How we work

Connect Group is a single-breasted, multi-discipline industrial delivery partner specializing in complex brownfield and heavy industrial environments across energy, mining, and large-scale industrial facilities At CGI, we bring fabrication, construction, engineering, and project delivery under one accountable model. 

THE CGI WAY

FROM PLANNING TO CLOSE-OUT, WE BELIEVE THERE IS ALWAYS A BETTER WAY.

The CGI Way isn’t a slogan. It’s how we show up, how we make decisions, and how we deliver work in an industry where the cost of getting it wrong is high. We’ve lived the consequences of poor planning, unclear accountability, and reactive leadership — so we built something better. 

CGI was founded on a simple belief: strong outcomes come from disciplined thinking, real ownership, and leaders who don’t look away when things get hard. We challenge assumptions, design the work before executing it, and take responsibility from day one through close-out. 

Innovation at CGI isn’t about buzzwords — it’s about doing the hard work upfront, aligning people and systems, and refusing to accept “this is how it’s always been done.” Our employee-ownership culture reinforces that mindset. When you own the outcome, you lead differently. 

The CGI Way connects strategy to execution and intent to action. It’s planning with purpose, leadership with accountability, and execution that respects the risk. We don’t just deliver projects — we raise the standard for how work gets done. 

AN INDEPENDENT
ALBERTAN COMPANY

Connect Group is an independent Albertan company built alongside the industries we serve. Our growth has been driven by real project demands, not trends, evolving as our clients’ needs evolved. We continually invest in new capabilities to better support complex, high-consequence work, resulting in a vertically integrated organization positioned to deliver across multiple markets. 

2012

Connect Fall Protection was established, and onsite fall protection systems were created to service RMWB sites

2017

In house Engineering department was launched

2018

Introduction of the rebranded Connect Group to better encompass the overall services provides. Execution of large-scale maintenance project work within the RMWB area

2019

Establishment of the Connect Group Piping Department

2020

Launch of the Connect Group fabrication department alongside a new office and fabrication facility in Nisku

2021

Expansion of facilities to our Field Services office in Fort McMurray

2021

Launch of CGI Tank Integrity Department and onsite tank maintenance and repair services