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Recognizing excellence
Sponsored by Owens Corning Canada, the annual awards luncheon was emceed by Trevor Devnich, chair of the Calgary chapter, providing CSC with an opportunity to honour and recognize its outstanding members and associates.
CSC Life Award
The CSC Life Award is the highest accolade the association bestows on individuals in recognition of their service. This year, CSC members honoured Steve Gusterson, FCSC, CTR, and Peter Hiebert, FCSC, CTR, with the organization’s prestigious Life Award.
For more than 40 years, architects, contractors, and installers have turned to Gusterson for support with their architectural aluminum product selections and specifications. He has held numerous roles in his many years with Alumicor, and currently serves as vice-president, pre-construction, Canada.
Gusterson has been a member of CSC for more than 20 years, a certified technical representative since 2000, and has continuously been an active member of the Toronto chapter, serving in various positions and capacities since 2007, most recently as chapter director in 2020. He has been an instructor for the technical representative (TR) course and TR panel judge since 2012 as well as a long-standing instructor for CSC’s technical representative program since 2012.
His dedication has been recognized with several awards over the years and he was inducted into the CSC College of Fellows amid the pandemic in 2021.
He firmly believes in giving back to the design and construction industry. Outside of his involvement with CSC, Gusterson has been an active member of the Ontario Glass and Metal Association (OGMA) where he currently serves as acting vice-president. He assisted with the creation of the Ontario version of the “British Columbia Glazing Systems Specifications Manual,” which became the basis of the 2010 national version that is still referenced today. He also serves on the Architectural Technology Program Advisory Committee for Durham College. Prior to moving from Whitby, Ontario, to Pickering, Ontario, he also served on the Town of Whitby’s Local Architecture Conservancy Committee.
Gusterson is a person of high integrity and is dedicated to everything CSC. Since his first volunteering days he has demonstrated a capacity to accomplish any project with a quiet confidence that attracts many people to join in and work with him. He has the future successes of the association, at heart, and contributes to its betterment whenever possible.
Hiebert started life in humble beginnings, in a very religious home, with morals and ethics an integral part his upbringing, and intrinsic in forming who he is today. Growing up in a carpenter’s home, learning the construction industry was a regular part of his life, and his involvement in the construction industry now spans more than 40 years. Hiebert is a dedicated member of the Calgary chapter and is currently the general sales manager for Canada at Construction Specialties.
He has been a member of CSC for more than 25 years, a certified technical representative for over 20 years, and was inducted into the CSC College of Fellows in 2018. From early on he recognized not only what CSC could do for him, but how he could give back. He is a firm believer that what you put in will come back positively exponentially. The number of awards he has received, and the number of committees on which he has served and continues to serve, is evidence of his commitment, and contribution to the association at both the chapter and association levels.
