Building Success
by Finding the Perfect Fit: Aligning the right people with the right jobs Written and photographed by Mary Savage
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hen Roger Cundy, Barry Hanna and Bonnie Dolan decided to go into business, it wasn’t because they had a brilliant new invention.
Simply put, they followed their passion: to provide extraordinary service and quality products in an industry they knew extremely well. Roger and Barry met during the early ’80s while working in the lumber industry. Roger worked in contract sales and Barry worked in operations. During those years and while forging new business, they met Bonnie who was working in the manufacturing sector for a high-end mouldings company in sales and accounting. And although none of them realized it at the time, the colleagues would come together – about 10 years later – to form their own business. In 1993, the trio started Regal Building Materials Ltd. and they each brought about 20 years of experience to the table. It was the perfect partnership: contractor sales, operations and accounting, and their vision was to build the best business in the industry. Roger believed that success – in any market – came down to having the right people doing the right jobs, and 20 years later their track record is proof positive. Regal started as a modest five-person shop that operoper ated from two bays in a southeast Calgary business complex and it has evolved to become the city’s larglarg est supplier of interior doors, french doors, mouldings, locks, bathroom hardware and sheet goods.
The team at Regal Building Materials
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