Volatility seems to be the status quo: War, stubborn inflation, financial market uncertainty, global energy shortages, rapidly rising interest rates and unprecedented bank defaults! When will we see a return to something a little more settled?
AMBA UFA Member Discount Update
AMBA Newsletter: Winter 2023
AMBA Featured Member: Vantage Builders
Vantage Builders’ quality and superior performance drive, derived from a strong sense of community values, work ethic, and pride. Over the years, Vantage Builders has worked collaboratively with clients, suppliers and trades to deliver outstanding projects. Although Vantage Builders’ history is rooted in Vegreville, this award-winning company has constructed successful projects throughout Alberta.
Congratulations to AMBA MBSE 1st Year Apprenticeship Bursary 2023 Recipient Andrew Hurley
Congratulations Andrew Hurley on receiving the AMBA Metal Building FIRST-YEAR Apprenticeship Bursary!
In 2020, Andrew graduated from high school in Lloydminster and was accepted to SAIT into the Diesel Equipment Technician program. Unfortunately, he found the online training and COVID regulations difficult to learn, so he returned to Lloydminster, unsure of his next steps.
Project Profile: Total Combustion Inc.
For over twenty years, Total Combustion Inc. (TCI) has been servicing oilfield companies across the globe with innovative and environmentally responsible combustion solutions. TCI designs and manufactures specialized equipment to efficiently incinerate casing gas emissions and other harmful by-product vapors, eliminating smoke and vapor while combusting harmful greenhouse gas.
We need your METAL BUILDING projects to promote metal buildings!
We promote metal buildings by educating buyers on the wide range of engineered metal building applications. AMBA features project profiles in our Newsletters, on our website and on all our social media platforms to target commercial, industrial, and institutional building owners – new build or retrofit.
Industry News: New Year, New Opportunity for Metal Buildings
Metal Construction News Article, New Year, New Opportunity for Metal Buildings, highlighted the challenges facing the metal building industry: supply chain and labour shortages, price volatility, finding and retaining qualified workers, rising interest rates, and uncertainty about what’s ahead.
“While we continue to grapple with the industry’s human resource challenges, we must not lose sight of influential market trends.”
AMBA Member News: Congratulations to Harv Friesen on his Retirement!
Harv Friesen has decided to retire and wind down Kesho Construction, an outstanding and reputable metal building erection company that has been in business for over 30 years!
Harv served on the AMBA board since the very beginning of AMBA (1995) and for over 18 years as a board director, he worked hard to encourage both young and older metal building erectors and workers to attend all available training and apprenticeship programs. As an owner of an erection company, Harv felt that it was important to promote the metal building industry as a legitimate and certified trade – he fully supported his workers through advanced education and training programs.
State of the Industry: January 2023
Four years of dealing with COVID and almost a year of enduring Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have had profound global effects. The world continues to struggle with volatile energy supply, extreme inflation, food insecurity and material and labour shortages. Central banks have aggressively raised interest rates to specifically target inflation.