What the research found
Identity and footprint
Chandos Construction operates legally in Ontario as Chandos Construction LP (acting by its general partner, Chandos Construction Ltd.) and Chandos Construction Ltd. Established in 1980 in Edmonton, Alberta, the company is 100 percent employee-owned with over 380 employee-owners and more than 750 employees nationwide across eight regional operations. Headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta (9604 20 Avenue NW), Chandos maintains three verified operational locations in Ontario: a Greater Toronto Area district office in Mississauga (2680 Skymark Ave, Suite 600, Mississauga, ON L4W 5L6; established in 2019), an Ottawa district office (301 Laurier Ave W, Unit 500, Ottawa, ON K1P 6M6; established in 2020), and a dedicated project site office in Chalk River, Ontario (serving as managing partner of CBS JV Corp for the Advanced Nuclear Materials Research Centre / ANMRC project at Canadian Nuclear Laboratories since 2019).
Not established: Headcount breakdown specifically between the Mississauga and Ottawa offices Ontario Business Identification Number or corporate filing registry number for Chandos Construction LP
Confidence: high
4 sources
Operating model
Chandos operates as a national technical builder and general contractor providing construction management, Integrated Project Delivery (IPD), collaborative design-build, general contracting, and special services (through its National Special Services Group / SSG). It serves public, institutional, commercial, and industrial clients across healthcare, higher education, research facilities, municipal infrastructure, and retail sectors. Over 80 percent of its contracts are delivered through collaborative methods, using Lean Construction principles (including '2-Second Lean'), target value delivery, and Virtual Design and Construction (VDC/BIM). In Ontario, it has delivered high-profile projects including the Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough (IPD), Carleton Place and District Memorial Hospital Emergency Wing, Ottawa Operations Centre (mass timber), Oakville Fire Station 8, First Nations Technical Institute airplane hangar, Yorkville Avenue Retail fit-out, and the CNL nuclear research facility in Chalk River.
Not established: Specific ratio of self-performed carpentry and labour hours versus subcontracted trade package values across Ontario commercial projects
Confidence: high
4 sources
Make versus buy
Chandos self-performs overall general contracting, construction management, project supervision, quality control, cost estimating, virtual design and construction (VDC/BIM model coordination), and direct field carpentry and construction labouring using its own unionized workforce. It buys and subcontracts all specialized trade work to third-party trade contractors, including mechanical systems, electrical contracting, fire protection and sprinklers, structural steel fabrication and erection, mass timber fabrication and installation, shoring and excavation, concrete forming, building envelope and roofing, interior drywall and finishes, and specialized civil or architectural components. It also procures external architectural photography, waste diversion logistics, and pre-engineered metal building systems.
Not established: Whether concrete placement is self-performed or subcontracted on Ontario commercial jobs
Confidence: high
4 sources
Procurement and intake
Subcontractor and vendor procurement is managed regionally by district estimating teams (led by chief and senior estimators) and project management teams (project directors and project managers) under the direction of district vice presidents. Chandos does not maintain an open self-service vendor registration portal on its corporate website. Instead, the company utilizes Autodesk BuildingConnected as its primary subcontractor bid management platform, inviting prequalified trade partners to review tender drawings and submit trade bids. For public sector and municipal work in Ontario, Chandos also issues formal invitations to tender via public procurement platforms such as MERX, naming project-specific contacts for trade contractor queries and electronic bid submissions. New subcontractors enter the network by contacting project teams or tender administrators to be added to project distribution lists.
Not established: Whether Chandos maintains a centralized standing vendor database outside BuildingConnected Specific bonding thresholds published for trade contractors on private lump-sum tenders
Confidence: high
3 sources
Qualification gates
Chandos is unionized in Ontario through a collective agreement with the Christian Labour Association of Canada (CLAC) Local 52 covering carpenters and construction labourers across the Greater Toronto, Ottawa, and Kingston areas. The firm is a Certified B Corporation (impact score 158), a Canadian Construction Association Gold Seal Employer, a founding member of the Integrated Project Delivery Alliance (IPDA), and a member of the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCIB). For trade subcontractors, Chandos mandates a valid standard Certificate of Recognition (COR) or valid Temporary Letter of Certification, full compliance with the Chandos Safety System and Chandos Production System, adherence to third-party safety prequalification platforms (ISNetworld, Avetta, and ContractorCheck), compliance with AODA standards, commercial general liability insurance, WSIB clearance, and strict crew maintenance commitments prohibiting unauthorized reductions in field staffing.
Not established: Minimum dollar limits required for commercial general liability insurance policies on standard ICI contracts Specific project value thresholds for mandatory subcontractor default insurance (Subguard) enrollment
Confidence: high
6 sources
Active signals
Chandos demonstrates robust, dated active signals across Ontario. In late December 2025, CLAC Local 52 members at Chandos ratified a new three-year collective agreement with wage and benefit increases of up to 13.6 percent across greater Toronto, Ottawa, and Kingston. Substantial performance certificates were published in Ontario for the Toronto French School West Campus gymnasium addition in October 2026, Fire Station 114 in December 2025, and 2571 Lancaster Road in Ottawa in July 2025. The City of Guelph prequalified Chandos to tender on municipal contract 25-071 in September 2025, and Public Works / Science and Parliamentary Infrastructure Branch awarded Chandos a Supply Arrangement in Ottawa in February 2024. Active recruitment in late 2026 includes an Estimator in Mississauga (October 2026), a Senior Estimator for Industrial/Nuclear construction for the Chalk River project (August 2026), and a Senior Project Manager in Mississauga (June 2026).
