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With the construction side fading, the company’s
heavy duty mechanical work began to
take on more importance. GHR was operating
in a 15,000 square foot facility with an overhead
crane for repairing his equipment. Poole began
expanding into repairing other equipment, such
as farm trucks and trailers, and that seemed to
be the future.
Another factor that led him to exit the construction
business was the death of his two
long-term foremen within a few months of each
other. One succumbed to cancer and another
to a heart a!ack. Some of the members of his
crew found other jobs while the company waited
for other work to come in, and while the pay
may have been less, they were assured of a paycheque.
"is discouraged them from returning
to the construction industry.
Poole contacted his friends at Ritchie Bros.
Auctioneers and decided to sell his construction
equipment. Once he recognized the tax implications
from the sale, he agreed to keep about
20 pieces that he could use as rentals. "e equipment
includes dozers, track hoes, scrapers, compactors,
rock trucks and much more. Today, his
equipment can be found at a provincial government
irrigation project near Swi# Current, at
an elevator site near Kindersley and at various
road construction projects in di$erent areas of
the province.
Although GCL has been involved in numerous
heavy construction projects over the years
and Poole has been asked to bid on other projects
that have come up, he’s content to stay focused
on sales, rentals and repair. He has no
intention of returning to the construction side
of the business.
“Now I don’t have to deal with projects and
timelines that impact my weekends. Now it’s like
any other business and we can shut the door at
the end of the day. Before it could be seven-daysa
week and sometimes 24-hours-a-day,” he said.
GCL Origins
GCL traces its roots back Poole’s father, Gary,
who started in the industry in the late 1960s by
building roads for a local construction company.
A#er serving as foreman for a while, he decided
to strike out on his own and formed GCL
in 1974.
“He probably started with %ve pieces of
equipment and had about 10 guys working
at any given time. It was all road construction
work and a bit of oil. He didn’t go looking for
work but rather took work when it came to his
door,” said Poole.
“ Now it’s like any other business
and we can shut the door at the
end of the day. Before it could
be seven-days-a-week and
sometimes 24-hours-a-day.”
– Treverr Poole, GCL and GHR
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