Few match John Beauclair's more than three decades of experience as a foreman and superintendent in heavy construction.

Starting with the Douglas Point nuclear plant in 1968, John developed special expertise in excavation and road building while supervising site development for major highway, mining and power projects in Canada and the United States.

He joined DCL Construction Inc. as superintendent in 1997, after holding similar positions with C.A. Pitts Ltd. (1968-80), Kidco Holdings Ltd. (1980-84) and Ledcor Industries Ltd. (1985-97).

He oversaw DCL's $30-million in contracts at the Suncor's Millennium project in Fort McMurray, Alberta. Most noteworthy was the completion of $9.5-million-worth of work on the shear key at the Wood Creek Dam where DCL successfully excavated and placed 2.7 million m³ of material within five months.

Recently, he directed work on site development, tailings and diversion dams at the Kemess Mine in British Columbia. John has supervised major irrigation and hydroelectric projects in Alberta and Manitoba. He was a superintendent on Ontario's $1.2-billion Highway 407. The six-lane, 66-kilometre stretch of toll highway required handling 15 million m³ of excavation, 1.2 million m³ of concrete road bases and five million tonnes of road gravel.

John's on-site presence ensures expectations and timelines are met.