1962
Normac was founded by Alphonse Norkum & Gerald W. MacDonald
Shop/office location was in Schumacher near the ONR (back then)
1968
Gorf was founded by President, Alphonse Norkum
1972
Gorf Office was built on 11 acres of land off Hwy 101 in Porcupine Ontario backing onto Bobs Lake
Original number of employees ranged from 20-80 people dependent on the scale of projects at hand
1974
Shop was built attached to main office
1 addition of shop size was 80 x 140
1975
An additional 80 x 40 shop space was added
1977
East annex addition 40 x 60 was built
1982
Mark Norkum appointed President
(Second Generation)
1995
North annex addition of 30 x 60
2008
Nova Business of the year with 50+ employees
2013
Construction Trade Employer Apprenticeship Nova Award
2013
80 x 100 was built completing the 36,000 square foot shop that remains today.
2014
Northern TEL Technology Nova Award
2018
Gorf received the OPG Lifetime Achievement Award – 50 years
2020
Brad Norkum appointed CEO
(Third Generation)
2021
Timmins Construction Association Safety Achievement Award
50,000+ hours with zero LTI (lost time injury) 2018,2019,2020
2022-2023
Galloway Project
2024
Timmins Construction Association Safety Achievement
50,000+ hours with zero LTI 2020, 2021, 2022