Stronger Together

Family owned and operated Sterling Ridge Group Inc, (the ‘Group”), is a group of eight construction-based companies which together create the synergies necessary to provide full services for construction-based client needs. The creation of the Group was its own project, borne of the vision of owners and brothers J. Randall Koop and Allan J. Koop. Forty plus years later, the Group has assembled a premiere collection of construction companies capable of providing all services necessary for a turnkey project. There was no quick or easy route to achieving success. Hard work, dedication, and excellent employees helped achieve the goal. These are the ingredients to Sterling Ridge Group’s success.

Independently the companies are strong with solid reputations; when working together, the synergies and efficiencies which exist between them allow the Group to undertake large projects and complete them on time and on budget. It’s no wonder the Group’s motto is “Stronger Together”. “Sterling Ridge General Contracting Inc. (General Contracting), once Loaring Construction, a Division in the Group, has been in business for over seventy-five years,” Matt Soulliere, Vice President of General Contracting explains:

Each company in the Group has tremendous experience in their respective field. Sterling Ridge Infrastructure Inc. (Infrastructure) has experience working on roads and earthworks projects. General Contracting performs ICI work for, amongst other clients, both School Boards and the University of Windsor. Sterling Ridge Group’s Infrastructure -Industrial Division has done work at Hiram Walker and the Big Three Automotive Companies. Their motto is ‘Stronger Together’ because the Divisions work together on Projects which are often large in scope.

“Other significant Projects the Group has worked on include the Amherst Island Wind Farm near Kingston, and the Gordie Howe International Bridge Port of Entry, where the soil conditions dictated the need to place hundreds of thousands of tons of sand to surcharge the area.” Notable past projects by Sterling Ridge General Contracting and/or Infrastructure include the Herb Gray Parkway, the new VIA Rail station, Windsor Fire Hall #6 on Provincial Road, and the James L. Dunn French Immersion School, once an old playing card factory.

Work at the NextStar Lithium-Ion Battery Plant construction site on Twin Oaks Drive is a Project that has captured the imagination of Windsor and Essex County. Infrastructure and General Contracting are two of the many contractors on the expansive site, who, together, are creating a 2.1 million square foot manufacturing plant. Currently General Contracting is working on the Footing and Foundation Contract for a Cell Building for the plant. “Sterling Ridge Infrastructure Inc. was the first major subcontractor to be at the Battery Plant Site,” says Matt. “The Lachance drain required locating around the new building structures on the 226-acre site.” He continues, “Sterling Ridge is a key player at the Battery Plant, Three Divisions of the Group are out there doing work: General Contracting is doing the formwork for foundations, and Sterling Ridge Logistics Inc. is providing trucking services in support of Infrastructure which is completing the excavation and backfill for the foundation work.

Matt acknowledges this is a well-organized and sequenced site. “Footings for the module building will soon be finished,” Matt says. “The structural steel is visible from the expressway now. We’re working alongside other contractors as they drive H piles and helical piles, we follow, excavating around the driven piles. We then place a concrete mud mat to stabilize soil. Prior to starting the foundation formwork, another contractor comes in to cut the pile down to design grade. Other trades follow our work, performing underground services, slab on grade, and building envelope to close the building in. Manpower will increase once a significant portion of the building is erected.” This is a project that Sterling Ridge Group Inc. is proud to be a part of.

For more information about the Sterling Ridge Group visit them online at sterlingridgegroup.com. W.E.

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