Houlder Construction, a division of Houlder Automotive Ltd. was incorporated in 1971, and has been providing oilfield construction & related services since this date. We would like to take this opportunity to provide your company with our company history.

We specialize in pipeline construction such as steel pipe up to 12”, plastic pipe, composite Flexpipe, Fiberglass and aluminum pipe of all sizes.
 
For our steel pipeline, we perform conventional pipe installation, however we also use a new and more environmentally friendly process. In this process we plough in up to 4” steel pipe with a pull type friction plough which guarantees less ground disturbance. Our company has also been ploughing in plastic, composite & aluminum pipe for over 25 years in a variety of sizes such as 3/4" to 10” HDPE plastic,3,4 & 6”flexpipe, and 1 ½” to 3” aluminum. Our pipe plough is a large enough size to get us 6' of cover. With this unit we can also plough offset if necessary. Over the last 10 years, Houlder Construction has been dedicated to steel pipe installation, and ploughing of plastic, composite & aluminum. All of our equipment is ready year round for work. We are one of the recommended installers of plastic pipe in Alberta by Polytubes Inc., recommended installers of aluminum & composite pipe by Aluminum Pipe Systems & Flexpipe systems Inc. Our track record for installing plastic and aluminum pipe, as well as steel is excellent as any of the oilfield companies listed will attest to. Houlder Construction has been in business in the Town of Grimshaw since 1971. It is a family owned and operated business. The partnership consists of two brothers, who have built a very successful business in a small town. The partners have 3 sons who are also working towards a continuing business venture once the original partners retire.

The company has approximately 40 full time employees of which some have been with us for 20+ years. During the peak construction season we will see an increase in our personnel numbers to about 80+ people.

We are located in northwestern Alberta, which we feel is very centralized for a large part of the oilfield work. Grande Prairie is approximately 180km south, Whitecourt is approximately 320km east, and Rainbow Lake is approximately 410km north. We have however worked as far south as Medicine Hat, east as Lloydminster, north as the NWT border, and west as the AB/BC border.