adding equipment one machine at a time, always avoiding debt. “Eventually, I had 10 machines paying for one,” Joe says with a grin. “No interest, just trust and grit.” Today, Scott Contracting & Excavating operates with 25 to 30 full-time staff and a robust fleet of equipment, and they deliver a wide variety of services, including demolition, fire mitigation, heavy metal and abatement cleanup services. Their work takes them across British Columbia and increasingly into Alberta, and their expertise spans residential, commercial, and industrial site preparation, including demolition, foundation work, septic systems, drainage solutions, and parking facility development. Despite the company’s significant growth, they have kept the agility and hands-on focus that defined them in their early days. “We used to be 70 per cent excavation and 30 per cent demolition,” Joe explains. “Now it’s flipped. We chase government and insurance work, and a big part of what we do is post-disaster cleanup. Fires, especially.” In recent years, the surge in wildfires has transformed the company’s priorities. To meet the demand, Scott Contracting & Excavating developed a specialized seven-person crew, each equipped with their own fifth wheel trailer, capable of arriving fully self-sufficient on disaster sites across the province. “We bring water trucks, generators, light towers – everything needed to hit the ground running,” Joe says. “If we get the call, we can be on the road in hours.” This rapid deployment capability has earned JULY 2025
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