A contractor with blue helmet at work - Health and Safety at work.

Health, Safety, and Environment

Ensuring that our sites are safe, healthy, and environmentally responsible places to work is a matter of the highest importance to all of us at Aquicon. It’s part of our legal and moral obligation to employees, contractors, and the general public.

Aquicon’s dedicated health and safety team are the first line of defense against workplace accidents and injuries. They create and enforce our health, safety and environmental policies and are responsible for making sure we meet or exceed all legal health and safety requirements.

Aquicon is proud to announce that we have been officially designated as a COR™ certified general contractor. This is an important milestone for us and affirms our commitment to ensuring a safe and secure worksite for our employees, project partners, and general public. COR™ is a certification issued by the Canadian Infrastructure Health & Safety Association (IHSA) that recognizes excellence in health and safety management.

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The Aquicon Construction leadership team - our team in action.

Leadership

Aquicon started out as a family business, and while the team is much larger than it once was, we work hard to maintain a company structure where knowledge is shared and nobody is too important to be contactable.

The Aquicon Construction team during a presentation.

News, Media, and PR

A repository of Aquicon press releases, media appearances and announcements, from most to least recent. Can’t find the information you’re looking for? Contact us and we’ll do our best to help.

Mario and Daniel Aquino sitting in chairs.

History

The Aquino brothers were already experienced general contractors when they struck out on their own in 1986. The company they founded, Aquicon, started small, building schools while they developed strong relationships among the sub-trades and earned a reputation for excellence.