"At 28 years of age,
Trevor has taken on
complex engineering
challenges in north-
ern Canada and
succeeded—some-
thing that people
twice his age and
experience have
failed at"
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In an unpredictable indus-
try where costs can run to
$30,000 a day, Styan quickly
learned to be e"cient. He set
up mobile "tool cans"—insu-
lated 20-foot shipping contain-
ers, each fully equipped for
speci¡c project types. "If we
have a carpentry job, we'll
send a carp can—or a civil can
or an o"ce can," says Styan.
"So when the team lands on
site, everything is where it
should be, and they aren't
¡ghting those variables."
NCE was also among the
¡rst civil companies in Canada
to adopt data management
systems that streamline
estimating, team and equip-
ment scheduling, and the
extensive reporting required
by the utility companies. "Now
the guys in the ¡eld can look
at the calculations and know
whether they are making or
losing money and can build
their job around that knowl-
edge," he says.
Styan recently expanded
into sewer and water and is
considering other comple-
mentary industries, such as
concrete, quality testing or
engineering. But any growth,
he says, will be driven by the
talent on his team. "I'm not
going to build a massive enter-
prise just for the glory of it,"
he says. "It has to be because I
have people who want to
do it." —M.E.
winner
2015
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