O'Hanlon Paving

What O'Hanlon Paving does

O'Hanlon Paving Ltd. is a privately held, family-owned civil engineering and road construction company headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, founded in 1956 by Art O'Hanlon and under full Fath family ownership since 1990 as part of the Fath Group of Companies. The firm delivers a vertically integrated portfolio of road construction, rehabilitation, and maintenance services — asphalt paving, subgrade and gravel construction, concrete work, cold milling, full-depth reclamation using foamed asphalt base, and seasonal services such as snow removal and road sweeping — for municipal governments, commercial developers, and residential subdivision projects. Capacity spans small patching jobs to multi-year renewal contracts valued at over $15 million, with approximately 300 projects completed annually across Edmonton, Alberta, Western Canada, and Northern Canada.

The underlying technology base is equipment- and materials-driven rather than software-driven. O'Hanlon Paving owns its production assets, including an asphalt plant in Acheson, a fleet of cold milling machines in various sizes, and a 25,200 sq ft maintenance shop, and was the first company in Western Canada to expand into foamed asphalt base in 2002. Material inputs include reclaimed asphalt pavement (reducing virgin material use by up to 25%) and recycled concrete processed into 63B concrete base at the Acheson plant, supporting LEED-qualifying municipal work and active GHG management under Green Economy Canada's Corporate Climate Leaders Program.

Revenue is generated through project-based, competitively bid contracts as both a general contractor and subcontractor, with pricing custom-quoted per project scope, materials, and duration. Customer mix is horizontal across municipal government (City of Edmonton Long-Term Neighbourhood Rehab Program), commercial/industrial developers (Amazon YEG-2 warehouse), and private/residential clients, with procurement tied to public capital budgets and large commercial site development. The company is a member of the Fath Group of Companies, which includes Fath Industries, Brookwood Camps & Catering, M31 Design Group, Hi Signs, and Fath Properties, and operates a workforce-development partnership with Women Building Futures alongside Borger Group and Lehigh Hanson.

Name

O'Hanlon Paving

Legal name

O'Hanlon Paving Ltd.

Website

https://ohanlonpaving.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1956

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

O'Hanlon Paving is a family-owned Edmonton-based civil engineering contractor founded in 1956 that provides asphalt paving, cold milling, full-depth reclamation, and concrete services to municipal governments, commercial developers, and residential subdivisions across Western Canada.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Road Construction Services

NAICS

Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction (237990), Site Preparation Contractors (23891), Utility System Construction (2371)

SIC

Asphalt Paving & Roofing Materials (2950), Heavy Construction Other Than Bldg Const - Contractors (1600), Construction - Special Trade Contractors (1700)

akta.pro primary industry

Pavement Construction & Rehabilitation (Asphalt, Concrete, Overlays) (IMAFAEAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Asphalt & Pavement Removal / Milling (IMAFAKAM), Pavers & Road Construction Equipment (IMAHAAAI)

Keywords

• Road construction services
• Asphalt paving
• Cold milling
• Full-depth reclamation
• Concrete construction

Headquarters

HQ city

Edmonton

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Construction and Paving Services: Project-based revenue from road construction, repair, paving, cold milling, asphalt paving, concrete work, full-depth reclamation, and seasonal services. Projects range from small patching work to multi-year renewal projects valued at over $15 million.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

O'Hanlon Paving delivers end-to-end road construction, rehabilitation, and maintenance services, including asphalt paving, cold milling, full-depth reclamation using foamed asphalt, concrete work, and subgrade/gravel construction. The company operates as both general contractor and subcontractor, leveraging vertically integrated assets such as asphalt plants in Acheson and milling equipment to serve municipal, commercial, and residential subdivision clients. Seasonal services such as snow removal and road sweeping round out the offering.

Product overview

O'Hanlon Paving is a road construction and paving services company offering a comprehensive portfolio of infrastructure services. The core service portfolio includes asphalt paving for commercial, municipal, and subdivision applications; subgrade and gravel construction; concrete services for walkways and plazas; cold milling for precision asphalt removal; and full-depth reclamation using foamed asphalt. The company also provides seasonal services including snow removal and road sweeping. These services are delivered through a vertically integrated operation including an asphalt plant in Acheson and operate as both general contractor and subcontractor in municipal, commercial, and subdivision developments across Edmonton and Western Canada.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Asphalt Paving

Quantifiable outcome

• 300 projects completed every year
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Green Economy CanadacoreOthers · 1 January 2024O'Hanlon Paving joined Green Economy Canada as a member of Edmonton's Corporate Climate Leaders Program, taking action on climate change through active greenhouse gas (GHG) management across their operations. This partnership supports the company's sustainability initiatives.
• Women Building Futures (WBF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with WBF to train women as entry-level operators through the Operator Readiness Program, with potential employment opportunities within O'Hanlon Paving, Borger Group, and Lehigh Hanson.
• Borger GroupminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-sponsor with Lehigh Hanson and O'Hanlon Paving of the WBF Operator Readiness Program to train women for entry-level operator positions.
• Lehigh HansonminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-sponsor with Borger Group and O'Hanlon Paving of the WBF Operator Readiness Program to train women for entry-level operator positions.
• Fath Group of CompaniescoreOthersO'Hanlon Paving is a proud member of the Fath Group of Companies, a family-owned collective including Brookwood Camps & Catering, M31 Design Group, Hi Signs, Fath Industries and Fath Properties. The Fath family took full ownership of O'Hanlon Paving in 1990.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Volker Stevin: Alberta-based heavy civil construction firm specializing in road building, highway maintenance, and asphalt paving for municipal and provincial governments. Comparable services, customers, and provincial geography.
• Standard General Inc. Alberta-based heavy civil contractor performing road construction, grading, and asphalt paving for municipal and provincial clients across Western Canada. Closely comparable to O'Hanlon in scope of paving services and regional footprint.
• E Construction: Edmonton-headquartered road builder delivering asphalt paving, road rehabilitation, and infrastructure services across Alberta. Direct competitor in O'Hanlon's core Edmonton and Western Canada market.
• Terus Construction: Western Canadian civil and paving contractor delivering road construction, resurfacing, and infrastructure services across BC, Alberta, and Saskatchewan. Directly overlaps with O'Hanlon's paving and rehabilitation offerings.
• Maple Reinders: Canadian contractor with a strong civil and paving practice serving municipalities and commercial developers. Comparable customer mix of public-sector and commercial/industrial paving work.

Broad incumbents

• Aecon Group: One of Canada's largest publicly listed construction companies with a broad infrastructure portfolio including road building and civil works. Competes with O'Hanlon on larger municipal tenders but operates as a multi-segment national incumbent.
• Graham Construction: Major Canadian general contractor with civil infrastructure capabilities across road, bridge, and earthworks projects. Larger and more diversified than O'Hanlon but competes for similar municipal and commercial work in Western Canada.
• Lafarge Canada (Holcim): Major aggregates, ready-mix, and asphalt producer with paving operations across Canada. Competes with O'Hanlon in asphalt paving and, as a vertically integrated materials-and-paving player, represents a larger incumbent with structural cost advantages.

Others

• Lehigh Hanson: Major North American aggregates and cement producer that co-sponsors O'Hanlon's WBF Operator Readiness Program. Comparable industry adjacency as a key materials supplier into the same paving value chain rather than a direct competitor.
• Fath Industries: Sister company under the Fath Group of Companies, operating a complementary milling and concrete services line of business across Western Canada. Not a market competitor but an ecosystem participant sharing ownership and customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ohanlon.paving
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ohanlon-paving-ltd/?originalSubdomain=ca
• Instagraminstagram.com/ohanlon.paving

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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