Ironclad Earthworks is a Calgary, Alberta-based construction company specializing in heavy civil, renewable energy, and earthworks projects. Since forming in 2009, they have been steadily building a reputation across Alberta and British Columbia for taking on projects that others in the industry shy away from. In recent years, they have earned especial recognition for their work within the renewable energy sector, specifically on utilityscale solar farm developments across Alberta – over the past several years they have participated in the construction of multiple large-scale solar farms totalling more than 800 megawatts of renewable generation capacity. According to Clint and Stephen Herman, the founders and owners of Ironclad Earthworks, the company first became interested in solar farms because they were looking for a challenge. “What I generally tell people is we get bored easy, so we love a challenge,” Clint says. “That’s why we do the kind of jobs we do, and that’s what drew us to solar farms. When the opportunity arose, we couldn’t resist.” Clint recalls that opportunity first arising about six years ago, during a time when utility-scale renewable energy began expanding across Alberta. He remembers getting a call from Stephen asking if the company could fit their first solar farm into their schedule. The company was busy at the time, but Clint insisted they figure out a way to make it work. “It sounded exciting,” he says. “It was the first big solar farm in Alberta. It was new. It was different. It wasn’t as simple just stripping and grading. So we went all in and we had a really fun time building it.” MAY 2026
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