Tracing the history of this association takes us back to the 1920s when millwork operators in the Vancouver area were trying to create a better climate for the industry. From these efforts the Mainland Millwork Association was created and incorporated in 1948. The Mainland Millwork Association became The Architectural Woodwork Association in the 1950’s. The Architectural Woodwork Association, the defacto Canadian chapter of the AWI, sent representatives to AWI National Conventions. During the early 1960s this group, in turn, was succeeded by the Millwork Manufacturers Association, and operated within the province of British Columbia, Canada. In the late 1960 s, Gary Nikolai of Vancouver, British Columbia, traveled across Canada promoting a national woodworkers association called the Architectural Woodwork Manufacturers Association of Canada, in short, AWMAC. The first meeting of this new association was called to order at 2:15 PM on September 25, 1970 at the Bayshore Inn in Vancouver, BC. In attendance were: Gary Nikolai (BC), Sim Antuma (Alberta), Gus Frenzel (Saskatchewan), Bob Newmann (Manitoba), Doug Wignal (Ontario), Ben Farquhar (Nova Scotia). During this meeting Gary Nikolai was elected as President, and W.C. (Bill) Ellison was appointed as Secretary/Treasurer. The AWMAC Constitution and By-Laws were sealed and recorded by the office of the Minister of Industry Science and Technology on January 28, 1994. The AWMAC membership is comprised of local chapter contractors, associate and life members plus honorary national members. The local chapter elects one representative to be an AWMAC director. The directors in turn elect the AWMAC officers. The Millwork Contractors Association of BC Manual was revised and adopted as the AWMAC Quality Standards for Architectural Woodwork Manual. The first Manuals were distributed in the spring of 1972. The AWMAC Quality Standards for Architectural Woodwork has become the authoritative guide used as the national standards for designing, detailing and specifying architectural woodwork across Canada. Revised editions were published in 1978, 1984, 1991 and 1998. The AWMAC Guarantee and Inspection Service (GIS) Program was initiated by AWMA-BC in 1990. After four years of promotion and fine-tuning, the GIS Program was adopted as a national program during the 1994 General Meeting in Calgary. The GIS Program is a tool designed to monitor projects specifying the AWMAC Standards. The program assures that the architectural woodwork is supplied and/or installed in accordance with the AWMAC Quality Standards for Architectural Woodwork. The main thrust of the association has always been to promote and improve quality standards while keeping pace with new products and technology in the Architectural Woodwork Industry.
Awmac is High River-based company (Alberta, Canada) with a phone number 4036527685. Our data show that the company is located at the address: 4 St. W # 516. The company has a web site: www.awmac.com.
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