The AMBA board of directors would like to pay tribute to John Weran who passed away on September 5, 2024. John spent over 41 years in construction and manufacturing, was a member of the Architectural Cladder Committee and served as an AMBA board member for 20 years.
AMBA Newsletter: Summer 2024
Derek Traviss Receives The Jim Mitchell Memorial Award
Congratulations to Derek Traviss!
Walter Gegolick from Vantage Builders, presented employee, Derek Traviss with the $1,500 AMBA Jim Mitchell Memorial award for completion of his 2nd year in the MBSE program. Congratulations Derek!
If you are an AMBA member and have an employee enrolled in NAIT or SAIT’s MBSE program, they may be eligible to receive an AMBA bursary or award. To learn more about this program click HERE.
Women in Trades
Women Leading and Building Canada’s Future
Empowering women-identifying individuals to pursue a career in the Red Seal skilled trades
In partnership with the Government of Canada’s Canadian Apprenticeship Strategy – Women in Skilled Trades, NAIT aims to support more women-identifying individuals pursuing a career in the Red Seal skilled trades before 2027 by:
providing financial supports to reduce financial barriers
hosting networking and conference events aimed at facilitating learning opportunities for women in the trades (see below for scheduled dates).
providing EDI training and curriculum review for skilled trades program instructors and staff at NAIT.
providing workplace EDI training to support employers with more diverse and inclusive workplaces
Event schedule:
Conference: March 6, 2025
Networking events:
2024: June 12, September 25, November 27
2025: January 29, March 26 and May 28.
To learn more about this program: https://www.nait.ca/nait/schools-programs/school-of-skilled-trades/beyond-the-classroom/women-leading-and-building-canada-s-future
Nicole Mahoney RSE, Blue Seal Endorsed.
Interim Construction - Mechanical Department Head
School of Skilled Trades
AMBA 2024 Golf Tournament
Winning team Left to Right: Shane Meaver, Adam Samuelson, Chris Stewart, Kyle McKeown
We had a fabulous day for golfing! Ralph Ward’s contributions to AMBA and our industry was celebrated by 72 golfers. With almost every golf hole sponsored, we were able to raise enough money for some pretty amazing prizes and top up our Metal Building System Erector bursary fund.
It was also such an honour to have Nicole Mahoney from NAIT and Rob McCrea from AIT join us for the day. Our industry appreciates NAIT and the Government of Alberta for educating and certifying our metal building erectors.
The AMBA Golf Trophy went to the Curber Manufacturing team: Congratulations to Shane Meaver, Adam Samuelson, Chris Stewart and Kyle McKeown.
Proximity awards went to the following golfers:
Longest Putt: Geoff Seale
Closest to the pin: Steve Triance
Ladies Longest Drive: Nicole Mahoney
Men’s Longest Drive: Adam Samuelson
To view all the tournament photos click HERE.
Congratulations to our trophy winners and proximity award recipients. Thank you to all our hole sponsors, our members who generously donated prizes, Impact Graphics for supplying the Golf Tournament Banners and table cards and to all our golfers and AMBA members for supporting our metal building industry.
Apprenticeship and Industry Training
Ironworker MBSE Curriculum Guide is now publicly available in the Open Government Portal: https://open.alberta.ca/publications/ironworker-metal-building-systems-erector-apprenticeship-curriculum-guide.
Many thanks to Ken Lodwig who worked tirelessly over the last two years along with representative groups from the Ironworker (IW) industry and instructional staff to create this new AIT product that replaces the previous course outline.
AIT continues to work with IW stakeholders to prepare the release of new exams in fall/winter 2024 that align with the new curriculum guide.
If you are a final period apprentice, certified journeyperson, supervisor, employer, trainer or member of a stakeholder organization with knowledge of one or more skilled trades or Alberta’s apprenticeship system and are interested in sharing your ideas, opinions and expertise with AIT, apply now to participate in shaping your trade’s future: https://tradesecrets.alberta.ca/awarding-excellence/my-skilled-trades-network/.
Rob McCrea CT RSE
Apprenticeship Delivery and Industry Support Services
Ministry of Advanced Education
Message from the Chair: Summer 2024
Happy Spring!
A cold and wet spring has made construction challenging! While Alberta farmers are shouting from the roof tops, the same can’t be said for construction crews navigating mucky sites!
The AMBA board has been busy planning the 2024 Golf Tournament and steel building construction training sessions. Unfortunately, the response to the June 26 Curb Training session has been disappointing – erector companies have been too busy to take time away from building to attending the session. Although AMBA members identified training as one area where AMBA can provide value to the membership, the board needs more feedback on training timing and content so that we can ensure that we are working on initiatives that will be well supported and valued by our members.
AMBA’s 20th Golf tournament, hosted at The Ranch Golf and Country Club in Acheson, was a huge success. With almost all of the 18 holes sponsored and some generous donations, we were able to raise funds for Metal Building System Erector bursaries. The more seasonable weather was enjoyed by 72 golfers where we were able to celebrate Ralph Ward on ‘his game’ and his contributions to our industry and association. Thank you to all our sponsors and golfers for your support!
Your AMBA board remains committed to working with you, our industry partners. Your support, engagement and feedback are essential to strengthen and build our industry.