Company | Roberts Onsite

Roberts Onsite has over 80 years of experience providing multi-trade services for all types of building-related operations, energy systems and process machinery installations.

We provide maintenance and installation expertise for communications infrastructure; building automation systems; energy installations; piping; lighting; and more.

We have a technician for that

Our team of over 250 of the industry’s most skilled trades people have the experience and skills to complete a wide variety of capital improvement and maintenance projects.

On-site service

We operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Celebrating 80 years of success

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What have we been up to for 80 years?

Performing over 500,000 service calls.
Working 24 million hours.

How have things changed in 8 decades?

Copper prices in 1938 were $0.11/lb. Copper prices in 2018 were $2.50/lb.
Steel prices in 1938 were $25.50/ton. Steel prices in 2018 were $300/ton.

Electrical was added as a service in 1938.

We have installed enough cable to go around the Earth.
We were instrumental in converting the Kitchener-Waterloo area from 25 hertz service to 60 hertz.

Mechanical, HVAC and Pipe Fabrication Shop included as a service in 1980

We have installed enough pipe to go from Toronto to New York City!

Millwrighting and Rigging were included as a service in 1984.

We have installed 50 million pounds of equipment and support steel
We have recycled 30 million pounds of scrap metal.
We have installed over 2000 robots.

Communications included as a service in 1998

We have installed enough cable to go from the North to South pole.

Automation Controls and Engineering included as a service in 2012

Over the last 6 years, we have completed 140,000 programming hours.

Utilities included as a service in 2014

For a single customer, we have maintained 2,500 light standards at 50 commercial properties located between Windsor and Toronto.

Thank you for 80 years of success!

Roberts Onsite Inc. Multi-trade Excellence

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In 1938, Bill Roberts Sr. founded Roberts Electric with electricity becoming an increasingly important energy source for the diverse range of manufacturers in the Kitchener-Waterloo area. As the cities continued to grow and prosper, he focused on the installation and service of oil burners. Over the next two decades the company established a reputation for quality workmanship and service.

In 1997, Ted Schlotzhauer from On-Site Inc. purchased the company from the Roberts family. He continued his expansion in 2000 with the purchase of Kearsley Electric Limited to add the commercial electrical market. By 2008 Kearsley merged with the Roberts Group Inc. and then two years later the Roberts Group Inc. and the On-Site Group Inc. became Roberts Onsite. One year later in 2011 Roberts Onsite Inc. joined the Black & McDonald group of companies as a wholly owned subsidiary.

Today Roberts Onsite Inc. offers a variety of services in seven areas of operation: electrical, mechanical, millwrighting and rigging, HVAC and building services, communications, life safety systems, and engineering and industrial solutions.

This multi-trade offering lowers overall costs to its customers and provides single-sourced value in every project. Markets now range from automotive to commercial, consumer products, educational institutions, energy, environmental and more.

Throughout it all Roberts Onsite is dedicated to the safety of its workers and the job sites they work on. This safety-first approach extends beyond the Occupational Health and Safety Act and into the very fabric of the company itself. In fact, its company-wide site safety program is designed to exceed provincial regulations.

Roberts Onsite has hundreds of skilled trades people working for them. They consider these talented and experienced workers to be the best in the industry. Together with an equally talented and professional team of project managers, estimators and administrative staff the entire Roberts Onsite team lives up to the reputation Bill Roberts Sr. started over 75 years ago: quality, workmanship, and service.

The integration of these trades and services has simplified processes and brought intense focus to three key areas:

Process: supporting the manufacturing and processing industry with turn-key solutions to get your product in motion.
Building: whether your building project is a new facility or renovation, Roberts Onsite will contribute to its success.
Energy: expansion beyond the traditional and into new alternative energy.

To learn more about how Roberts Onsite can provide you with integrated multi-trade excellence for all process machinery installations, building-related services, and energy installation projects go to robertsonsite.ca.