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About Competition Glass

BUILDING CONFIDENCE SINCE 1979

Competition Glass has been part of the commercial glazing industry for more than four decades, delivering projects, solving building problems and supporting clients across British Columbia and beyond.

Talk to usThe two sides of our business
  • Three Competition Glass vehicles, a pickup, a van and a glass-rack truck, parked in front of the original shop under its shingled canopy, with dry hills behind.
    The original Kelowna shop, and the whole fleet.
  • A glazier scoring a large lite on the shop bench, under COMPETITION GLASS KELOWNA, B.C. painted on the block wall behind him.
    Cutting glass on the bench in the Kelowna shop.
  • Three glaziers setting a large glass unit into its opening high above Okanagan Lake.
    Glazing in an era where quality and safety didn't jive.

What has not changed

Our business has grown, our markets have expanded and the systems we work with have evolved, but the fundamentals have not changed.

  1. Understand the work.
  2. Communicate clearly.
  3. Do what you say you are going to do.
  4. Stand behind the result.

That is still how we operate today.

Who we are

We are not trying to be everything to everyone.

Competition Glass is a commercial glazing contractor serving clients across multiple regions of British Columbia, with capabilities spanning major commercial glazing projects and dedicated Service & Maintenance. Contracting itself is let from the Kelowna office and covers British Columbia, the Yukon and Alberta.

We work with general contractors, developers, building owners, property managers, facility teams, consultants and institutional clients.

Our work ranges from complex curtain wall and commercial glazing contracts to emergency repairs, planned maintenance and ongoing building-envelope care.

We focus on the work we know and understand

  • Commercial Glazing Contracting
  • Curtain Wall
  • Storefront & Entrances
  • Commercial Windows
  • Architectural Glass
  • Doors & Hardware
  • Building Envelope Interfaces
  • Service & Maintenance
  • Repairs, Assessments & Planned Building Care

How we think

Good work starts long before installation.

The finished glass may be what everyone sees, but successful projects are built long before installation begins.

  • Every project depends on

    • Clear scope
    • Sound estimating
    • Planning
    • Coordination
    • Engineering
    • Procurement
    • Fabrication
    • Field execution
    • Communication
    • Quality control
    • Contract discipline
    • Closeout

  • Building Confidence means clients always know

    • What is included
    • What is not
    • What decisions are required
    • What risks exist
    • What the schedule looks like
    • What needs attention
    • Who owns the next action

    We do not believe confidence comes from saying everything will be easy. It comes from understanding the work, telling the truth and dealing with issues when they arise.

We believe the best contractors reduce uncertainty for everyone around them. That means identifying problems early, communicating clearly, making decisions, taking ownership and keeping the work moving.

How the business is organized

Two sides of our business.

Commercial Glazing ContractingFor larger construction projects, Competition Glass provides complete glazing delivery from preconstruction and estimating through engineering coordination, procurement, fabrication, installation and closeout.Explore Commercial Glazing Service & MaintenanceOur regional Service & Maintenance teams support existing commercial, institutional, strata, multi-family and industrial buildings with repair, maintenance, emergency response and proactive building care.Explore Service & Maintenance

Where we work

Local teams. Broader capability.

Competition Glass operates across British Columbia through teams that understand their local markets while being supported by the wider resources of the company. Commercial glazing contracting is let from Kelowna and covers British Columbia, the Yukon and Alberta.

The point is not simply to have dots on a map. It is to combine local relationships and market knowledge with the systems, purchasing power, project management and experience of a larger organization.Every team, with its own number →

Our people

People deliver projects.

Construction is still a people business. Drawings, software and systems matter, but ultimately projects are delivered by people who communicate, make decisions, solve problems and take responsibility. Every role contributes to the outcome.

  • Estimators
  • Project Managers
  • Construction Leaders
  • Superintendents
  • Fabricators
  • Glaziers
  • Service Technicians
  • Coordinators
  • Purchasing
  • Finance & Administration
  • Safety & Quality Leadership

What a day in each of these trades looks like →

Experience

Built through the work.

Since 1979, Competition Glass has worked across generations of commercial construction, from traditional storefront and punched-window systems to today’s complex curtain wall, architectural glazing and building-envelope assemblies.

That experience matters because buildings change, products change and construction methods change, but many of the fundamentals do not: good planning, proper installation, strong coordination and accountability.

The Competition Glass ownership group, five people standing together in front of the shop's overhead door.

Competition Glass, in figures

  • 1979

    In business since

  • 50+

    Team members

  • 200+

    Years of combined project-management experience

  • 10,000,000+

    Square feet of glass installed

  • $500M+

    In contracts delivered

  • $10M / $40M

    Bonding per project, and in aggregate

  • 4

    Service regions across British Columbia

Canadian and independently owned and operated

Safety & quality

Do it properly.

Safety and quality are not marketing departments. They are part of how the work is planned and executed.

Our approach includes

  • Qualified field leadership
  • Project planning
  • Site-specific safety requirements
  • Fabrication and material checks
  • Installation standards
  • Inspections and deficiency management
  • Documentation and closeout
  • Continuous improvement

Competition Glass is COR-certified through the BC Construction Safety Alliance.Every certification and association mark →

What we want clients to experience

What working with us should feel like.

  1. You know who is responsible.
  2. You know what is happening.
  3. You get a straight answer.
  4. Problems are raised early.
  5. Decisions are documented.
  6. The work keeps moving.
  7. And when something does go wrong, somebody owns it.
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