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.