On Saturday May 1, 2021, Eastern Construction celebrates its 70th anniversary. Over the past seven decades, the company has taken-on well over 800 projects. Eastern Construction was founded by Edmond Odette who managed the firm with his brother Bud, initially starting out as a Windsor-based regional construction company. In the 1960s,… Read More
Posted on January 4, 2021
Eastern Construction is pleased to announce two promotions within the 2021 Senior Management Team, effective immediately.
Dean Walker will take on the role of Executive Vice President. Dean has been with Eastern for 16-years and brings 22-years experience to the role. Dean employs a collaborative management style where… Read More
Posted on October 1, 2020
Construction Sites: All sites are operating. Daily pandemic screening, elevated COVID-19 safety practices and modified work procedures are in place for everyone attending our project sites. Applicable city/regional Bylaws requiring mandatory face coverings in all public, indoor spaces is in force across all sites. All… Read More
Posted on September 28, 2020
Eastern has achieved a milestone in the construction of the Bessarion Community Centre, completing the slab pour for the 25M lap pool.
Working with architects MJMA along with trades such as AGF, Structform, and Acapulco Pools, Eastern Construction will deliver a recreation centre that features 27,000 square feet of aquatic space with a… Read More
Posted on September 28, 2020
Constructed as a joint-venture between Eastern and Buttcon, the McNicoll bus garage set a new direction for future TTC maintenance facilities and celebrated the function of the building within an urban residential context while leveraging sustainable building technologies such as solar walls and vegetated roofing.
“COVID-19 really threw… Read More
Posted on July 13, 2020
Construction Sites: All site operations have resumed. Daily pandemic screening, elevated COVID-19 safety practices and modified work procedures are in place for everyone attending our project sites. Applicable city/regional Bylaws requiring mandatory face coverings in all public, indoor spaces is in force across all sites. … Read More
Posted on July 9, 2020
Metal Architecture has announced their list of notable projects for 2020 with the design-build TTC McNicoll Bus Garage recognized for its use of SolarWall metal cladding.
“The SolarWall collector used a 24-gauge metal corrugated absorber. A silicone modified polyester (SMP) coating was used to further the architectural… Read More
Posted on April 23, 2020
Joint-venture partners Buttcon Limited and Eastern Construction were granted occupancy on the TTC McNicoll Bus Garage, a design-build project deemed as essential transit infrastructure by the Province and allowed to continue work during the global pandemic.
“As with any project there are always some last minute hurdles to address in… Read More
Posted on October 4, 2019
Featured in the October 3, 2019 edition of the Daily Commercial News, Eastern Construction was cited as an example of an Ontario company fully committed to safety. The story recounts the decision by Senior Management to disperse the WSIB savings in the form of a $600 bonus to each of the company’s 130 employees. DCN quotes Eastern… Read More