Testimonials

East Coast Hydraulics NFLD. Limited

"East Coast Hydraulics has looked to D.F. Barnes for their expertise in a wide variety of marine and industrial applications for over 5 years. Prompt reliable service, reasonable rates and exceptional workmanship are just a few of the reasons East Coast Hydraulics chooses D.F. Barnes for all of our machining and fabricating needs."

Andrea Blagdon Branch Administrator

East Coast Converters Limited

East Coast Converters Limited has been using the services of your firm for 27 years, and all too often companies like yours are taken for granted. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the exceptional service and quality you have provided throughout the years. As you know, our plant runs 24 hours a day and without a machine shop capable of your performing quick turnaround with top-notch quality we wouldn’t survive.

Again, thank you for being such a good corporate supplier.

Yours truly,

Christopher Hutton Plant Manager

CCGS Teleost Main Trawl Winch Repairs

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you and your employees for the excellent workmanship you performed recently on the main trawl winches for the CCGS “Teleost.”

Your workmanship and the manner in which your employees conducted themselves was of the highest professional standard.

The complete dismantling and total rebuilding of both main trawl winches was completed in a very timely manner. Sea trials were completed successfully without the assistance of a field service representative from the winch manufacturer.

Thanks again,

Albert Mullowney Marine Engineering Supervisor Vessel Support Canadian Coastguard

Atlantic Pilotage Authority

Over the past year we have had cause to call on D. F. Barnes Ltd. to do some aluminum repair work on two of our vessels. This work had to be carried out in extremely difficult weather conditions and involved a lot of innovative and imaginative thinking as well as professional workmanship. I am pleased to say that we were satisfied on all accounts by the labour, cost, thought, and working time that D. F. Barnes Ltd. brought to both of our very different, but equally difficult, projects. I would have no hesitation in hiring this company in the future to undertake any of our aluminum repair or fabrication jobs.

Yours respectfully,

Edmund (Ned) S Lamont, Shore Engineer, Atlantic Pilotage Authority

Technip-Offshore UK Ltd.

Just a note of thanks for the efforts of yourself and your team last week. The effort and standard of work is much appreciated, especially with the short timescale involved.

Thanks & Regards,

Chris Colquhoun Project Engineer PMT 06 Technip-Offshore UK Ltd.

Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

Dear Mr. Byrne:

I am writing to thank you and your staff for providing me with the opportunity to Visit your business and see first-hand how your operations run on a daily basis. I understand that your staff complement at D.F. Barnes has increased tenfold in the last few years, but that your lost-time injuries have been substantially reduced. That speaks volumes about the competency and safe working habits of your staff but it also speaks to your effective leadership. Your energy and enthusiasm are the epitome of entrepreneurship and make it easy to understand how your group of companies is enjoying such a high level of success.

The rapid growth of the oil and gas industry in Atlantic Canada has provided exciting opportunities for new and innovative business, and yours exemplifies how local companies are ready to meet the challenges and seize the opportunities. It is this type of innovation and commercialization that encourages the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, and we are proud to play a role in your company’s success. Atlantic Canada has an abundance of innovative, world class companies and D.F. Barnes is certainly one for others to emulate.

I am sure the growth of D.F. Barnes will continue under your leadership, and will provide additional employment opportunities for Atlantic Canadians in the future.

It was a pleasure to meet with you, and I look forward to hearing good things in the future about the D.F. Barnes group of companies. Thank you again for your hospitality. Please pass on my appreciation to your staff.

Yours Sincerely,

Peter G. MacKay. Minister Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency