CCI Group Inc. grows its national presence as one of Canada’s best managed companies Canadian Design and Construction Report special feature Construction Control Inc. has changed its name to CCI Group Inc., reflecting the company’s expanded services, wider scope and national presence. The multi- disciplinary engineering group now has offices from Montreal to Victoria and has expanded its areas of expertise. “Our company began in 1972 with a focus on quality control and inspection and testing services,” said executive chair Dr. Gina Cody. “Over the past few years we’ve gone through incredible growth, adding services that involve us from the start of a building’s construction, right through to the end of its life, including structural design, hazmat and environmental services.” Cody says the company has truly changed and the new name will draw atten- tion to that. “We are a larger, better and more diverse company now.” CCI has grown with acquisitions including a Toronto-based structural group and a legal and forensic division. “The acquisitions we’ve made have all been complimentary services, or services we had done in the past but now offer a higher level of expertise in,” Cody said. “We have numerous clients who have been with us for more than 30 years,” she said. “As they’ve grown they’ve asked us for new services, or asked us to be present in regions they were moving into. Our relationships with our clients have always been the key and this shows our continued commitment.” Cody says these close relationships are developed through the senior man- agement team who make themselves accessible to clients and the company’s openness to encouraging staff to have client contact. “We have a large number of staff who has been here a long time. That continuity has always been impor- 22 – Spring 2013 — The Canadian Design and Construction Report