construction of Nuclear Facility Components, CSA N285 Nuclear Quality Assurance Manual and Boilers
& Pressure Vessels: Repairs of Pressure Retaining Items in Accordance with NBIC and CSA B51
Standards.

Our Team:

Comstock Canada realizes that the continued growth and profitability of the company is only possible
through the recruitment, development and retention of people of the highest calibre.
Comstock has approximately 250 salaried employees across Canada and a direct-hire field force of 2,000 -
3,000 unionized trades' people.
Comstock Canada can respond to the most demanding schedule with quality workmanship, excellence
and dedicated service. Most of our supervisors have come up through the trades and have the practical
and communicative skills to motivate the work force.
We have organized our team of professionals with one primary objective in mind: to provide the highest
level of service to our clients.