Contents Quarter 2 2021
2 Update from ARHCA CEO Ron Glen
4 ARHCA Board of Directors and Committee Chairs
5 ARHCA Committee Members
7 ARHCA Staff
8 ARHCA Board Introduction: Ian McKinnon, First Vice Chair
12 SUICIDE PREVENTION
Everyone Can Save a Life
The Buddy Up program brings suicide out of the darkness
ARHCA GOLF SEASON IS HERE!
18 Get Ready for Golf!
A message from Corinne Urquhart, ARHCA
19 Rivals on the Field, Partners in the Community
Stamps and Edmonton go head-to-head to support Kids Up Front
21 ARHCA Golf Season Title Sponsor: Barricades and Signs Ltd.
Committed to service, trusted to deliver
Golf Tournaments and Sponsors:
27 Edmonton, July 12, 2021: Windermere Golf and Country Club
34 Calgary, July 22, 2021: Sirocco Golf Club
40 Lethbridge, July 27, 2021: Paradise Canyon Golf Resort
44 Calgary, Aug. 19, 2021: Valley Ridge Golf Club
47 Grande Prairie, Aug. 26, 2021: The Dunes Golf & Winter Club
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
51 MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
When Mack Trucks Run in the Family
How Canada’s first ISO Certified heavy truck
dealership became a locally owned empire
53 SAFETY
Innovative Trenchless Underground
Construction Awareness Safety Training
The Alberta Municipal Health and Safety Association
recently launched an important training initiative
57 STARS
Thanking His Lucky STARS
Kurt Ferguson was working on a construction site
when an accident changed the course of his life; STARS
Air Ambulance was there when he needed it
59 EVERYDAY HEROES
Everyday Heroes
Encore Trucking pulled together to restore
power during the Waterton wildfire
61 CONSTRUCTION LAW
The Right to a Reasonable Opportunity to Repair
63 ADVOCACY
Driving Improvement
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