Dear clients and co-workers

I must readily admit that when I co-founded the Eagle West company with just two mobile cranes back in 1990, I didn't have a business plan beyond providing excellent service to clients.

My background was in transportation, so my intent was to surround myself with great people and apply the skills I had acquired to the most useful degree possible. I had no vision. I just enjoyed my work and had lots of energy and determination.

Well a lot of years have passed since 1990 but the energy, determination and great people remain intact. What started as a small pebble dropped in big waters has created a ripple effect. Eagle West has fanned out to encompass hundreds of employees and cranes as well as several specialized business units. This growth has now evolved into several key self-sustaining divisions including Stampede Crane & Rigging, all focused on meeting the market needs of our commercial and industrial clients.

Our multi-discipline approach to projects (ie, combining planning, safety, rigging, lifting, transportation and project management) has led to an ever growing list of high-profile assignments. We’re also becoming more involved in niche markets like our Industrial Moving Division, Rail Services Division and our Wind Energy Division. In all these cases we combine our yard & logistics services with our transportation, cranes and industrial moving divisions to provide a total client solution. This involves custom designed service packages, including receiving items that will be used in construction and inventorying them for a client until he needs them on-site; then, not just delivering them but also placing them directly where needed on site.

In conclusion, our long-term goals are very straightforward; we intend meet and exceed our clients ever changing needs and to open more facilities throughout Western Canada.

What, however, won’t change is my personal mandate of surrounding myself with the best people – clients as well as staff. At all our divisions including Stampede Crane & Rigging, we take care of the needs of our people first as well as the important people in their lives, and I can’t emphasize enough about how far that goes in ensuring our continued success.

I trust that you will find Stampede Crane & Rigging a great company to work for or do business with.

Sincerely,

Jim Barkman, President & CEO
Eagle West Cranes Inc.
Stampede Crane & Rigging Inc.