Full-service general contractor specializing in heavy civil and concrete work across Canada
Kenaidan is a 50-year-old general contracting firm operating across Canada with dual offices in Toronto and Vancouver, now part of Obayashi's global construction platform. The tech stack—Civil 3D, Revit, Navisworks, Primavera P6, Bluebeam—reflects a traditional AEC workflow, but the active project list reveals internal friction: risk register maintenance, schedule-budget alignment, and resource allocation appear repeatedly as pain points, suggesting the company is wrestling with project controls and forecasting at scale rather than adopting new technologies to solve them.
Kenaidan Contracting is a general contractor founded in 1974, serving institutional, transportation, municipal, and structural concrete markets across Canada. The firm differentiates on in-house capacity—they operate their own concrete formwork, placement, and mechanical systems teams rather than relying solely on subcontractors. In 2011, the company joined Obayashi Corporation, a Tokyo-based global construction group, which expanded access to international expertise and backing. Current headcount sits between 201 and 500 employees, with active hiring concentrated in construction and engineering roles.
Primavera P6 for scheduling, Navisworks for 3D coordination, Civil 3D and Revit for design, and Bluebeam for document markup and field coordination. Excel and Office tools handle forecasting and financial models.
Dual headquarters in Mississauga, Ontario and Richmond, British Columbia. Additional office in Toronto. All hiring is currently confined to Canada.
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