Our History
Association Incorporation (December 19, 1968)
At the first meeting of Newfoundland Road Building Contractors at the Holiday Inn (St. John’s) on May 15, 1968, it was decided that a Newfoundland and Labrador Road Builders Association be formed. The companies represented were Curran & Briggs Ltd., J.G Goodyear and Sons Ltd., Lincoln Construction Co. Ltd., Lundrigan’s Limited, Nova Construction Co. Ltd., Trynor Construction Nfld. Ltd., and Western Construction Co. Ltd.
Past Presidents
2024 - R. Payne
2023 - T. Gosse
2022 - T. Gosse
2021 - S. Chafe
2020 - B. Farrell
2019 - T. Dunn
2018 – B. Piercey
2017 – D. Gillingham
2016 – K. Ryan
2015 – R. Payne
2014 – L. House
2013 – T. Robbins
2012 – T. Dunn
2011 – D. Spracklin
2010 – R Stapleton / P. Barrett
2009 – B. Johnson
2008 – S. Grainger
2007 – D. Spracklin
2006 – G. Baker
2005 – R. Stapleton
2004 – K. Keating
2003 – K. Keating
2002 – M. Bennett
2001 – F. Penney Jr.
2000 – R. Spracklin
1999 - J. Singleton
1998 - J. Singleton
1997 - L. Knox
1996 - D. Burnell
1995 - R. Cameron
1994 - R. Noseworthy
1993 - J. Doyle
1992 - W. Cranford
1991 - B. LeMessurier
1990 - R. Cameron
1989 - R. Noseworthy
1988 - P. Pederson
1987 - J. Doyle
1986 - B. LeMessurier
1985 - R. Noseworthy
1984 - L. Samson
1983 - R. Cameron
1982 - J. Myers
1981 - C. Penney
1980 - R.F. Martin
1979 - C.F. Vermeeren
1978 - R. Brown
1976-1977 R.F. Martin
1968-1975 C.F. Vermeeren
Past Water and Sewer Chairmen
T. Gosse
P. Barrett
D. Brown
B. Short
D. Greenslade
P. Barrett
R. Stapleton
Z. Stanley
B. Short
J. Coady
W. Myrden
B. Menchenton
D. Greenslade
W. Cranford
G. Ballett
M. Bennett
M. Power
J. Whalen
K. Smith
G. Bugden
M. Bennett
W. Cranford
K. Smith
K. Smith
Honourary Members
C.F. Vermeeren
R.F. Martin
Lew White
R. Wasmeier
Barney Powers
Clarence Randell
Forbes Adams
Roy Brown
Terry Goodyear
John Neville
Bob Noseworthy
Bob Cameron
Rick Spracklin
John Mulcahy
David Burnell
Paul Pederson
Ches Penney
Pat Short
Les Spracklin
Gerald Greenslade
Walter Myrden
Bob Squires
Barry Roberts
Keith Smith
Lorraine Richards
John Doyle
Bruce Menchenton
Charlie Blackwood
Wade Abbott
Len Knox
Bernie Short
Max Bennett
Derek Greenslad
Wayne Cranford
Jim Organ
Friends of the Association
ROAD BUILDERS
Gary Gosse
John Barry
Luke Reynolds
Bill Spencer
Ken Powers
Jack Whalen
Austin Sheppard
Bob Newhook
Wayne Churchill
WATER & SEWER
Ed LeGrow
Tom Ring
Randy Dillon
Kevin Burden
Art Cheeseman
Peter Barbour
Leo Murphy
Peter Lester
Terry McCarthy
Formation of the Water & Sewer Section
Founding Meeting of the Water and Sewer Section of the Association took place at the Holiday Inn, January 7, 1986.
Keith Smith (Romain Construction)
Cluny Moyles (Rosedale Construction)
Wade Abbott (Gulf Steel)
Gerald Bugden (Bonne Bay Contractors)
Max Bennett (Modern Paving)
John Whalen (N&L Construction)
Bob Squires (Flygt Canada)
Les Maddigan (Westburne Ind. Ent. Ltd.)
Ches Verge (Cadillac Construction)
Ron Neary (Canron Inc.)
Wayne Manuel (Cadillac Construction)
Alan Brenton (A&J Enterprises)
Bob Gosse (Roblin Construction)
Glen Romaine (Atlantic Concrete)
Herb Jenkins (Waterworks Supplies)
David Dawe (Crane Supply)
R.O. March (Suburban Construction)
Garry Hynes (Hynes Construction)
Al Eldridge (Lantic Laser Ltd.)
Roy Barker (Barker’s Construction)
Jim Miller (Sub Aqua Ltd.)
Wayne Cranford (Penney Underground)
Edward Hearn (Rosedale Construction)
John Whalen – West Coast Representative
Gerald Bugden – West Coast Representative
Cluney Moyles – Central Representative
Max Bennett – East Coast Representative
From this Meeting a Water/Sewer Executive were elected:
Chairman: Keith Smith,
Co-Chairman: Wayne Cranford,
Supplier Rep. (East Coast): Herb Jenkins,
Supplier Rep. (West Coast): Wade Abbott,
