About Us – RMS Group

About RMS Group

We have played, and continue to play, an integral role in the construction and development of over 3 Million square feet of commercial / industrial properties as well as the servicing of hundreds of acres of land all across Western Canada.

In our 30 years of operation we have provided design build facilities on a purchase or lease-back basis for numerous major international oilfield and wholesale corporations in order to help meet their real estate requirements. We have aligned ourselves with major Canadian Real Estate Equity Funds which allow us the ability to bring them in as a partner on larger projects that we manage. We are highly successful in customizing and implementing our Purchase / Lease Back Programs by tailoring them to each of our clients’ specific needs.

The RMS Group provides proven expertise and manpower to build in small, mid-sized and larger market locations. This gives us the advantage of being much more cost effective than others might be, which is particularly evident when completing specialty projects in smaller, remote locations. Some of the areas we have and continue to build in are Edmonton, Red Deer, Fort McMurray and Grande Prairie, Alberta, along with Kamloops and Fort St. John, British Columbia.

Taken from ‘Taking Care of Business’ Alumnait, Summer 2003

When Curtis Way graduated from NAIT’s Business Administration – Management program in 1977, he wasn’t dreaming of boardrooms and corner offices. He was thinking about a future filled with hammers, nails, saws and two-by-fours.

“Believe it or not, I apprenticed as a carpenter,” says Curtis, now 46. “I wanted to get into the homebuilding and construction side of the field and I took Business at NAIT to get there. But I soon realized that carpentry was not my direction in life.”

In the Alberta boom of the late 1970s, jobs in construction were not difficult to come by. With his carpentry experience and business education, Curtis quickly became a project manager. “In those days, you could be a kid in your early twenties and manage a highrise project with a multimillion-dollar budget,” he says. “You just wouldn’t see that today. It was a real reflection of just how hot the business was at the time.”

Curtis built up a track record of managing projects completed on time and on budget, but in 1989 he reached a professional crossroads. “I was working as a project manager with a contractor on a large project in Grande Prairie and they didn’t like to pay people a salary. They told me they preferred working with companies. So I had a choice to make,” Curtis says. “Like any major decision, this was a tough one. I had a wife and two children and I really agonized over this. When you’re self-employed, there’s always a question of where your next paycheque is coming from.”

Curtis decided to stick with the project and co-founded a development company, then created Royal Management Services Inc. in 1994. Thanks to Curtis’ project management experience, the company has a wide range of expertise and is able to spread its time between land subdivisions, large retail centers and multi-family complexes. In the last nine years, Curtis has more than 500,000 square feet developed, and counting.

“At first, Royal Management was just me and a phone. Now, our menagerie includes nine staff members and we’ve done a lot of great things,” Curtis says. “Looking back, I wouldn’t change a thing.”

RMS GROUP SERVICES

Capital Regional Housing is a Joint Venture Partner with the RMS Group, Pine Creek Manor is home to 174 families; of which 35 are subsidized. This innovative partnership is the first of its kind in Alberta, which allows for the integration of affordable rental units into a market housing development project.

IN THE COMMUNITY

The Salvation Army is The RMS Group’s charity of choice. Over the years we have significantly contributed to their great cause. We believe in what The Salvation Army does and hope, in some small way, that we are helping to make people’s lives better.