About Ready
Ready is an engineering industry leader, providing controls and electrical engineering expertise to heavy industrial facilities. Ready is most effective with scopes of work that range in size from five thousand to five million dollars, executed by its three-dozen fulltime, field-seasoned, safety-conscious, and highly-trained technical experts operating out of four office locations.
Ready puts significant effort into recruiting, training and retaining its specialized engineering personnel. And with extremely low personnel turnover—less than five-percent—Ready’s customers benefit from having this stable core of engineers available to them year after year. There is a comprehensive understanding of the client’s facility, people and processes and a retained pool of plant specific knowledge, accessible to the client at any time.
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Corporate History
Ready Engineering was founded in 1998 by Lee Ready and originally consisted of 3 employees and a single client.
Today, Ready employs 3 dozen people across 4 regional offices and we have engaged our services throughout North America, Europe and Asia.
Below is a brief timeline of the major milestones and developments that took the company on its journey from infancy into its current form.
| 1996 | Incorporation of Ready Engineering |
| 1997 | Started Operation |
| 1998 | |
| 1999 | New business of the year |
| 2000 | |
| 2001 | Establishment of Ready Technologies in Olympia, Washington |
| 2002 | Business of the year |
| 2003 | Alberta small business Award of Distinction |
| 2004 | Ready enters the two-year industry slowdown in strong health |
| 2005 | |
| 2006 | PSMJ Circle of Excellence Award |
| 2007 | PSMJ Circle of Excellence Award |
| 2008 | |
| 2009 | Present day operations |
Our Philosophy

At Ready...
We are dedicated to providing our clients with solutions that increase their productivity and competitive edge in the global economy.
We resolve to become the first choice of clients and to be recognized for our unparalleled technical excellence, innovation, customer service, and integrity.
The foundation for our successful company growth is our core values:
- Integrity
- Technical Excellence
- Innovation
- Opportunity
- Customer Service
Our Partners
Ready compliments its core services through strategic partnerships with other engineering firms and technology experts.
| Partners | |
|---|---|
| VASPAC Inc | ![]() |
| Soltech Projects | ![]() |
| TANEx Engineering | ![]() |
| Vantage Engineering | ![]() |
| Scantech | ![]() |
| Nexus Technologies Group (Control Panel Shop) | |
Industries
Ready has evolved into a service provider working in multiple industries all over the world.
| Typical Industries | ||
|---|---|---|
| Power Generation | Mining | Agricultural |
| Power Distribution | Oil and Gas | Food Processing |
| Power Transmission | Petrochemical | Pulp & Paper |
Clients
Ready's customer base consists mainly of heavy industrial facilities with sophisticated control systems and critical power distribution infrastructure.
| Typical Clients | ||
|---|---|---|
| Agropur | Alberta Envirofuels | Alberta Power |
| Alstom | AltaGas | APComPower |
| ATCO | Babcock-Hitachi K.K. | Bayer CropScience |
| Bird Construction | Bruce Power | Canbra Foods |
| Cascade Energy | Celanese | Clark Public Utilities |
| DAK Americas | DG Fairhaven Power | Dofasco |
| DSM Nutritional Products | Earth Tech | Elk Valley Coal |
| Ellison Milling | Encogen Northwest | EPCOR |
| Frito-Lay | Gas Transmission Northwest | Goal Line |
| Grande Cache Coal | Guadalupe Power | Hexion Specialty Chemical |
| Hitachi | Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting | INCO |
| IPEX | Keithley Electric | KEYERA Energy |
| KIK Tacoma | Lehigh Inland Cement | Life MedSpa |
| Luscar | Maple Leaf Pork | McCain Foods |
| MEG Energy | Metagenics | Milner Power |
| Navigo Energy | NeuCo | Northern Energy & Mining |
| Norwest | NRG Texas Power | PacifiCorp |
| Penn West | Petro-Canada | Pioneer Hi-Bred International |
| Portland General Electric | Prairie Mines & Royalties | Provident Energy Ltd |
| Quesco Turbomachinery Services | Redding Electric Utility | Scantech International |
| Syncrude Canada | Tenaska | Town of Mayerthorpe |
| TransAlta | TransCanada Pipelines | Trimark Engineering |
| Turbine Technology Services | Weatherford | West Fraser Mills |
| Western Biodiesel Inc | Whitecourt Power | Witdouck Farms |
| Zellstoff Celgar | ||
Our Locations
Ready is located in four different regional office in the both the USA and Canada. For specific inquiries and individuals please refer to our contacts page.
Edmonton Office |
| Ready Engineering Corporation |
| Box 3825, Suite 209, 215 McLeod Avenue |
| Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada T7X 3A4 |
| Phone: 780-960-6663 |
| Fax: 780-960-6664 |
Calgary Office |
| Ready Engineeering Corporation |
| Suite 2020, 840 - 7 Avenue S.W. |
| Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 3G2 |
| Phone: 403-301-5250 |
| Fax: 780-960-6664 |
Lethbridge Office |
| Ready Engineering Corporation |
| 540, 36th Street North |
| Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T1H 5H6 |
| Phone: 403-327-2919 |
| Fax: 403-327-2915 |
Olympia Office |
| Ready Technologies Incorporated |
| 101 North Capitol Way, Suite 301 |
| Olympia, Washington, USA 98501 |
| Phone: 360-413-9800 |
| Fax: 360-413-9801 |
Ready Engineering Corporate Capabilities Resume
For Industry Specific Experience, and our other company brochures visit our documents page.
For more information, e-mail info@readyengineering.com.





