Changing Skylines, Building Futures Pagnotta celebrates 30 years
By Nerissa McNaughton
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agnotta offers concrete construction, equipment services and construction management across Western Canada. Mario Pagnotta opened the company in 1992. Thirty years later the family business continues to thrive with Mario’s son, Alex Pagnotta as CEO. With a dedicated and loyal team and three decades of experience, Alex is ready to move the company through its next evolution, while remembering the lessons that drove their past success. Mario left Italy and arrived in Canada in 1967. While he started his Canadian career as a site labourer, his hard work and dedication saw him move quickly into management and then into entrepreneurship. After starting Pagnotta in 1992, merely three years later he was asked to help build Edmonton’s Greenwood Inn, a major turning point for the company and the team. This project required a tower crane. Mario purchased one, launching what would later become the brand’s equipment service division. From there, things moved fast. Mario moved the company to a larger corporate office in 1998, expanding the team and scope of projects. Eventually things settled into three divisions: construction, concrete, and equipment; and three offices: Edmonton, Saskatoon and Vancouver.
Alex Pagnotta, CEO
Pagnotta || 30 years
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