THE CONSTRUCTION SOURCE CANADA Photo: MADStudio Co look at that. When there’s an issue, are they just throwing everybody else under the bus? Or do they step up and take responsibility?” An example of a supplier who fits Appenzell’s criteria is Home Hardware in Revelstoke. They are independently-owned, genuinely Canadian company that has the backing of a national corporation, but that still offers small town service to local builders like Appenzell. Appenzell has been working with them closely for over five years. Moving forward, Appenzell’s goal is to continue to strengthen their relationshipswithpartners like that. As they grow, they also hope to find partners who fit that bill – and they do want to grow, Cameron says, they just mean to do it “methodically.” “I’ve watched a lot of builders go from 0 to 100 and lose control,” he says. “I don’t want to lose control. I don’t want to risk compromising my quality. I want to grow one step at a time.” Astheygrow,onethingCameron hopes to do is build more of his own homes on spec. That way, he can build as sustainably and environmentally-efficiently as he wants to. He would love to do a fully passive home, for example, and he hasn’t yet been able to do that for a client. Lastly, as previously mentioned, Appenzell is also interested in doing more multi-family work for developers. Cameron believes that’s where he can make the most difference from an environmental perspective – simply because they are building multiple homes at once, instead of just one, and the more efficient homes they can build, the better. “There are other builders out there building passive houses,
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