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Seattle WA -  TSX:STN; NYSE: SXC

Congratulations to Matt Younger, in the Stantec Seattle, Washington office, whose article on the award-winning Washington State Veterans Home was recently featured in the prestigious ASHRAE Journal. The article, entitled, "Natural Ventilation in Nursing Facility," appeared in the April issue of the magazine, which is published by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers.

Stantec provided mechanical engineering and sustainable design services for this 259-bed facility, working with NBBJ Architects. Earlier this year, the project took first place honors in ASHRAE's Technology Awards. These rigorously judged awards are recognized as the highest honor bestowed in the HVAC industry.

The article explains the many innovative sustainable features which helped earn this facility a LEED® Gold certification. Among them, designers produced detailed micro-climate data to justify use of a natural ventilation system which significantly reduced energy costs.

Says Matt, "With proximity to Sinclair Inlet and its sea breezes, this natural resource was recognized as an opportunity to benefit the facility's residents. Twelve years of data from the existing powerhouse records had been collected, enabling the design firm to analyze microclimate conditions including local wind and ambient temperature tendencies. ....Accurate, site specific, weather information was essential in demonstrating the effectiveness of the natural ventilation systems to both the owner and local building officials."

Winston-Salem NC, TORONTO, ON -  NYSE:SXC; TSX:STN 
 
Stantec staff from the Winston-Salem, North Carolina, office played a significant role in the design of the new corporate headquarters for the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) in Washington, DC. The offices house employees of the nation’s leading non-profit organization dedicated to sustainable building design and construction. 

This month, the project obtained LEED® Platinum certification, the highest possible rating for sustainable design features, sharing this distinction with only approximately 25 buildings in North America. The LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System is the national benchmark for high performance green buildings. Stantec is one of the nation’s leading sustainable design firms; it recently placed 5th in a North American survey of LEED accredited professionals (Building Design and Construction magazine, August 2006).

The USGBC office was officially opened during a gala celebration, attended by more than 300 industry professionals, on February 8, 2007.

The renovated offices will accommodate USGBC staff that has tripled in size to more than 110 in recent years. The organization insisted its new offices showcase many of the sustainable design features that it promotes and reviews for hundreds of projects worldwide.

Stantec provided the mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection engineering design for the 30,000 ft2 space. As part of a large team of leading sustainable design and construction professionals, including Perkins + Will Architects, Stantec helped deliver this fast track renovation project in just seven months, from demolition to occupancy.

Services included design of all systems and controls related to energy and water consumption and conservation including plumbing, lighting, heating, and cooling. Some features include:

• Variable-air volume diffusers, operable windows, and perimeter fan coil units that provide individual control within the predominantly open layout.
• Energy Star-rated appliances
• Low flow plumbing fixtures such as dual flush toilets and waterless urinals
• Light fixtures chosen for their ability to reduce energy consumption.
• Natural daylighting in over 90% of the spaces.
• Occupancy sensors that further reduce the energy load within the spaces and daylight sensors within perimeter light fixtures.
• Indoor air quality monitoring to provide information to guide maintenance of the mechanical systems.

Stantec has one of the largest integrated building design teams in North America, currently with more than 260 LEED Accredited Professionals. To date, Stantec has been involved with more than 30 projects that have achieved LEED certification, and dozens more which are targeting certification.

Reno NV -  TSX:STN; NYSE:SXC  
 
The Moana Lane Extension, a project which holds major significance for the ongoing development of Reno, Nevada, has received an Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award from the Truckee Meadows Branch (Nevada) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The project took top honors in the Transportation Category.

The new four lane, two-mile long arterial opened in 2006. Stantec provided the alignment study, geometrics, vertical alignment, major drainage crossings design, signals, landscape architecture, complete plans, specifications and bidding documents, as well as construction administration.
 

Regina, SK -  TSX:STN NYSE: SXC 
 
The careful restoration of a decades-old building housing a recreational facility for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has been recognized with a 2007 Municipal Heritage Award from the City of Regina, Saskatchewan.

The project is honored in the category of Restoration/Interior, in recognition of its outstanding contribution to Regina's built heritage and to the "exemplary careful reconstruction of the RCMP Building 25-Pool interior to a certain period in its history, using the materials, styles, and craftsmanship of that period," according to the City's Municipal Heritage Advisory Committee.

Originally conceived by the Regina architectural firm of Reilly, Warburton and Reilly in 1935, the complex was constructed in two phases: the gymnasium in 1937 and the swimming pool in 1941. The final drawings for the pool phase were completed by another prominent local firm, Van Egmond and Storey. The design displays a Gothic-inspired style that harmonizes with the other training and barracks facilities on the RCMP Depot.

