Ashton Construction Services (ACS) was born of family legacy and hometown commitment when Steve Ashton – the company’s founder, president, and CEO – launched the firm in October 2014 in Canmore, Alberta. Steve is a fourth-generation engineer who grew up in the area, and spent childhood summers shadowing his father, working on cottages, home renovations and joining his father on his routine construction site reviews. By age 10, he was already tinkering on his father’s engineering-design computer. “Construction is in my blood,” Steve says. After graduating from SAIT in Calgary in 2006 during a citywide boom, he found himself choosing among more than 40 job offers but ultimately wanted to return to the Bow Valley. Over the next eight years, Steve honed his craft on a $40 million multiplex – one complete with swimming pools, climbing walls and library spaces – before committing in 2014 to “strike out on my own back in Canmore.” Over 10 years later ACS stands as the Bow Valley’s largest commercial builder, serving a corridor that stretches from Kananaskis and Dead Man’s Flats through Canmore and Banff to Lake Louise. Within that region, they have an unrivalled reputation, which Steve says has powered their success. “Our community’s trust is our greatest asset,” he emphasizes. These days, the company is organized around two complementary service streams. The first delivers commercial interior renovations, such as retail, hospitality and office fit-outs, valued between $100,000 and $4 million. “We keep a dedicated crew for tenant improvements,” Steve explains. Whether it’s a boutique cafe in Banff, a high-end hotel lobby refresh, or the shell-andcore of a KFC in Canmore, each project benefits from a specialized team of superintendents, JUNE 2025
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