Business View Magazine - Mar 2024

PREFERRED VENDOR/ PARTNER n Mad River Electric and Sons Ltd www.madriverelectric.com Mad River Electric & Sons is a second generation, family-owned and operated business servicing Simcoe County, Grey County and Muskoka for Industrial, Commercial, Residential and Solar. With 20+ years in the electrical contracting industry, Mad River Electric & Sons bring a professional, personalized, and innovative approach to every job! “We have one job booked up in Beaver Valley Ski Club and we are also working on two buildings. Recently we just finished up work on a 7,000 square foot home so we are still rolling over well.” Young is also always cognizant of the demand that is being put on its long-term sub-contractors and is mindful of not overextending them with too many projects as it is more than likely they are already working with three or four other contractors. “I don’t ever want to outstretch anybody. We only take on a maximum of three builds a year and we stagger them. Keeping the quality of its projects in mind, the workload of its subcontractors, and the time needed to build highly detailed-oriented homes, Young sums it up well; “You are only as good as your last job.” “I have come to realize that one of the things that made us the company we are today is that we build different things and we do different things than everybody else; I’m Scott from Scot-Build Developments from Scotland and I am the real deal,” he confidently concludes. 50 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 11, ISSUE 03