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Spread the word to full and part-time staff, managers etc.
Members have received a poster in their membership package to post in their staff room! Call the WRLA if you wish to receive more!

Applications available at www.wrla.org

CLICK HERE to visit the WRLA Bursary & Scholarship page

 


Eighteen holes of golf will teach you more about your foe than will 18 years of dealing with him across a desk. ˜Grantland Rice




The Terry Yates Memorial Golf Tournament will be held August 23 at The Links at Quarry Oaks, Steinbach, MB. This will be a Best Ball Scramble tournament with a shot gun at 11:00 am. You don’t want to miss it!

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This will be the sixth year for the WRLA Calgary Classic held September 1 at the Sundre Golf Course just on the outskirts of Calgary. Mike Doyle Jr. from The Home Improvement Warehouse in Calgary will host this popular fund raising tournament.

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The season would not be complete without the WRLA Kenosee Golf Tournament held September 8 in Moose Mountain, SK. Get a team together! 

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Industry News


The Third Canadian Quality Congress, June 27-29, 2011
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
http://www.canadianqualitycongress.com/




Special Sessions, Workshop, Keynote Address on ...
QUALITY IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES ... FOR YOUR SHORT TERM COMPETITIVENESS AND LONG TERM BUSINESS SUCCESS.

Attend Keynote address by: Dr. Jim Harrington, Monday Morning, June 27, 2011.
Known as guru of quality and pioneer in the total quality management (TQM) application, Dr. Jim Harrington is the Past President and Chairman of Board of American Society for Quality (ASQ) and the International Academy for Quality (IAQ). He has authored 35 books on TQM and is the CEO of Harrington Institute Inc; based in San Jose, CA, USA. Topic: Dr. Harrington will talk about quality imperatives for construction industries and show how to win customers with total quality management programs and make money.

Attend Two half-day Workshop, Monday & Tuesday, June 27 & 28, 2011, by Gregg Schoppman, P.E; and Dr. Jim Harrington.
In a very easy to understand style of coaching, the instructors will explain how quality management within the construction industry should not mean higher costs. Through better planning, better management and better communication upstream and downstream, improved quality can actually be a cost saver.

Learning Objectives: To understand what’s changing in the industry, find out how these changes impact your business, identify practical tools that impact quality, examine the correlation between productivity and quality through better planning, examine the key metrics that provide measures of great quality.

For further information go to www.CanadianQualityCongress.com
 .or, Contact: Tel. 1+204-261-6606; Toll-Free (US and Canada) 1-888-286-4473, Email: TQRFcanada@shaw.ca 

 
Will Alberta be short 77,000 workers by 2019 as a recent report by Alberta Employment and Immigration predicts? It’s a headline figure that certainly attracts the attention of human resource departments, so it’s worth examining in more detail.

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Calendar of Events

August. 12. 2011
WRLA Bursary Application deadline
www.wrla.org

August 18 - 20, 2011
The Orgill 2011 Fall Dealer Market
Boston, MA
www.orgill.com

August. 23. 2011
WRLA Terry Yates Memorial Golf Tournament
Quarry Oaks Golf Club, Steinbach, MB
www.wrla.org

September 1. 2011
Calgary Classic
Sundre, AB
Mikejr@thehomeimprovementwarehouse.com

September 8. 2011
WRLA Kenosee Golf Tournament
Kenosee Lake, SK
ddlumber@sasktel.net


CLICK HERE to view the complete calendar

 
Member Updates

NEW ASSOCIATE MEMBER

Ainsworth
P.O. Box 49307
Suite 3194 - 1055 Dunsmuir Street
Vancouver, BC V7X 1L3
Phone: 604-661-3200
Phone Toll Free: 877-661-3200
Fax: 604-661-3275
Main Contact: Norman Kwok
marketing@ainsworthengineered.com
www.ainsworth.ca
(Manufacturer)
Engineered wood products, oriented strand board (OSB)

 
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