CHALLENGES ACCEPTED
Heavy Metal Marine is a Vancouver Island company
with a lot of local experience and a wealth of resources
to bring to projects on the West coast
Brian Freethy and his business partner, Ashley
Williams, enjoy a good challenge. The pair own and
operate Victoria-based Heavy Metal Marine, a company
they started right after finishing high school.
The company, named after a small tug that Williams and his
father had built, has grown its marine construction capabilities
since starting in 2004 with the construction of a private
pier near Sydney, B.C. Today, Heavy Metal Marine has become
a Vancouver Island “go to” company for a full range of
COMPANY PROFILE
marine services and solutions, from wharfs and breakwaters
to boardwalks and ferry terminals.
“Once we got out of school we just started building wharfs.
One job led to another,” said Brian Freethy, remembering their
first contract, a private pier in Brentwood Bay. Next, they won
the tender on the Sooke Harbour boardwalk and from there it
was a steady stream of projects and “A-list” customers.
Freethy suggested that much of their success comes from
a solid group of experienced hands. He says that turnover in
By Kelly Gray
“We have a lot of depth of resources and we bring a
lot to a project. If you can dream it, we can build it.”
– Brian Freethy, Heavy Metal Marine
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