GDI's commercial facility services capabilities include commercial janitorial, installation, maintenance and repair of HVAC-R, mechanical and electrical systems, as well as other complementary services such as damage restoration and janitorial products manufacturing and distribution.
The agreement took effect on November 12, 2007, resulting in the formation of Distinction Group Inc. That same year, GDI was listed as a public company on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
Onn Dec. 21, 2007, under the leadership of Claude Bigras, President & CEO, GDI announced that it purchased all outstanding shares of Omni Facility Services Canada Limited, creating a leading North American building services provider with a network of 17 fully staffed offices in Canada and 8000 employees.
[6] In May 2015, GDI returned to the public markets through a reverse merger with investment and advisory firm Medwell Capital Corp. On July 24, 2015, GDI announced an agreement to acquire Ainsworth Inc., a Canadian company providing mechanical maintenance, HVACR, electrical, data transport cabling, and high-voltage services through 750 employees and 12 locations.
The acquisition enables GDI to provide remote facility monitoring, energy consumption management, equipment diagnostics and problem resolution, and real-time system performance data analytics.