The gymnasium and swimming pool building is integral to the academy's urban environment and infrastructure. This project rejuvenates and secures the building's use for the next generation.

In recognizing the historic value of the building, the refurbishment is sympathetic to the original design. The project entailed the removal of the original mosaic tiling in the pool area and the installation of new mosaic tiling to mimic the original details. Additionally, the refurbishment addresses other important elements including the replacement of the pool tank liner; upgrades in response to current provincial health regulations; and upgrading of the building's external envelope including the replacement of windows in the pool area and re-roofing to both the pool and gymnasium as sensitively as possible. The renovation was completed in August 2006.

Stantec provided the existing building assessment, design and contract administration.

Toronto ON -  TSX:STN; NYSE:SXC  
 
Stantec has received the Toronto Section Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) award for work on York University's Accolade Project in Toronto, Canada. The International Illumination Design Awards recognize professionalism, ingenuity and originality in lighting design.

The Accolade Project encompasses new, state-of-the-art academic, studio and specialized performance spaces, as well as a new home for the Art Gallery of York University and the student art gallery of York's Visual Arts department. The project includes a 325-seat proscenium theatre, a 325-seat recital hall with integrated recording studio and a 500-seat cinema lecture hall.  Stantec worked with  Bregman + Hamann Architects in a joint venture with Zeidler Architects.

The award was presented at the Toronto Section's annual gala on February 8, 2007.  The Accolade Project will now be entered in the regional IESNA competition this Spring.

VANCOUVER BC -  TSX:STN; NYSE :SXC 
 
The design talent behind local landmarks like the Vancouver International Airport and The New Charles Dickens Elementary School are forming one team. Stantec announced today that Nicolson Tamaki Architects, designers of ‘Dundarave Landing’, a mixed-use complex in West Vancouver, have joined Stantec Architecture in their Vancouver office.

“We’re very pleased to have Don Nicolson, James Tamaki, and their team join us at Stantec,” says Alan Hartley, Stantec Senior Principal. “They bolster our experience in healthcare and educational facilities design and bring to Stantec their expertise in residential and commercial design.”

Nicolson Tamaki offers a broad range of consultant services in architectural design and project management, urban planning, zoning studies and applications, heritage-related projects, sustainable design, and development feasibility studies.

“Joining Stantec Architecture is a strategic move for our firm. It gives us access to top-tier technical systems and the financial backing to better serve our clients and compete in the Vancouver market,” says James Tamaki, Principal, Nicolson Tamaki Architects.

“Our team is also gaining opportunities to challenge themselves and grow their experience by working on different projects in cities across North America,” adds Donald Nicolson, Principal, Nicolson Tamaki Architects.

The Nicolson Tamaki Architects team has moved from their location on Abbott Street to Stantec’s office on the top floors of 111 Dunsmuir in downtown Vancouver.

Cathy Sears, vice president and leader of Stantec's Planning & Landscape Architecture practice area has been appointed President of the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA) after a one-year term as President-Elect. Cathy took over the reins of the 1,500-person professional association at CSLA's annual general meeting held recently in Quebec City, Quebec.

At Stantec, Cathy oversees a  practice of more than 300 design professionals in offices throughout Canada and the US. She is based in Calgary, Alberta. Since 1992, Cathy has been a consistent force within the firm for promoting growth, collaboration, and professional development while furthering the growth of sustainable design practices.

"It's an honor to represent this innovative and dedicated group of design professionals in CSLA," says Cathy. "The passion of the profession is all about environment and quality of place for people. As such, landscape architects have a major and growing impact on the sustainability, livability, cultural expression, and beauty of both our natural and urban environments. Our goal is to continue to elevate and promote the practice of landscape architecture as a profession at the national level."

Cathy has long been involved with CSLA, serving on the Board of Directors, and as Chair of the Governance Committee. She has also served as Director and is a Past President of the Alberta Association of Landscape Architects.

Cathy's one-year term as President will culminate in a celebration of CSLA's 75th Anniversary in Toronto next spring.

Alberta design teams captured four 2008 Consulting Engineers of Alberta (CEA) Showcase Awards at the organization's annual gala event in February 2008.
Getting the nod from the judges were:

Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute - Award of Excellence: Building Engineering; Award of Excellence: Sustainable Design

MacEwan Robbins Health Learning Centre - Award of Merit: Building Engineering; Award of Merit: Sustainable Design

St. Albert Woodlands Water Park Rehabilitation - Award of Merit: Community Development

Turner Valley Gas Plant Project - Award of Merit: Environmental

In addition, Stantec was part of the design team for Anthony Henday Drive Southeast Ring Road, which won the Award of Excellence for Transportation.  The award nomination was submitted by MMM.

