STEVE IRWIN
After working with DCC during a 36-year military engineering career,
retiring at the rank of Brigadier General, Steve Irwin knew what the
company was capable of achieving when the Afghanistan mission
moved from Kabul to Kandahar in 2006. “Our concept was to provide
a DCC office in Kandahar that would provide the full spectrum of
services in the way we would do it in Canada,” says DCC’s now-retired
Vice-President, Operations, who made numerous visits to Afghanistan,
first in a military role and subsequently on DCC management trips.
He calls the result of DCC’s efforts in the country profound. “It’s
brought DCC and DND a lot closer together. The operational folks
at DND recognize the capabilities that DCC has. We’re now in their
doctrine and how they would organize the