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For over six decades, UCEL Inc. has delivered Safe, Reliable, Durable, and Innovative vertical access solutions for hundreds of residential and ICI projects across Canada.

Founded in 1963 by Frank Csaszar, a Hungarian immigrant and industry pioneer, UCEL (formerly Urban Construction Equipment Limited) became Canada’s first construction hoist company. Frank’s earlier ventures, including Cazar Equipment Company, laid the groundwork for UCEL’s leadership in material hoisting, masonry, and derrick crane operations dating back to the early 1950s.

A family-operated for three generations, UCEL has built its reputation on providing Safe, Reliable, and Durable Equipment, as well as expert service. Our success stems from decades of experience, technical expertise, strong partnerships with leading European manufacturers, and staying focused to our true core values of Care, Innovation, Growth, and Service.Today, UCEL provides solutions for temporary and permanent rack-and-pinion elevator, and Permanent Façade Access Equipment. Serving as an exclusive distributor of these systems across Canada and the northeastern United States for more than 20 years. Our commitment remains steadfast — to enhance productivity, save time and cost, and ensure the highest level of safety on every project we support.

Ucels Core Values

care

Taking ownership and delivering excellence for your craft, your teammates and our reputation

Innovation

Relentlessly solving problems, challenging conventions, and searching for new possibilities.

Growth

Advancing our business, elevating your potential and ours, and learning without end.

Service

Putting the most important stakeholders first, to build lashing trust.
Engineering

The Urban Construction Equipment team prides itself on delivering the right solution for each and every job. No matter how complex. 

Each job is custom designed by our team of sales people and engineers who have been working in unison personally for over 30 years. To budget and the highest standards of quality in our locale, Urban construction always delivers more than satisfactory results at competitive prices.

UCEL has pioneered many of the technologies and techniques used in today’s hoisting industry. Check through our company history to see why Urban Construction is a leader in today’s rack and pinions hoist market.

Manufacturing

UCEL only partners with the world’s leading manufacturers of heavy construction and industrial hoist and elevators. Our manufacturing partner delivers equipment world wide to some of the most demanding projects around the globe.

They have certifications from some of the most stringent safety and quality authorities in the world. This is to assure our customers of the quality and reliability of our equipment. Among the highest grade in the marketplace, they are ISO9001 certified. 

THE EARLY DAYS

Here is a photo of one of the Csaszar family’s machines on the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Tower, Montreal in 1961 – which at the time was the tallest building in the British Empire. UCEL Inc. has been providing vertical man and material moving equipment ever since

HISTORY

Since inception UCEL has been Toronto’s choice for vertical access equipment to perform on demanding jobsites such as Ice Condos, Harbour Plaza and 10 York. UCEL has been relied on to provide equipment on 11 of Toronto’s 20 tallest buildings.

DEALERSHIPS

In 2002 UCEL became a representative of Stros products throughout Canada and America. Since then we have built the brand into a premiere supplier of durable, safe and reliable products. Over 700 units have been imported to Canada and America since then. We have since become champions of their excellent quality product and expanded our service offering to Transport Platforms, Mast Climbers, Swing Stages and Material Hoists.
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