Entering one of the three grain elevators that stand like giants over Kenaston, Sask., is like walking into a museum. Old-growth wood houses machinery from another era and rickety lifts with a dusty rope lead to the top of the 30-metre-tall tower. Rural landmarks like this one are on track to be nearly wiped from Saskatchewan’s map. They fall into disrepair — and subsequently fall victim to fire — or become more expensive to maintain than they’re worth, leading owners to topple them. But Alvin Herman looks at each weathered board as having potential beyond the landfill… [and] wasn’t willing to give up the thousands of feet of lumber that made up the elevator. That idea ballooned into ABMT Wood Solutions: a team on a mission to deconstruct grain elevators and repurpose their wood into construction materials and affordable housing.