Our Team
Rick Adams Associate, Specifier RSW | CET | LEED® Green Associate Calgary

A senior member of our National Specifications Group, Rick has helped shape numerous institutional and commercial projects, including hospitals, research laboratories, office towers, warehouses, petroleum installations, educational facilities, and retail designs. He brings his expertise to managing project teams, writing project specifications, researching materials, and assessing building envelopes. Rick is a mentor in our Calgary office, dedicated to facilitating clear communication between architects, engineers, interior designers, and outside consultants. With a guiding philosophy that understanding a concept means putting it into the simplest terms, Rick cultivates collaboration with clients that is honest, up-front, and deliberate. As a result, Rick is known for efficiently bringing projects across the finish line that meet our clients’ anticipated results.

What’s your favourite DIALOG initiative?
Milestones event. The foundation of a company’s success is based on how well it treats and appreciates its people. DIALOG excels in this.

What’s one thing about you that would surprise people?
I like opera, and I’m a volunteer for the Calgary Opera Society.

What’s your favourite pastime?
Travelling on/riding motorcycles.

What’s in your office snack drawer?
Single malt scotch.

Aut viam inveniam aut faciam (Latin for "I shall either find a way or make one")
Education

Certified Engineering Technologist
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology

Criminology
Mount Royal University

Registered Specification Writer
Construction Specifications Canada

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