Construction

Infinitely more important is your determination and your persistence

Seif El-Sahly is a P. Eng., but he’s also a Dreamer, Renovator and Crushing Expectations! He turns drawings into reality with a dose of humour and a Top 40 Under 40 ranking.

He is the force behind Tiny Homes – Garage Edition. A self-pronounced workaholic, when not at the office, he’s on the hunt for abandoned real estate that can be turned into luxurious rentals in great neighbourhoods. “Just listen to people, no matter what consider it, you may not actually apply it, but make sure you’re actually listening.”

At Newfore, our aim is to deliver a truly differentiated experience. The tools and systems we have placed to manage our own team, make the experience like no other. Our focus is our clients and simplifying the process for them is paramount.

From the proposal stage to completion, our clients can manage the scope through an app or their laptop. The proposal includes an extreme level of detail, outlining costs, quantities and unit rates – making it easy for you to add or remove scope at a later stage. Once a project is awarded to us, we begin to add more detail to your project such as a live project schedule, material selections, progress photos and much more. The process is so efficient that some of our clients have managed their projects remotely – only visiting the site towards the end of the project.

Our work quickly became noticed in Hamilton, ON and in a few short years, we’ve renovated homes, apartment buildings, gyms, medical facilities, restaurants and bars. We are Newfore – and we are The New Way Forward in construction.

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Developing market intelligence tools for the construction industry

Chloe Smith is the CEO and Co-founder of Mercator AI, a construction intelligence platform that delivers project insights for general contractors, engineering firms, real estate firms, and building project manufacturers. Prior to launching Mercator, Chloe developed market intelligence tools for business developers in the marketing and advertising space, where she helped reduce time spent on gap analyses.

With a strong background in data strategy, big data, AI, and data monetization, Chloe was able to leverage her expertise to create Mercator. Today, Mercator analyzes millions of construction data activities—from conception to post-construction—to enable early project detection, uncover risk signals and surface competitive and client insights in real-time.

Together with her Co-founder, Hogan Lee, who has a background in building high performing multi-disciplinary teams, Chloe is building a company that is at the forefront of industry intelligence and innovation.


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Tackling unexpected challenges with fearless determination

Nicole Matos is a Metis woman, wife, mother of three, President of Rivet Construction and Founder of Oonnie Food Technologies. Leading her construction company for over a decade and now founding a food tech company, Nicole loves to tackle unexpected challenges with fearless determination. You will often hear Nicole say that her successes have mostly come from trying everything the wrong way first.

As an indigenous business Rivet is open to talking about potential partnerships or joint ventures. Rivet currently operates mostly in Alberta, however has a satellite office in Kelowna and some presence in SK. Rivet’s focus is commercial construction, commercial preventative maintenance and design build.

Oonnie is Farmers Market online – it gives you an opportunity to sell your products all day everyday without ever having to set up a physical booth or stand in the rain. Oonnie is like Etsy for food. Oonnie provides a platform and tools to support and help food producers grow their business.


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