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HC Group

Shoring, Deep Foundations, Shotcrete, and Ground Improvement solutions across Canada

We are Canada’s Structural Shotcrete Specialists and Sustainability Experts

HC Matcon Inc., located in Ayr, Ontario, was founded in 2001 as a full-service excavation, shoring and foundation specialty contractor. In our quest for innovation, we investigated the shotcrete system that was new to Western Canada. Working with Canada’s top engineering firms, we introduced shotcrete to Ontario, which provides an innovative method of building foundations that offer reduced costs through time, material and labour savings.

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Founded in 2001, HC Group is a full-service geotechnical excavation, shoring and  foundations contractor that specializes in sustainable foundations, including Shotcrete and Structural Shotcrete.

The HC Group is comprised of HC Matcon Inc(Ontario) , Ottawa Division – HCM Micropile, a division of HC Matcon Inc., and HCM Contractors Inc – (Western Canada).

Our offerings include a variety of foundation and shoring techniques- including caissons, caisson walls, shotcrete, soldier piles and lagging, footing tie down anchors, rock and soil anchors, helical and micropiles, and underpinning.

Our values are Teamwork, Value Through Innovation, Service and Sustainability, all of which our comprised within our motto:

 Innovation in Foundations

We believe in our global stewardship and responsible management of  resources.

We actively  manage our consumption of resources, and seek ways to reduce our impact on the earth.

We believe sustainability is everyone’s responsibility and we require every HC Group employee to make sustainability central to every business decision.  We believe in the integration of  environmental, economic and social sustainability practices.

Senior management of HC Group continually reappraises work practices and develops new technologies to reduce consumption of resources.  As such, you will find our workers using eco-friendly products and reducing the amount of concrete, wood and steel used in foundations based on  stamped engineering drawings that eliminate the practice of “overdesign” that leads to excessive use of resources.

HC Group Projects

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Smith Residence

Smith Residence

Toronto’s First Permanent Soil Nail Wall This project involved a hillside lot and a high end home in Toronto. The installation was the first permanent soil nail wall used in
St. Joseph's Health Centre Parking

St. Joseph’s Health Centre Parking

Shotcrete Reduces Costs for Owner The St. Joseph’s Health Centre is adding a new Our Lady of Mercy wing complete with three levels of underground parking. HC Matcon was responsible

TTC Patten Building

TTC Patten Building HC Matcon was retained to install micropile foundation for TTC Patten Building on 835 Davenport Road, Toronto. The building was originally designed for storage of paper tickets
Wal-Mart Micropiles

Wal-Mart Micropiles

Overcoming Poorly Engineered Fill This project solved a very difficult problem for Buttcon and Walmart Canada, with the new footings settling on a poorly done engineered fill. The previous winter

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