no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . december 2012 focus corporation former type private industry oil and gas land development infrastructure government fate merged successor wsp canada inc. founded 1977 1977 defunct december 31 2014 2014 12 31 headquarters edmonton alberta number of locations 22 area served western canada services engineering geomatics number of employees 1 500 website focus.ca focus corporation was a premier project delivery company providing engineering and geomatics solutions to the energy infrastructure and land development sectors across western canada . 1 it was a privately owned company headquartered in edmonton alberta . 2 focus was founded in 1977 as hds focus surveys ltd. 3 they changed their name to the focus corporation ltd. in 1999 to reflect their new geomatics international advanced technology and engineering divisions . 4 in 2009 focus was named one of alberta s top 40 employers 5 and in 2010 they were named one of alberta s top 50 employers . 6 they were also named one of alberta s fastest growing companies in 2002 7 2003 8 2005 9 2006 10 2007 11 and 2008 . 12 projects include 3d laser scan of a douglas dc 3 aircraft which played an important part in the development of reliable national air routes . the scan data which included photographs animated movies and fly throughs was contributed to the aero space museum of calgary . 13 kicking horse canyon highway improvement a 1 billion upgrade to approximately 26 km of the trans canada highway from golden british columbia to the western boundary of yoho national park . phase ii and phase iii of this project were named in renew canada s top 100 infrastructure projects of 2008 and 2009 respectively . 14 15 calgary west c train extension an 8 km lrt extension featuring six stations two park and ride facilities and one new road interchange . 16 pipestone creek bonebed project an environmentally sensitive access road a 100t bridge and a pedestrian bridge crossing of pipestone creek 17 one of the world s richest sites of late cretaceous fossils . 18 focus was also part of a team of canadian environmental professionals that were sent to assess the cleanup of surface debris from bellingshausen station a russian research station located at bellingshausen antarctica . the expedition was led by robert swan . their findings will be presented to the united nations at the world earth summit in rio de janeiro in 2012 . 19 focus had offices in calgary camrose cranbrook edmonton fort mcmurray fort st. john golden grande prairie invermere kamloops kelowna medicine hat peace river regina rossland truro vancouver and victoria . on january 1 2015 focus merged with wsp canada inc. references edit business browser . the edmonton journal . retrieved 2012 01 19 . john holmlund . alberta land surveyors association . retrieved 2012 01 19 . bloomberg businessweek the focus 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renew canada . retrieved 2012 01 10 . canada s biggest infrastructure projects top 100 projects 2009 pdf . renew canada . retrieved 2012 01 10 . light rail transit the west lrt pdf . city of calgary west lrt . retrieved 2012 01 10 . celebrating bridges bones and bickells . currie museum . retrieved 2012 01 10 . i have a bone to pick with alberta . edmonton journal . retrieved 2012 01 10 . antarctic environmental assessment . association of professional engineers geologists and geophysicists of alberta . retrieved 2012 01 10 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title focus corporation & oldid 665121757 categories companies based in edmontonhidden categories orphaned articles from december 2012all orphaned articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom 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