Dockside Green, a 1.3-million-square-foot community built on a former brownfield site in Victoria, British Columbia, has received the highest sustainability rating for a new construction project ever awarded by the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC).

Working as part of an integrated design team, Stantec engineers led key elements of an innovative concept that integrated energy, water, and resource management in a sustainable community design. They also designed sustainable systems within the buildings. 

The first master-planned development to target LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum certification, Dockside Green has achieved the highest rating in the world at the Platinum level for new construction. Synergy, the first phase of the development—which includes 95 homes in two condo buildings, townhomes, and commercial space—achieved 63 points out of a possible 70. Dockside Green will incorporate a community-wide integrated energy system that includes heating from renewable biomass energy, district heating distribution and heat recovery, and onsite wastewater treatment. The project is further enhanced by sustainable building systems and technologies.

The multi-million dollar project is the largest redevelopment of city land in Victoria’s history. It will eventually include a total of 26 buildings incorporating low- and high-rise residential space, light industrial, office, commercial and retail development. The Platinum rating was achieved for the first phase of the redevelopment.

Dockside Green’s Synergy achieved the maximum available score in several LEED categories, including energy, water efficiency, atmosphere, indoor environmental quality, and innovation. Key sustainable features designed by Stantec include:

• a biomass energy system, which uses waste wood as fuel through a gasification process
• passive solar heating
• an advanced building envelope and high-performance window glazing to help prevent heat loss
• a 100% fresh air system with heat recovery
• high-efficiency lighting and occupancy sensors
• a 65% reduction in indoor water use with dual flush toilets, low-flow fixtures and use of graywater for sewage conveyance
• treating 100% of the site’s wastewater in a campus-wide plant, which reuses it in central water features, toilet flushing, and on-site irrigation

Compared to the Canadian Model National Energy Code, the buildings will use 48 to 52 percent less energy as a result of the project’s sustainable design solutions.

Stantec worked as part of an integrated design team led by Busby Perkins + Will, the project architect. The partners and owners—Windmill West and Vancity Credit Union —took a visionary approach to this development, which could lead to a shift in how new communities are developed in the future. 

Stantec has been involved with the design of more than 50 LEED-certified buildings, including seven that have achieved LEED Platinum certification. Stantec has one of the largest integrated building design teams in North America, currently with more than 335 LEED-accredited professionals.

The LEED Green Building Rating System is a voluntary, consensus-based certification rating system for developing high-performance, sustainable buildings. Through a third party review process conducted by industry experts, the system rates projects based on a points system that was developed by the U.S. Green Building Council and adapted for Canada by the Canada Green Building Council.

Rochester, New York’s Genesee Riverway Trail is being honored as one of the best public works projects in the country.

The trail is one of 18 projects to earn a national Public Works Project of the Year award from the American Public Works Association (APWA).

Working with the City of Rochester, Stantec designed the two-mile section of the trail that circles the Genesee River Turning Basin and ends at Lake Ontario. This segment of the trail completed one of the most challenging and complicated links in developing the community's vision for a 15-mile biking and walking trail system from the Erie Canal to the lake. The most predominate feature is the 3,600-foot boardwalk structure that crosses the basin, offering panoramic views of the surrounding habitat. The boardwalk is one of the world’s longest structures built specifically for pedestrian use.

This is the sixth award for the project since it was completed in 2006. It first earned local recognition as project of the year for the Monroe County/Genesee Valley chapter of the APWA, which was followed by the New York State chapter’s project of the year award, a bridge award from the Western New York chapter of the Association for Bridge Construction and Design, an Engineering Excellence Diamond Award from the New York chapter of the American Council of Engineering Companies, and an “Outside the Box Award” from Parks & Trails New York. The project was also featured in last month’s issue of the APWA Reporter.

The APWA is an international educational and professional association of public agencies, private sector companies, and individuals dedicated to providing high quality public works goods and services. The organization has 64 chapters throughout North America and over 29,000 members.

Stantec’s Genesee Riverway Trail has been awarded a 2008 Public Works Project of the Year Award from the American Public Works Association in the Transportation Projects $2 Million -$10 Million Category.
 
Located in the City of Rochester, New York, this two-mile section of trail was designed to complement the overall beauty of the area, blending naturally with its surroundings and minimizing impacts to the environment. It includes a 3,500-foot bridge over the Genesee River, which was built specifically for bicycle and pedestrian use. 
 
