HUGH MUNRO

As a young man Hugh Munro started his business in 1959, the year his daughter was born. He operated his one piece of equipment by himself. Each year the company progressed until, in 1979, Hugh incorporated his business.

Early in the 1980’s Hugh purchased a crushing operation and began bidding on jobs in North Western Ontario and Manitoba. Satisfied that the crushing operation was a rewarding venture, he began bidding on base laying and common excavation on a much larger scale.

In 1990, Hugh bought and began to operate paving equipment, and thus, Pembina Paving (1990) Ltd was formed. As economic times got tougher, Hugh diverted his equipment and crew to Manitoba Telephone Systems’ project, plowing and installation of fiber-optic, voice frequency cable and equipment sales.

Hugh was well known in Ontario,  and all of Western Canada for his knowledge and professionalism in all fields of his company. Hugh traveled extensively across North America where he purchased, evaluated, and sold heavy equipment, which labeled him one of Manitoba’s best equipment evaluators. Today, this remains an extremely large portion of the HMC business.

Hugh is a past member of the Manitoba Heavy Construction Association, a tradition which is now carried on by his daughter, Colleen.