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Companies & People
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Latest quarterly results from SNC-Lavalin and AECOM
Both firms continuing to take action to restructure their operations.
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Fast + Epp building a new home office
Vancouver-based structural engineering firm is building a four-storey hybrid mass timber and steel headquarters with electrochromic glass and innovative earthquake-resistance technology.
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Transoft Solutions acquires UK-based Keysoft Solutions
The B.C.-based developer of transportation engineering design and analysis software adds expertise in BIM software for traffic management and landscape planning.
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Daikin Innovation Roadshow lands in Toronto
Hosted by HTS Engineering, the Toronto stop for the travelling trailer filled with HVAC products included half-hour informational sessions and some informal lounging by Lake Ontario.
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SNC-Lavalin interim CEO makes first reorganization moves
The firm is exiting lump-sum turnkey contracting and creating two new business reporting units: SNCL Projects and SNCL Engineering Services.
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SNC-Lavalin moves to larger office in Port Elgin, Ont.
The new 12,000 sq. ft. facility will accommodate growing workforce in support of its Bruce Power Life Extension Program.
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Leadership handover at Associated Engineering
Kerry Rudd retires as CEO of AE after 37 years with the firm, and Martin Jobke takes on the role of president/CEO.
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Staff announcements at NOR•EX Engineering
Part of the Associated Engineering group of companies, Al Fitzgerald is now GM operating out of Kamloops along with Dana Woodworth who is leading the community resilience practice.
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Grundfos Canada breaks ground on site expansion
The facility expansion will double the size of the company’s warehousing and service capabilities at its Oakville, Ont. headquarters.
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New president at Reliable Controls
Thomas Zaban, P.Eng., is taking over the top spot as company founder Roland Laird retires at the end of 2019.
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River Birch Global Water partners on new U.S.-based wastewater remediation business
Quantum Water Services Corp. is a new Delaware-based corporation that will specialize in the treatment of wastewater in the oil & gas industry.
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NORR Group appoints Brian Gerstmar as president/CEO
Gerstmar has been a part of the business for over 30 years, starting his career at NORR in 1986.
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SNC-Lavalin names VP of Project Oversight
Nigel White will lead the newly created project oversight function, a global role based in London, UK, responsible for ensuring delivery and execution across all the operations.
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MTE Consultants growing its Southwestern Ontario footprint
The firm has been growing its capacity and service offering in the London area with the recent acquisitions of two London-based consulting firms, BioLogic and Hastings and Aziz.
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NRC and University of Waterloo create new IoT collaboration hub
This new innovation centre will lead to discoveries and advances including publications, patents, and the commercialization of technology.
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AECOM spinning off its government services business
This move follows a list of actions AECOM has taken to improve shareholder value, including cost cutting, the anticipated exit of hard-bid at-risk construction, the exit of non-core oil & gas and fixed-price combined-cycle gas power plant construction, the planned exit from more than 30 countries and the decision to no longer pursue international at-risk construction opportunities.
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New J.L Richards headquarters to emphasize Wellness
With the release of initial renderings, JLR’s in-house design team has provided new insight into what they hope to accomplish with this project.
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Smith + Andersen welcomes two new principals
Elaine Guenette, P.Eng., and David Hultman, P.Eng. are the latest principals of the firm—Guenette in Ottawa and Hultman in Vancouver.
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Pageau Morel announces a new Creative Solutions team
Roland Charneux and Jacques Lagacé, both veteran engineers in the fields of energy efficiency and sustainable development, will support the firm’s technical skills and design development.
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Bruce out as SNC-Lavalin CEO, Edwards in
Ian Edwards steps in to become interim president and CEO succeeding Neil Bruce who has announced that he is retiring to return to his family in the UK.
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Crossey Engineering growing in Ottawa
Greg Gebert, senior associate for mechanical, has moved to the firm’s Ottawa office.
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LRI Engineering expands into Alberta
The new branch office in Calgary for the fire protection engineering firm follows an expansion into Montreal earlier this year.
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RJC’s Leadership Grows in 2019
Earlier this year RJC Engineers announced the appointment of four new principals and seven new associates to its leadership teams across the country.
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Ecora acquires Omega in B.C.
Omega & Associates Engineering, a civil and structural firm with offices in Chilliwack and Surrey, is now part of Kelowna-based Ecora Engineering & Resource Group.
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2019 Green Building Excellence Awards Results
Roland Charneux from Pageau Morel, Lisa Westerhoff of the Integral Group, and Afaf Azzouz from Stantec were among those honoured with 2019 CaGBC Leadership Awards.
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SNC-Lavalin heading to trial
SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., SNC-Lavalin International Inc. and SNC-Lavalin Construction Inc. have been charged with one count of fraud under section 380 of the Criminal Code of Canada and one count of corruption under Section 3(1)(b) of the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act. The firm will plead not guilty.
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Destined to Engineer
Catherine Karakatsanis, P.Eng., the chief operating officer at Morrison Hershfield, is this year’s recipient of the Gold Medal from Engineers Canada, acknowledging her lifetime of industry achievements.
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HH Angus names new president
Paul Keenan becomes first non-Angus family president in the firm’s 100-year history.
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CarbonCure’s Sean Monkman named Canada’s Mission Innovation Champion
Mission Innovation is a global initiative involving 22 countries and the European Commission.
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Grands Prix of consulting engineering in Quebec
The Visionary Award was presented to Tetra Tech for a protection and rehabilitation project on the South Cove of Percé.
