ConTrac Equipment acquires Prairie Water & Equipment Sales

May 24, 2023

On May 24, 2023, ConTrac Equipment Ltd. has announced it has acquired the Camrose, Alberta-based Prairie Water & Equipment Sales Inc. Prairie Water will operate as a new division of ConTrac Equipment, providing land and environmental remediation and reclamation equipment rentals.

The acquisition includes about 400 machines that will be added to ConTrac’s existing fleet of more than 250 machines comprised of excavators, dozers, articulated trucks, graders and wheel loaders.

Based in Spruce Grove, Alberta, ConTrac Equipment was founded in 1999. Today, the company supplies machines to the pipeline, homebuilding, land development, roadbuilding and utilities sectors across Western Canada.

Miller Thomson advised ConTrac Equipment with a team led by Robert Anderson (Corporate/M&A) and comprised of Bruce N. Geiger, Spencer Einhorn, Nizar Dahrouge, Megan Kennedy, Kayla Romanow (Corporate/M&A), Melissa Timbres (Transactions & Leasing), Thomas V. Duke , Ian Wilson (Labour & Employment), Danielle Bouchard (Commerical Litigation) and Brendon Ho (Tax).