About Us
Who We Are and What We Do.
GenMec ACL’s relationship with northeast Alberta dates back more than 60 years and features some of the
region’s greatest construction landmarks. And while
the architecture, tools and technology have changed
along the way, one thing has remained constant:
the company’s core values of quality, integrity and
community.
The product of a 2004 merger between Gen-Mec
Building Corporation and Alliance Construction
Ltd., GenMec ACL’s story actually began in the early
1950s with Bonnyville carpenter Valere Roy. Starting
modestly with general carpentry and small residential
projects, Valere’s Construction grew with the needs
of the community and by 1975 was the premiere
general contractor in the region, tackling massive,
multi-discipline projects such as water and sewer
infrastructure at 4 Wing Cold Lake and the behemoth
Bonnyville Provincial Building. In 1979, Valere sold
the general contracting and mechanical divisions to
his younger brother Clermont, who aptly changed the
company name to Gen-Mec Construction. Clermont’s
son, Reg, joined the family business full-time in 1987
and took over ownership in the spring of 2004.
Following the same path as Reg was Maurice Mercier.
Maurice had worked for Gen-Mec in the early 1980s,
branched out on his own in 1984 and too found himself
as the head of a successful firm (Alliance Construction)
pondering future growth in the fall of 2004.
Seeing the potential to bid on more projects - and
larger projects - as one entity, a merger was struck in
December of 2004 and GenMec ACL was born. Their
first job? The Bonnyville & District Centennial Centre. A
state-of-the-art $23 million multi-use recreation facility.
Since then, the company has earned a stellar reputation
for their commercial, industrial and institutional work,
partnering with virtually every major company or public
owner in the region.
GenMec ACL are proud members of:
Canadian Construction Association
Edmonton Construction Association
Merit Contractors Association
Alberta Construction Safety Association
Bonnyville and District Chamber of Commerce
Metis Nations of Alberta - Local 99
Alberta Society of Engineering Technology
