Lockerbie & Hole - Our History

Our History

1906 >>

1898

Jack Lockerbie, a Collingwood, Ont. native, comes to Edmonton, Alta. in search of his dream to found and build his own plumbing company.

1906 >>

1898

Jack Lockerbie, a Callingwood, Ont. native, comes to Edmonton, Alta. in search of his dream to found and build his own plumbing company.

<< 1898

1912 >>

1906

Harry Hole, a young plumber from London, England, travels to Edmonton and forms a partnership with Jack Lockerbie.

<< 1906

1919 >>

1912

Jack Lockerbie, Harry Hole, and Jack's brother, Doug, incorporate J.A. Lockerbie Limited.

<< 1912

1922 >>

1919

Jack Lockerbie passes away.

Doug Lockerbie and Harry Hole form a new partnership and rename the company Lockerbie & Hole.

<< 1919

1946 >>

1922

Doug Lockerbie & Harry Hole incorporate Lockerbie & Hole Ltd. in Edmonton, Alta.

<< 1922

1948 >>

1946

Lockerbie & Hole's geographical presence expands with the opening of the Vancouver and Calgary offices.

<< 1946

1954 >>

1948

The first oil refinery in the Edmonton area, owned by Imperial Oil, opens for business in Leduc, signifying the beginning of Alberta's oil boom.

<< 1948

1961 >>

1954

Lockerbie & Hole Western Ltd. is created, and the company's management group expands to include Bob Hole, Harry Hole Jr., Ralph Hole, Jim Hole and Doug Lockerbie's son-in-law, George Shipley.

<< 1954

1980 >>

1961

High-rise office construction takes off in Western Canada. Over the next decade, Lockerbie & Hole is involved in the construction of almost all of the high-rise office buildings erected in Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver.

<< 1961

1981 >>

1980s

In addition to providing mechanical contracting services, Lockerbie & Hole begins providing electrical and instrumentation services.

<< 1980

1992 >>

1981

Lockerbie & Hole Company Ltd. is formed and led by Jim Hole and J.D. Hole, the eldest grandson of Harry Sr.

<< 1981

1999 >>

1992

Gerorge Shipley retires ownership of the company leaving the Hole family as sole shareholders. Lockerbie & Hole Contracting Ltd. is created and led by J.D. Hole, H.B. Hole (son of Ralph Hole), and Jack Hole (son of Jim Hole).

<< 1992

2000 >>

1999

Lockerbie & Hole's Victoria office opens along with construction of the Royal Jubilee Hospital Diagnostic and Treatment Centre.

<< 1999

2001 >>

2000

Lockerbie & Hole Inc. acquires Industra Service Corporation.

Founded in 1975, Industra provided industrial owners with a non-OEM alternative to boiler maintenance repair and retrofits. The boiler service company, which originated in Vancouver, B.C., was comprised of tube bending, insulation and asbestos abatement, and fireproofing divisions. After expanding operations to Edmonton, Alta., Industra became one of the larger mechanical contractors and fabricators in Western Canada.

<< 2000

2002 >>

2001

Lockerbie & Hole Inc. acquires Adam Clark Company Ltd.

Adam Clark, a young Scottish immigrant, established the plumbing and gas fitting business in Hamilton, Ont. in the mid 1870s. After four generations of Clark family ownership, in 1981 the business became employee-owned.

Now known as Lockerbie & Hole Eastern, the company provides mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and fabrication services to the Automotive, Steel, Petro-Chemical, Mining, Pulp and Paper, Oil and Gas, and Food and Beverage Industries.

<< 2001

2007 >>

2002

Lockerbie & Hole builds a new home

Early in 2002, the year of its 104th birthday, Lockerbie & Hole further expanded its operations by building a massive new manufacturing facility in Strathcona County, just outside of the City of Edmonton.

The 76,000 square foot facility boasts office space, a fabrication facility and modular yard, fives cranes, multiple welding bays, state of the art equipment and access to road, rail and air traffic.

<< 2002

2007

Lockerbie & Hole goes public

After 109 years as a private and subsequently employee-owned company, Lockerbie & Hole took the plunge into the public sector. On Aug. 8, 2007, Lockerbie & Hole began trading on the TSX under the ticker symbol LH.