THE CONSTRUCTION SOURCE CANADA “When it comes to fabric building structures, we can handle everything from concept through to design right through to completion,” says Glynn Haughton, General Manager. “That’s what we want to be known for. We want our clients to come to us for a design-andbuild service.” The first iteration of Edge Innovations was founded in 1974 in the United Kingdom. When founder Rick Haughton came to Alberta in 1998, he brought the company with him, originally a different name. Initially, in Canada, he focused on ‘specialty construction’ – which meant the company did the kind of complex projects that other companies didn’t want to do. Some of the early clients, for example, specialized in civil engineering, and their projects involved construction underground systems and reservoirs. Other early clients specialized in commercial engineering, and their jobs involved the installation of specialty equipment for highrise buildings. In 2008, the company rebranded and officially became ‘Edge Innovations.’ That’s when they started getting into fabric building structure solutions. They did some major projects with that typology and discovered how versatile and effective it was. They liked the quick turnaround, fast construction timelines, and cost “When it comes to fabric building structures, we can handle everything from concept through to design right through to completion,” says Glynn Haughton, General Manager. “That’s what we want to be known for. We want our clients to come to us for a turnkey solution.”
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