Rugby Players have Brawn, and Brains Too

You can see more of the house today. The piles of lumber are getting smaller. The scrap pile is small, but slowly becoming the biggest pile.

A house is more than sticks and stones. There is a lot of heart in a house. Our process began with a sales person. Then there was the designer that drew up the plan and the team that estimated the cost and the necessary materials. Finally, there are the many tradespeople that actually construct it and create a home.

The framers on the house are Ross, Russ, Mike and Chad. They are handsome young farm boys from Southern Alberta. Yes, that's right, they are classic rednecks. They just don't act like rednecks. Two of them play rugby. One of them even missed work after an injury, in spite of the fact that rugby is a gentlemen's (women's) game that doesn't lead to injuries. In spite of being fairly young, they are very skilled carpenters. They also work hard, so the framing is going fast. (If it doesn't seem fast it is because they had to leave for a week to put the roof on another house. We can't get them lumber fast enough!) My favorite part of construction is dealing with all the characters that build houses for our company. I am proud to be associated with these, and many other, great people. They are talented, hard working and want to do a good job every day.