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It all began in 2007 when Steve Schouten started to build fences and decks; he must have completed jobs to everyone’s satisfaction as he was soon able to employ crews, purchase equipment and take on bigger jobs. Today he acts as CEO of his own company, Remuda Building and Supplies, which he formed in 2014 and is now known across the Prairies for the quality of its post-frame buildings. Much of his business is with the agricultural sector, which helped choose the name Remuda, a term used for a group of saddle horses from which ranch hands select the best mounts for the day.

Joined by Peter Vanderzwaag, who helped establish the company, Schouten chose to locate his office and yard in Rocky View County, east of Chestermere at Highway 9 toward Langdon. The office is home to a staff that includes in-house designers and engineers, as well as the usual administrative and marketing departments. A new 16,000-square-foot plant on an adjoining property manufactures posts, and within a couple of months an expansion will be completed and new equipment installed to manufacture trusses for a wide variety of customers — contractors, homebuilders and commercial construction.



The company, currently with a staff of 40, has grown to offer a broad range of post-frame buildings, from homes to massive structures that can cover spaces up to 120 feet wide and 500 feet long. Schouten says most of the business is in the Calgary region building for rural acreage owners, farmers, business owners and .

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