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Over 50 years of quality steel, modular assembly, construction, and maintenance

Established in 1972, Waiward commenced operations as a steel fabricator in Edmonton, AB, undergoing several transitions over the years. Today, our scope extends beyond steel fabrication.

We are committed to ongoing growth and diversification to enhance customer service, providing fabrication, modular assembly, construction, and maintenance services. With over 50 years of experience, we have served clients throughout western Canada, specializing in structural and mechanical components of heavy-industrial construction.

Our paramount objective is to be the preferred contractor for both our customers and partners.

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Indigenous Partnerships

We value building relationships, creating solutions, exceptional performance, and community and family. This underlying commitment drives Waiward’s desire to partner with Indigenous communities through early involvement in a collaborative process to ensure that we create mutually beneficial commercial opportunities for both our clients and the communities we partner with.

Waiward’s Indigenous partnerships include standalone project-specific agreements and long-term formal corporate and partnership relationships. These relationships provide various benefits to the communities, including economic, employment, and training opportunities.

Our principles:

Educating our team about Indigenous peoples and their distinct cultural values and history across Canada, through this commitment, we will deliver socially responsible projects while always being mindful of human rights, residents, and the communities in which they live.

Hiring practices that inspire Indigenous people to self-identify for a diverse and qualified team to provide exceptional performance.

Building and deepening relationships within the Indigenous communities to ensure our partners receive sustainable benefits through projects and services.

Our History

Waiward Steel Fabricators Ltd. was founded in 1972. We began operations as a miscellaneous steel fabricator in a 2,500 sq. ft. facility in Edmonton’s West End. In the late 1980s, Waiward invested heavily in state-of-the-art production technology and refocused its activities on producing structural steel for numerous industrial sectors. In the early 1990s, Waiward acquired a 125,000 sq. ft. facility in east Edmonton and expanded it to more than 216,000 sq. ft. Waiward increased its workforce to more than 500 employees and embarked on business activities throughout North America and overseas.

These business activities included the 2003 acquisition of M&D Drafting, a leading structural detailing services company. For 12 years, M&D Drafting acted as a subsidiary of Waiward, until it was absorbed to become an internal, full-service engineering and drafting division. In April of 2015 Waiward was purchased by the Hillcore Group, a leading Canadian investment firm. Over the next few years, the company continued to grow and diversify and soon realized an opportunity to expand with a wider range of multi-discipline services.

More than steel, in February 2019 Waiward Steel became Waiward Industrial. Our new name reflects this comprehensive range of fabrication, modular assembly, construction, and maintenance services that our full-service construction company provides.