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Leading the company is the second generation of the Neveu family, with Roger’ s eldest son, Steven Neveu, at the helm as President. However, following an impressive 27-year tenure in the position, Steve recently announced that he will soon be stepping down as President, though not without ensuring a smooth transition that upholds Notch’ s legacy and success. In April 2025, Construction Today sat down with Steve to uncover what lies ahead for Notch. Before that, he starts by sharing the company’ s history and inspiring journey that led it to the success it has today.
“ My father founded the business 53 years ago in 1972,” Steve begins.“ He was working as a foreman for another company as a pipefitter and welder, but the company required a lot of travelling; he was out of town almost every week and only came home on the weekends. He soon realized that, if he started his own company, he’ d be able to work and make it home for supper every night. Notch was very much driven by family. One of our core values is to care about family and how we integrate that into the business. My father started out as a one man show with a welding machine in the back of his truck, but rather than start with small residential work like most contractors, he went straight into the industrial sector, and we’ ve primarily been an industrial mechanical contractor ever since.
“ I joined the company in 1985. At that point, we had around ten employees and my father was the sole office guy. Although my father had no formal business training, he was a good, common-sense businessman, and he told me that we’ d just doubled the overhead and needed to find more work. I was a recent graduate from a mechanical engineering college and wasn’ t too sure what direction I wanted to take, so I took on a few projects, led the computerization of the company, and soon discovered that I loved growing the business. I was my dad’ s right-
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