company is happy to oblige them and share daily logs and progress photographs. Other owners, meanwhile, prefer to be more hands-off – “they want to know when they can pick up the keys to their building,” John explains, “and we work well with them too.” When it comes to meeting deadlines, meanwhile, John admits that can be challenging – and it was especially challenging during the height of the pandemic, when material availability was most volatile. In the view of Allied, the key to overcoming those challenges is planning ahead and properly aligning the client’s expectations. “We make sure we’re clear with owners from the beginning,” John explains. “Before we ever sign a contract, we make sure we understand their delivery expectations, and we don’t overpromise. We don’t say we can get something done when we know full well the delivery implications.” “There are also challenges being on an island here in Newfoundland,” he says. “Those are challenges a lot of our clients from other parts of Canada don’t understand. We make sure we educate them up front so they know what to expect – and then we do our best to help them work around those challenges and deliver their project in a timely manner.” “It also helps that we selfperform our concrete work,” he adds. “We’re able to control a lot of the scope. We’re able to control the schedule. We’re able to make sure we won’t have challenges down the road when it comes to floor finishes and levelling and anchor bolt OCTOBER 2023
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