{"id":162,"date":"2013-02-07T20:58:39","date_gmt":"2013-02-07T20:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/31806.vws.magma.ca\/?page_id=162"},"modified":"2016-02-25T01:16:27","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T01:16:27","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/robertconstruction.ca\/index.php\/about-us\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-726\" alt=\"Roberts truck 02-EC\" src=\"https:\/\/robertconstruction.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Roberts-truck-02-EC1-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"590\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robertconstruction.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Roberts-truck-02-EC1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/robertconstruction.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Roberts-truck-02-EC1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/robertconstruction.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Roberts-truck-02-EC1-250x166.jpg 250w, https:\/\/robertconstruction.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Roberts-truck-02-EC1.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Robert Construction was founded by Robert Lafortune on April 1st, 1963. The company has always specialized in commercial construction with the early years being marked by many successful projects for local school boards and the federal government.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 1998 Mr. Lafortune retired from a company that had evolved to focus on private clients specializing in commercial construction for organizations ranging from the LCBO to the Royal Bank. Upon his retirement Lee Harrington assumed full management for the company and continued the tradition of successful growth marked by maintaining and expanding our loyal client base.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The firm now offers facility maintenance services, construction and project management as well as cost consultation to architectural and engineering firms. Our focus remains on customer care and quality workmanship.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/robertconstruction.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Robert-Construction-OCA-article.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-688\" alt=\"Construction Comment Cover\" src=\"https:\/\/robertconstruction.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Construction-Comment-Cover-232x300.jpg\" width=\"139\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robertconstruction.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Construction-Comment-Cover-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/robertconstruction.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Construction-Comment-Cover-193x250.jpg 193w, https:\/\/robertconstruction.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Construction-Comment-Cover.jpg 544w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 139px) 100vw, 139px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/robertconstruction.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Robert-Construction-OCA-article.pdf\">Read our 50 year anniversary article published in the April 2013 issue of Construction Comment.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/robertconstruction.ca\/index.php\/robert-construction-celebrates-50-years\/\">View some pictures from our 50 year anniversary party<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Construction was founded by Robert Lafortune on April 1st, 1963. The company has always specialized in commercial construction with the early years being marked by many successful projects for local school boards and the federal government. In 1998 Mr. Lafortune retired from a company that had evolved to focus on private clients specializing in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":11,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-162","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertconstruction.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertconstruction.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertconstruction.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertconstruction.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertconstruction.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/robertconstruction.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/162\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertconstruction.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertconstruction.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}