Growing with communities

Seven decades of growth on Vancouver Island

Lombard Precast Inc. has been serving the Vancouver Island civil underground industry for over seven decades. Now, with it’s new home in Duncan, it can continue to grow healthy and robust communities from their brandnew production facility and the future looks bright.

Lombard Precast was started in the 1960s by the Josephson family on their farm in Metchosin, B.C. The family owned and operated the business until the mid1980s when it was purchased by Precon Products of Abbotsford, B.C., with Dennis Josephson being the second-generation operational owner. In 1989, both compa- nies were purchased by Langley Concrete and Tile Ltd., resulting in production equipment upgrades to help Lombard Precast take advantage of the existing market on Vancouver Island. www.mtcasl.com |

Langley Concrete also started from a humble farm located in Aldergrove, B.C. in the 1940s and is still owned and operated by the Omelaniec family today. In 1960, Langley Concrete was incorporated and subsequent generations of the family have worked vigorously to modernize and expand the business.

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One of the challenges that Lombard Precast was facing was that the land on which their operations were situated was specifically designated ALR land and did not have the ability to expand. Recognizing the need to modernize and create a more efficient facility for Lombard Precast, the ownership group of Langley Concrete secured a property located in the southern end of Duncan, and began the undertaking of designing and building a new facility that would allow the company to get involved with the substantial growth occurring in the Vancouver Island market.

The new, state-of-the-art 45,000 squarefoot production facility located at 4315 Hillbank Road in Duncan began full production in 2020, replacing the 18,000 square-foot Metchosin facility. With over 5,000 sqare feet of office space, the new Duncan Production Facility is now a hub of precast manufacturing, sales, and distribution. It boasts brand new equipment including computerized concrete mixing and delivery systems, high-efficiency precast production machines, welded wire mesh production equipment to ensure Lombard Precast can continue to serve the Vancouver Island market well into the future.

Lombard Precast now serves the Vancouver Island markets from Victoria to Port Hardy and has the ability to serve the Gulf Islands, Sunshine Coast, Haida Gwaii, the mainland, and anywhere there is demand.

From its humble beginnings in Metchosin, Lombard Precast can continue the legacy of producing quality precast products from its new facility in Duncan. It is the start of yet another exciting chapter in the history of precast production in B.C. Growing with communities, providing essential precast concrete products, and improving quality and working conditions for the entire Lombard team. n