Not established: Contract award value of the Toronto French School West Campus gymnasium addition Target completion date for the Advanced Nuclear Materials Research Centre at Chalk River
Confidence: high
5 sources
Technology and systems
Chandos utilizes an advanced construction technology stack built around Autodesk Construction Cloud and enterprise resource planning software. It employs Autodesk BuildingConnected for subcontractor bid solicitation, bid tracking, and trade partner risk management. For preconstruction and 3D modeling, teams leverage Assemble for model conditioning and quantification against target value design budgets, and Autodesk BIM 360 for design reviews, clash detection, and constructability tracking. The company integrates virtual reality (VR) headsets, drone mapping, and laser scanning into design coordination. Enterprise operations, accounting, project management, change orders, billing, and human resources are run on Vista by Viewpoint (Trimble), which replaced legacy Sage 300 software. Subcontractor safety compliance is audited via ISNetworld, Avetta, and ContractorCheck, while formal public tenders are published on MERX.
Not established: Current field mobility and daily site reporting application deployed on mobile devices Specific computerized takeoff tools utilized by district estimators alongside Assemble
Confidence: high
3 sources
Recent activity
CLAC Local 52 members employed by Chandos Construction Ltd. unanimously ratified a three-year collective agreement providing up to 13.6 per cent wage and benefits increases for carpenters and labourers across greater Toronto, Ottawa, and Kingston.
Current, dated · 2026-01-05
1 source
A Certificate of Substantial Performance was published for Chandos Construction LP's gymnasium addition project at the Toronto French School West Campus.
Current, dated · 2026-10-13
1 source
A Certificate of Substantial Performance was published for Chandos Construction LP for the renovation and addition at Fire Station 114.
Current, dated · 2025-12-28
1 source
Chandos Construction Ltd. published a formal request for tenders on MERX for mechanical, sprinklers, and electrical trade packages (TP#4) for the Kingston Youth Services Hub project.
Past or closed · 2024-09-16
Public Works and Government Services Canada awarded Chandos Construction a Supply Arrangement for General Contractor and Specialty Trades Services for projects managed by the Science and Parliamentary Infrastructure Branch (SPIB) in Ottawa.
Past or closed · 2024-02-07
1 source
The City of Guelph prequalified Chandos Construction LP alongside two other contractors to tender on municipal construction contract 25-071.
Current, dated · 2025-09-08
1 source
Chandos Construction actively recruited for an Estimator in Mississauga, Ontario, responsible for building pricing and analyzing trade bids.
Current, dated · 2026-10-29
1 source
Chandos Construction recruited for a Senior Estimator for Industrial/Nuclear construction to lead estimating on the long-term nuclear research facility project at Chalk River, Ontario.
Current, dated · 2026-08-18
1 source
Organizations and projects
Delivered for
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories
Selected Chandos as managing partner of CBS JV Corp to deliver the Advanced Nuclear Materials Research Centre (ANMRC) project at Chalk River under a full Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) model.
cnl.ca · 2025
1 source
Affiliated with
CBS JV Corp
Joint venture entity where Chandos serves as managing partner to execute the Advanced Nuclear Materials Research Centre project for Canadian Nuclear Laboratories.
2025
1 source
Delivered for
Carleton Place & District Memorial Hospital
Contracted Chandos to deliver the 11,000 square foot single-storey emergency department wing expansion in Carleton Place, Ontario.
2022
1 source
Delivered for
Canadian Canoe Museum
Partnered with Chandos under an Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) model to construct the museum facility in Peterborough, Ontario.
2026
1 source
Delivered for
McMaster University
Contracted Chandos for the Greenhouse and Life Sciences Building project in Hamilton, Ontario.
2026
1 source
Delivered for
First Nations Technical Institute
Collaborated with Chandos to construct a new 50,000 square foot pre-fabricated airplane hangar designed to store up to 16 Cessna aircraft.
2026
1 source
Delivered for
Town of Oakville
Contracted Chandos to construct Oakville Fire Station 8, featuring cross-laminated timber, glulam beams, masonry interior walls, and charred wood siding.
2026
1 source
Worked with
Christian Labour Association of Canada
Labour union whose Local 52 represents carpenters and construction labourers employed by Chandos Construction Ltd. in Ontario under a three-year collective agreement.
clac.ca · 2026-01-05
1 source
Worked with
OECM
Ontario public sector sourcing consortium listing Chandos Construction as an awarded supplier partner for collaborative construction and construction management.
oecm.ca · 2024-05-08
1 source
Delivered for
Science and Parliamentary Infrastructure Branch
Federal government branch that awarded Chandos Construction a multi-year Supply Arrangement for general contracting and specialty trades services in Ottawa.
2024-02-07
1 source
People
The research has 10 people on record at this company: 3 who decide on purchases, 3 who route requests, 1 who influences purchases, 3 senior, with no observed buying function.
It holds 2 email addresses that public pages list for them.
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Sean
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· Chief Executive Officer
Executive Leadership · Edmonton, AB · Executive
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Jesse
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· Vice President & District Manager
Toronto District · Mississauga, ON · Decision maker
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Peter
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· Vice President and District Manager of Ottawa
Ottawa District · Ottawa, ON · Decision maker
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Wil
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· Operations Manager
Ottawa District · Ottawa, ON · Routes requests
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Michal
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· Tender Contact
Ontario Projects · Kingston, ON · Routes requests
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Diego
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· Contract Administrator
Subcontract Procurement · Canada · Routes requests
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Vincent
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· Director, Virtual Design and Construction
Virtual Design and Construction · Edmonton, AB · Influences purchases
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David
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· Chief Estimator
Estimating · Edmonton, AB · Decision maker
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Jen
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· Vice President of Collaborative Construction
Collaborative Construction · Edmonton, AB · Executive
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Roger
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· Chief Financial Officer
Finance & Administration · Edmonton, AB · Executive
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