please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . may 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message stantec inc. type public traded as tsx stn nyse stn industry professional services architecture design engineering civil engineering founded edmonton alberta 1954 1954 founder dr. don stanley headquarters edmonton alberta canada number of locations 400 area served worldwide key people board of directors aram h. keith chairman bob gomes ceo director douglas k. ammerman director dr. delores m. etter director anthony p. franceschini director susan e. hartman director donald j. lowry director ivor m. ruste director revenue cad 2.88 billion 2015 2.53 billion 2014 profit cad 156 378 million 2015 164 498 million 2014 total assets cad 951.4 million 2015 844.7 million 2014 total equity cad 2.341 billion 2015 1.086 billion 2014 number of employees 22 000 2016 15 000 2015 subsidiaries mwh global inc. kbr infrastructure dessau engineering website official website footnotes references 1 2 3 4 5 stantec consulting michigan ann arbor stantec office in ontario stantec inc. is an international professional services company in the design and consulting industry . founded in 1954 as d. r. stanley associates in edmonton alberta . stantec provides professional consulting services in planning engineering architecture interior design landscape architecture surveying environmental sciences project management and project economics for infrastructure and facilities projects . the company provides services on projects around the world through over 22 000 employees operating out of more than 400 locations in north america and 7 locations internationally . 6 contents 1 history 1.1 growth 1.2 acquisitions 2 major projects 3 headquarters 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit dr. don stanley 4 was the first canadian to earn a ph.d. in environmental engineering . 7 attending harvard university on a rockefeller foundation scholarship he earned his doctorate in 1952 and two years later founded d.r. stanley & associates working as the sole proprietor out of a 250 square foot 23 m2 office in edmonton alberta . in 1955 stanley hired a retired railway engineer herb roblin and a former chief bridge engineer for the provincial government louis grimble . the firm was renamed stanley grimble and roblin ltd. with the two new partners transportation backgrounds the firm diversified quickly . the 1970s were boom years for stanley associates but with the advance of the sharp recession of the 1980s stanley was ready to turn the company over to his second in command ron triffo in 1983 . triffo held a bachelor s degree in civil engineering from the university of manitoba and a msc in engineering from the university of illinois . in 1983 when alberta s economy was struggling in response to the canadian government s national energy program triffo became president and coo while stanley retained his role as ceo and chair . we had cut our staff in half from 400 to about 200 triffo said . we really started to think about a new way of doing things for the company . we were heavily involved in alberta in a big big way and therefore very vulnerable to the up and down cycles of the province . we decided we had to diversify the company in a discipline sense . we had to become more than just a civil engineering company and we had to diversify geographically . the company started its diversification by forming an urban development company under another name imc which grew to 200 people . the diversification of stanley associates occurred by acquisition as well . the firm expanded into british columbia and saskatchewan and internationally beginning a corporate move into central canada . stanley also made its first u.s. acquisition in phoenix establishing a base for specialty services and future expansion in the us southwest . following the success of imc stanley associates various practices operated under boutique names with as many as 20 different companies . by the early 1990s the companies were placed under the umbrella of stanley technology group and most subsidiaries featured the name stanley in their name . staff numbers neared 900 and the firm went public on the toronto stock exchange in 1994 . 8 9 in 1998 triffo stepped into the role of board chair where he remained until retiring in 2011 . tony franceschini then vice president of the commercial institutional sector and a board member became president and ceo . franceschini began his career with a consulting engineering firm in toronto ontario in 1975 after graduating from the university of waterloo with a degree in civil engineering where he worked with triffo . the year franceschini became president and ceo stantec had 2 000 employees in 40 offices and reported 185.5 million in gross revenue . our vision is to grow the company into a 10 000 employee billion dollar firm by 2008 franceschini said . franceschini was instrumental in launching the new global single brand identity stantec which enabled the company s services to be delivered through an integrated approach . the move was a major achievement in a two month period we sought and received shareholder approval to change the name of over 30 companies says franceschini . stantec was listed on the new york stock exchange in 2005 . 10 franceschini retired in may 2009 but remains on the stantec board . robert gomes 11 was appointed president and ceo . like the stantec s previous three presidents gomes 12 13 is a licensed engineer who earned his degree in civil engineering from the university of alberta and joined stantec in 1988 . between 2008 and 2011 gross revenue increased from 1.4 billion to 1.7 billion stantec team grew from 8 000 staff to over 12 000 staff the company acquired 16 firms and has strengthened its presence in markets across north america and internationally . according to reuters us edition its services are offered through more than 170 locations in north america and four locations internationally 9 in may 2016 stantec signed a definitive merger agreement with mwh global inc. worth 1.04 billion cad making stantec inc. one of the worlds top three global design firms . 14 it is expected to boost revenues by 60 % a year and increased the amount of employees from 15 000 to 22 000 . 15 growth edit stantec has 22 000 employees and 400 locations . 1 16 stantec has locations in seven countries worldwide . 17 these include two in north america canada 18 united states . 19 one in europe united kingdom . 20 two countries in the middle east united arab emirates and qatar 21 and one in the caribbean in barbados . 22 acquisitions edit stantec has acquired over 75 firms since 2000 . 5 some of the acquisitions include mwh global inc. 15 kbr inc. infrastructure americas division 23 dessau engineering fay spofford & thorndike and sparling . 24 25 major projects edit the apollo saturn v visitor center ; 1961 1972 26 anthony henday drive southeast ; 2003 2007 27 keystone pipeline & keystone expansion project ; 2005 28 telus spark ; 2011 29 blatchford community ; 2010 30 31 stantec tower ; 2014 open hearth park ; 2013 headquarters edit further information stantec tower on july 17 2013 stantec announced that it was going to initiate a request for proposal rfp to consolidate its edmonton headquarters and other edmonton offices into a single building . 32 on august 26 2014 the company announced that it had signed a 15 year lease with edmonton s arena district partnership a joint venture between the katz group and wam developments . the stantec tower will be located in edmonton s new downtown ice district and is planned to be a 66 storey 250.8 metres 823 ft 33 mixed used skyscraper . it will be the tallest building in edmonton and the tallest building in western canada and outside of toronto . 34 see also edit lists of companies on the tsx s & p tsx 60 references edit a b 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journal . postmedia network inc. retrieved 19 may 2016 . stantec tower . emporis . emporis . retrieved 19 may 2016 . kent gordon 16 september 2015 . stantec tower in edmonton set to be canada s tallest outside toronto . postmedia network inc. edmonton journal . retrieved 19 may 2016 . external links edit official website stantec achieves international certification of its environmental management system stantec reports solid operational results for 2011 year end forbes profile robert j. bob gomes don t wait for the bottom alberta venture v t e edmonton based businesses aimco atb financial bioware booster juice the brick