Crownsmen Partners

40,000,000 upgrades to a crushing facility, dredging in the Fraser River, and what happens when the big corporation takes over the small family run business. These are just a few of the topics covered with Mainland Construction Material President, Kevin Spenst.

Mainland Construction Materials (https://mainlandcm.com/) and their companies, Mainland Sand & Gravel (https://mainlandcm.com/mainlandsg/) and Winvan Paving (https://mainlandcm.com/winvan/) offer aggregates and asphalt materials, paving operations, construction services, logistics, and recycling all across Canada. Their parent company Summit Materials ( http://summit-materials.com/) is an industry leading materials-based company that supplies aggregates, cement, ready-mix concrete and asphalt in the United States, with Mainland Construction being their single Canadian company. Watch Episode Here: https://youtu.be/kagpjpFOWmw

CEO of Absolute Combustion, Koleya Karringten, joins Jerrod Downey for episode 8 of Crownsmen Energy to discuss developing their “high-performance combustion burners that meet expectations without compromising on environmental values.” Koleya shares the story of building the company with her father at only 21 years old, the challenges of partnering with inventors, seizing an opportunity to enter the aviation industry, and inspiring young women to enter into the tech and industrial space. Watch Episode Here: https://youtu.be/pUnYiJxCvQE

David Yager is President and CEO Winterhawk Well Abandonment and author of “From Miracle to Menace” https://www.miracletomenace.ca/ and he joined Crownsmen Energy to discuss the energy sector in Alberta and Canada. In the first part of the interview David discusses the Federal government’s funding of $1.7 billion into cleaning orphan and inactive wells. We then move on to Winterhawks new technology for the economical and environmentally responsible asset retirement (abandonment) of oil and natural gas wells. Later we discuss why he wrote “From Miracle to Menace”, the history and future of Alberta’s oil industry, and major political challenges the industry faces. Watch Episode Here: https://youtu.be/OhqJK6ZBP2o

Rick Zemlak, a partner at Lakewood Electric joins Jerrod Downey on The Crownsmen Show to discuss major mining and energy projects (https://www.lakewoodelectric.ca/projects/all-projects) like Coalspur Mine by Bighorn Mining in Hinton, Alberta and. Tidewaters (formerly owned by Husky) Oil & Gas Refinery in Prince George BC. Rick also discusses the development and integration of instrumentation (https://www.lakewoodelectric.ca/services/instrumentation) into the electrical sector, how Lakewood keeps a competitive advantage, the importance their company places on a genuine working relationship with indigenous communities, and how he approaches encouraging and connecting apprentices in the industry. This straight talking interview gives you insight into the leadership, skill, and transparency it takes to succeed in the competitive world of electrical contracting. Watch Episode here: https://youtu.be/W1c1KC1-cks

Turkana (https://turkana.ca/) is an innovative data and analytic service company offering a host of services built around it’s revolutionary imaging technology while fostering industry collaboration and integration of services through an Ultra Fast Universal Data Platform. The CEO and Founder of Turkana, Tim Davies (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-davies-9a71659/) joins Crownsmen Energy to discuss how the company has developed its technology, funding streams, and collaboration with major oil and gas companies. Watch Episode Here: https://youtu.be/7c0AUmGzq5I

SGS is a true global leader in inspection, testing, and verification services across all industries including mining, energy, transportation, manufacturing, construction, and agriculture. In this episode we focus on their geological services with Minerals Global Business Manager, Marc-Antoine Laporte. We unpack their service offerings including the application of machine learning to exploration targeting resource estimating, mine audits, project due diligence, 3D modeling along with highlighting projects around the world that give examples of these services.Watch Episode Here: https://youtu.be/i54RA5xDjTA

Acceleware is working towards a cleaner future for oil sands and heavy oil production. They have developed RF XL. Acceleware's RF XL (https://www.acceleware.com/technology/overview.html) is a transformative innovation that uses radio frequency ("RF") energy to heat and mobilize heavy oil and bitumen, resulting in dramatically cleaner and lower-cost production relative to traditional steam-based processes such as steam-assisted gravity drainage ("SAGD"). Mike Tourigny (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mtourigny/), VP of Commercialization and Laura McIntyre (https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-mcintyre-15941a19/), VP of Engineering at Acceleware join Crownsmen Energy to discuss the technology and the future of the oil and gas sector. Watch Episode Here: https://youtu.be/LFzkoMGwmUk

Is it possible to create a continuous source of green, clean, and affordable energy from deep earth? With governments moving towards carbon free fuels and lower CO2 emissions and consumers looking for alternative sources of energy outside traditional fossil fuels, there is certainly demand. Grant Strem, Chairman and CEO https://www.linkedin.com/in/grant-strem-017aa112/ of Proton Technologies http://proton.energy joined Crownsmen Energy https://www.crownsmen.com/news-events/energy/ to discuss their patented technology, the global hydrogen market, and the opportunities for the Canadian Energy sector. Watch Episode Here: 

The energy industry carries with it a new set of opportunities and challenges every day.  When Iggy Domagalski  the CEO of Tundra Process Solutions sat down to speak with host Jerrod Downey for Crownsmen Energy  he laid out a thoughtful and clear approach to navigating companies through both good and bad days. He discussed his journey from Winnipeg with a finance background to running an industrial process supply company and the influence reading “How To Buy a Good Business at a Great Price” by Richard Parker had on his business career. Iggy also lays out the growth strategy of Tundra including acquisitions, taking on more product lines, and expanding geographic territories. Later in the interview he discusses why it was so important to expand Tundra’s philanthropic reach including being an “Imagine Canada” accredited company and developing their own business and product incubator program “Acceleration Centre for Entrepreneurs (A.C.E.)”. Watch Episode Here: https://youtu.be/p7I25EHVNrk

Where will the next generation of mining equipment operators, managers, and leaders come from? How do mining operators and contractors not only attract your talent but retain employees? These are just a few of the topics covered in this episode of The Crownsmen Show https://www.crownsmen.com/show/ featuring the Turner Mining Group www.turnermining.com President Keaton Turner linkedin.com/in/keaton-turner-b400a34b who founded the company at only 27.

“We don’t build bridges. We don’t dig landfills. We are 100% mining.” is the first thing you see when visiting the Turner Mining website. The mining service contractor has found its niche in being able to deliver services on multiple sites for companies who own operations across the United States by having representation across the country who has a deep understanding of each state's regulations and culture. This strategy has been key to them becoming one of the most trusted mining service contractors in North America. Watch Episode Here: https://youtu.be/L2gpKdDNAKM