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Think about the changes that have occurred over the past 30 years.

Consider that the mobile phone in 1979 was pretty much a novelty. Personal computers weren’t available. And there was no Internet, no email, no instant messaging or BlackBerries—tools that, if they disappeared today, would grind business to a halt. Heck, what office had a fax machine in 1979? Or a push-button telephone—did yours?

Keep thinking back. Who could have imagined the phenomenal growth that Alberta has experienced over the years? Or that the largest corporation in the world at that the time would be bankrupt?

Although I wasn’t here when the first Alberta Construction Magazine rolled off the presses three decades ago, I can tell you we’ve weathered a few changes as well. The magazine has seen its ...  >> Click here to read the entire message


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