Stantec Inc. (TSX: STN, NYSE: STN) is a professional services company and one of the leading firms in the design and consulting industry. Stantec, founded in 1954, provides planning, engineering, architecture, project management and other related services to its clients. It has over 10,000 employees in more than 125 offices across North America. Its corporate headquarters are located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
In 1998, Stantec executives set a...
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Stantec Inc. (TSX: STN, NYSE: STN) is a professional services company and one of the leading firms in the design and consulting industry. Stantec, founded in 1954, provides planning, engineering, architecture, project management and other related services to its clients. It has over 10,000 employees in more than 125 offices across North America. Its corporate headquarters are located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
In 1998, Stantec executives set an ambitious target to surpass $1 billion in annual gross revenue, a goal recently reached. Stantec increased gross revenue from CDN $185.5 million in 1998 to CDN $816.1 in 2006. In 2006 alone, gross revenue rose 32.1 percent.
This was a one-man engineering firm set up with the objective of designing affordable water and sewer systems in western Canada. In the beginning, Dr. Stanley even had to do his own janitorial work in the office. The following year, Stanley brought in two partners, Herb Roblin and Louis Grimble. In 1963, Roblin retired...
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