Committed to Service, Trusted to Deliver By Nerissa McNaughton
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arricades and Signs Ltd. is a traffic control company specializing in temporary, permanent and roadside safety products, systems and services.
A teen is texting and driving. Completely distracted, they don’t realize they’ve entered a construction zone. The car ploughs into the back of a heavy equipment truck, one that has a crew working right in front of it. Nobody dies. This is a true story. Typically, stories like this have a much sadder ending, but no one was even harmed because the truck was attached to a crash attenuator supplied by Barricades and Signs Ltd. The attenuator crumpled and absorbed the force of the impact. The truck wasn’t pushed forward into the crew and the teen stepped out of the car, shaken but unharmed. Roadside safety, and more specifically, crash attenuation systems, are just some of the ways Barricades and Signs Ltd. keeps Albertans safer on the roads. Barricades and Signs Ltd. launched in 2004 as a family business. The company grew quickly and consistently, reaching milestones such as becoming a signal distributor for North America Traffic in 2008, opening offices in Calgary and Vancouver between 2014 and 2019, growing through three of Alberta’s recessions (and continuing to grow during the pandemic), and becoming the first 3M certified manufacturer awarded in over 10 years when they were certified in 2012. During 2016 Jan van Bruggen became the CEO and later, in 2019, acquired the company from his family partners. van Bruggen has continued to grow the brand in a strategic partnership with Powell Contracting Ltd., another Canadian family business. “We are committed to providing traffic safety solutions and the best value for our clients while respecting and supporting our vendors and staff,” says van Bruggen of his company that has grown to provide traffic safety
Jan van Bruggen, owner, Barricades and Signs Ltd.
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