WH Canon Company is number 41 on this year's
Landscape Management "LM 110" list, which ranks companies nationally by revenue. The company's work can be seen all over Metro Detroit, including the LEED-certified Ford Rouge Plant in Dearborn. "That was a big project, a great project for us," says Karl Koto, project manager and landscape architect.
Other LEED projects that WH Canon has been involved with include the Kresge Foundation and Fairlane Green shopping center in Allen Park as well as construction on the Detroit RiverWalk. While most of their work is local, they have been commissioned for work in Texas, St. Louis, Chicago and Ohio.
WH Canon was founded in 1993 by president William Canon. While employment is seasonal, it averages 160 to 200 in the summer. "We expanded quite a bit several years ago and have somewhat leveled off," says Koto. "We have had consistent growth, billing-wise, every year, and we are at a good number for our size."
Koto has observed a shift in the type of work the company is doing because the new housing market has dried up. "There's been more investment in hospitals and universities, so our work has been more of that."
Source: Karl Koto, WH CanonWriter: Kelli B. Kavanaugh
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