History

Precon has enjoyed over two and a half decades of production success. Here is a brief timeline of our history:

The 80s
March 1980	Precon Manufacturing Ltd. incorporated
June 1980	Production begins with 2 round, wooden prebench forms
March 1982	Full time precast concrete production in a 2400 sq. ft. bay in the Quittenbaum building on 2nd Avenue North in Lethbridge
March 1983	Small vault production with forms made out of wood
March 1984	Expanded Quittenbaum facility by adding another 2400 sq. ft. bay
March 1985	Development and production of first irrigation structures
March 1986	Purchased assets from Southern Precast, adding paving stone, septic tanks, garage sumps, & parking curbs to the product mix
March 1987	Moved to Wilm's building on 11th Ave. North in Lethbridge with 5000 sq. ft. of production area, 5000 sq. ft. of office and display area, and 2 acres of storage
June 1987	First steel vault form fabricated by Hunt Welding
March 1988	Purchase of Precon's first computer
March 1989	First 1220ø manhole forms and septic tank forms fabricated by BSK Welding

The 90s
March 1990	Development and production of first Multi-Panel Vault structures
March 1991	Discontinued the sale of paving stone, septic tanks, garage sumps and parking curbs
September 1992	Moved to Niven's building on 33rd St. North in Lethbridge
January 1997	Precon goes online with its first website
May 1997	First catalogue distributed to market
December 1997	Purchase of east lot, more than doubling storage capacity
April 1999	Second version of catalogue
June 1999	New VS 1212 and VS 1515 vault forms fabricated by Infractec Systems Ltd. delivered
October 1999	New VS 1824 Standard Vault form, fabricated by Infractec Systems Ltd., delivered
December 1999	New VS 1818 Standard Vault form, fabricated by Infractec Systems Ltd., delivered

The 00s
March 2000	First products sold to the USA
March 2001	Drafting department adopts the flat panel monitor
July 2002	New 900ø Catch Basin forms, fabricated by Infratech Systems Ltd., delivered
October 2002	New 1220ø Manhole forms, fabricated by Infratech Systems Ltd., delivered
July 2003	Opening of Calgary office @ 3500 114th Avenue SE
December 2003	Precon's Lethbridge site expands south with the purchase of the adjacent land, later becoming the corporate office and the mesh shop
June 2005	New VS 2530 Standard Vault form, fabricated by Bosnak Welding, delivered
September 2005	Delivery of 30 ton Shuttlelift crane
April 2006	New automated quoting system goes live
April 2007	Precon reintroduced to the old Wilm building for small manhole material production
October 2007	Construction of new office and plant facility commences in the County of Lethbridge
May 2008	Excavation for the new facilities foundation commences
July 2008	Opening of Edmonton office @ 220, 9303 34th Avenue
July 2008	New Precon website
April 2009	Move to new plant just outside of Coalhurst (County of Lethbridge)