big part of why the company was recently listed
        
        
          as one of Canada’s Best Managed companies in
        
        
          2013 by Deloitte.
        
        
          “We’re quite excited to be given the nod as
        
        
          one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies. The
        
        
          troops here are quite proud to be apart of this
        
        
          company and we’ve all worked very hard to be
        
        
          at this level. We work together as one big team
        
        
          here, because it’s a very fast paced environ-
        
        
          ment for us, so if one person needs help we
        
        
          all jump in and help out, that’s the fun part of
        
        
          it,” said Mike Heffernan, (aka Heff) Vice-Pres-
        
        
          ident of Operations for ASTOUND, a depart-
        
        
          ment which oversees production & fabrication,
        
        
          transportation, pull & preparation, installation
        
        
          and dismantle, shows services and asset man-
        
        
          agement.
        
        
          ASTOUND employees number approximately
        
        
          70-100 people serving an average of 300-600
        
        
          projects a year. Its Las Vegas and Oakville facili-
        
        
          
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