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Cheers to 15 years
On September 12 we held our 15th anniversary event at ATCO Park with some very special guests in attendance….
3 Simple Strategies for Delivering Complex Projects Quickly
Nancy Southern is one of those rare people you meet in a lifetime who can make the outside world...
ATCO Icon: The power of collaboration
We’re extremely proud to officially launch this special feature video that tells the story of the making of the...
Heavy joins AAA at their bi-annual “The Creatives – Banff Sessions”
Heavy Industries wrapped up a successful first-time presentation at the Alberta Association of Architect’s (AAA) 2018 “The Creatives” sessions...
How to create engaging public art: Perspectives from international artist Thorsten Goldberg
When it comes to delivering powerful experiences through public art, German artist Thorsten Goldberg knows a thing or two...
Sandford Imaginetics Project
Check out one of the latest projects Heavy Industries has brought to life with Second Story. This Sandford Imaginetics…
Heavy’s Plan-Build: Carrington
While Heavy has the opportunity to plan and build art installations all across North America, we still enjoy adding...
TELUS Sky – LEED Platinum Calgary Skyline
Earlier this month TELUS announced plans to build a 58-storey, mixed use tower on the 7th avenue block of...
Top 5 Qualities to Look for in a Fabricator
Over the years, we at Heavy Industries have identified what qualities have been the most vital for us to…
What’s Trending in Design and Architecture? IIDEX Canada, 2013
With Canada’s national design and architecture expo just over a week away, a buzz is in the air. What…
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Nothing is impossible for our team of highly skilled creative professionals. We embrace the unconventional to achieve disruptive levels of innovation. We approach challenges with integrity and leverage the power of collaboration to uncover blind spots and amplify creativity. Serving as your single point of contact, we develop simple methods to achieve complex results.
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"The signs are looking fantastic. What a great contribution to our community's appeal and vision. Please pass on my thanks and appreciation to your design and production team!"
Jean Anne Fraser, Director of Planning & Technical Services | Town of Hinton
"Very much appreciated your creative problem solving and support throughout the process."
Deborah McBride Wilson, Senior Associate | BKDI Architects
"They embraced our concept and created a design and implementation schedule that exceeded our expectations."
Val Dearden, Special Projects Manager | Town of Edson
"Heavy has the creative and artistic intelligence combined with technical knowledge to add significant value to the creation of our work."
Georg Zey, Artist | Inges Idee
"Your fabrication quality and advanced processes have made Heavy Industries a natural fit for fabricating the complex public art projects we are currently undertaking."
Georg Zey, Artist | Inges Idee
"In a world of limited imagination and intellect builders, your firm clearly stands out."
Jim Hill, Founder and President | Esker Foundation
"You proactively dealt with glitches before they had a chance to derail the project and I appreciated how you were transparent about the ins and outs of what was going on throughout our time working together."
Michael Fishman, Senior Associate | Stantec
"I was impressed by your ability to integrate lighting, steel structures, concrete sculptures, cedar and concrete benches, and coloured flatwork into one set of entrance features"
Michael Fishman, Senior Associate | Stantec
"Heavy works in a creative fashion with highly effective procedures and methods form preliminary concept to integrated design all the way through project delivery. They really know how to take a creative concept and turn it into a reality."
Todd Urquhart, Senior Project Manager | Clark Builders
"Leadership, vision and a passion for excellence combined with talent, skill and expertise are all qualities that we found all throughout Heavy Industries — from top to bottom"
Todd Urquhart, Senior Project Manager | Clark Builders