Birnam Excavating Ltd. - Arkona, Ontario

Melissa H.

Update: Even though the signs say they will be done mid September, it is now that time and they are not even close to being done. Construction workers still chirping off a residents who are just trying to go to work and not to mention an unannounced overnight that no one knew about. We had construction going from 7am to 4am the next morning with no heads up. We are very much looking forward to these guys leaving and we finally get some peace. I still stand by my 1 star review.

This company has been on my street since April and have made very little progress and we are being told it’s only going to get worse. There are some serious safety issues as well as being disrespectful to the residents of our street. There have been several occasions where I have felt unsafe as well as having to find a different route to go to work because their so called “accessible” sidewalks are unsafe to walk on or are completely blocked when they shouldn’t be. They throw garbage and cigarette butts all over the site and are rude when speaking to residents and this is only the tip of the iceberg. Seeing the past reviews show how little this company cares about the residents around them. I wouldn’t even give them 1 star if I could.

kevin M.

I too live on Craig on Craig st and I would like to dispute everything Mr Young has said. I find the work this crew is doing to be exemplary. I am disabled and through this whole project I have not had any issues with my own safety. I am able to move about the street quite freely. Yes there are times where traffic is tied up for small amounts of time but that’s to be expected. Common sense tells you that with this type of construction there will of course be some inconvenience. Furthermore as I am very interested in watching the construction and I sit out side my home quite a bit. I can honestly say I’ve never heard any cursing or swearing or any kind of disrespect toward the residents along the street. I’ve never seen anyone put in any danger what so ever. This crew in my opinion has and is doing anything they can to make this project go as smoothly as possible for us. To further my disputing the negative reviews. People saying it’s taking too long apparently didn’t go to the q and a at the library last fall where a city planner explained what was going to happen and how. They also told us it would take from the middle of April to the middle to end of September. Apparently you have also not read the sign at the corner of Bruce st and wortley that says the same thing. I mean they’re replacing the sewer line which was last put in in 1891 and a water line that was last replaced in 1959 ( info you would have had attended the above mentioned meeting). Did you think it would just take a couple of weeks. Again I’ll say common sense should tell you we are all going to experience some inconvenience this summer.

Eddie W.

Birnam Construction is by far the worst company I have ever had the displeasure of watching “work.”

There has been almost no progress on my project for weeks, and the site is a complete mess—totally unsafe with hazards everywhere. The workers are rude, unprofessional, and don’t seem to care about doing their jobs properly. I would never recommend Birnam Construction to anyone. Avoid them at all costs!

Hopefully, the city will replace them soon.

S P.

Amazing customer service. I called looking for a hard to find item. They had it there, too the time to confirm and set it aside for me to pick it up.

Friendly staff on site. The store front it's accessible and lots of convenient parking.

#localguides

Daniel Y.

No hard hat, no vest, no steel toes, just hanging out on top of the equipment blocking rush hour traffic.

Christopher

The road that these yokels laid in Wallaceburg in 2023 is simply a complete and utter joke. The new surface is technically smooth however vehicles bounce up and down comically as you enter into town from 40. The section of that road that was done over five years ago is legues better than this recent section.

There are countless unfinished edges, half done sections, and lots of divots and pot holes in new parts. I guess time will tell if they come back to finish those but I hold no reserves for it being any sort of decent quality of a job.

Not to mention the whole process of them doing the job was a logistical circus with them opening and closing different sections of town without any sort of decent notice.

I hope CK didn't pay much for this tender because a bunch of monkeys in hardhats could have done better.

Mike

Completely gutted our main road in wallaceburg. Driving like maniacs through the zones, rupturing water mains and ruining peoples tires. They are awful...towns be warned. Unprofessional.

Mark L.

Our street has been torn up for weeks open holes in front of every house. And there is a Public park only street. An sick of them shuting off my water while in the shower. No notice or anything.