This is the sixth award for which this project has been selected. Other awards include the Monroe County/Genesee Valley Chapter APWA Project of the Year, NYS Chapter APWA Project of the Year, ABCD Bridge Design Award, Parks & Trails NY Out-of-the-Box award, ACECNY Engineering Excellence Diamond Award.

The new California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, California is now officially the greenest museum in the world. In October 2008, the U.S. Green Building Council issued its formal rating for the new Academy, awarding the facility its highest possible certification: LEED® Platinum. The new building, which houses an aquarium, planetarium, natural history museum, and world-class research and education programs, under one living roof, is now the largest public Platinum-rated building in the world. And, with a total score of 54 points (out of a possible 69), it is also the world's most sustainable museum building.

The Academy was designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop in collaboration with Stantec Architecture in San Francisco. The building opened to rave reviews in September 2008.

Stantec helps lead project to power generation milestone

Environmental and engineering consulting firm Stantec led the environmental studies, permitting, and monitoring for the Stetson Wind Project in Washington County, Maine, which begins officially generating power tomorrow.

Working with developer First Wind, Stantec directed the complex environmental assessment and permitting process for this first phase of the Stetson project, which involved installing 38 General Electric, 1.5-megawatt turbines along a ridgeline near Danforth in northern Washington County.  

The turbines can produce up to 57 megawatts of electricity, which will be augmented by up to 25.5 megawatts from a proposed adjacent First Wind project. Stantec also prepared the application for that project, Stetson II, submitted to Maine’s Land Use Regulation Commission in November.  When all phases are complete, the Stetson facility will produce over 167 million kWh of electricity annually, or enough to power about 23,500 homes per year.

“We’ve been pleased and excited to help First Wind complete this landmark project,” says George Kendrick, manager of Stantec’s North American wind services program. “This is important work for us, for Maine, and for the region’s economy.”

Stantec has now completed work on over a hundred wind power projects across North America, including most of the wind projects in the Northeast such as the Stetson, Cape Wind, Mars Hill, Lempster, Rollins, and Record Hill wind farms. The firm’s New England staff work on all aspects of onshore and offshore wind project planning and design, from environmental assessments, permitting, and feasibility studies to site engineering, electrical distribution, and construction management. 

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. We support public and private sector clients in a diverse range of markets, at every stage, from initial concept and financial feasibility to project completion and beyond. Our services are offered through over 10,000 employees operating out of more than 150 locations in North America. Stantec trades on the TSX and on the NYSE under the symbol STN.

Stantec is One Team providing Infinite Solutions

For the second year Stantec distributed holiday cards electronically.  Our Company chooses an online card because it is both environmentally and socially sustainable and the costs associated with printing and mailing can be redirected to charities.

We involve our clients and colleagues in our holiday giving, by asking them to select a charity to direct our donations. As a result of our holiday eCard, Stantec is pleased to announce we will donate $12,085 dollars based on clients and colleagues' selections.

The charitable organizations selected support our community investment focus areas in Health & Wellness and Environment, while also including charities with an international reach. 

We thank our clients and colleagues who participated, and we hope you participate again next year!

2008 Holiday eCard Results

• American Cancer Society - $2,327
• Canadian Cancer Society - $2,271
• Habitat for Humanity USA - $1,792
• Habitat for Humanity Canada - $1,506
• Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada - $1,353
• American Heart Association - $1,072
• Oxfam Canada - $1,010
• Oxfam USA - $754
   

The Bridgepoint Health redevelopment project in Toronto, Ontario, designed by Stantec Architecture in joint venture with Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg (KPMB) Architects, has received a 2008 Award of Excellence from Canadian Architect magazine. One of only two national awards programs devoted exclusively to architecture, the awards have recognized significant building projects in Canada on an annual basis since 1968.

The Bridgepoint Health redevelopment includes construction of a state-of-the-art, 10-story chronic care and rehabilitation hospital, a center for research, education and policy, and adaptive re-use of the historic Don Jail. The redevelopment builds on a 2006 master plan which reorganizes the existing 10.2 acre site in Toronto's Riverdale district into a nine-square grid of tree-lined drives and pedestrian paths. The iconic 1864 jail occupies the center. The adaptive re-use of the jail focuses on transforming the dark history of the neo-classical penal architecture into a light-filled, optimistic hub for research and communication.

Canadian Architect magazine's juried awards are presented for architectural design excellence. Jurors considered response to the program, site, geographical and social context, and evaluated physical organization, structure, materials and environmental features. Only four project design awards were presented nationwide.

A visioning plan developed by Stantec for the town of Bourne, Massachusetts has won top honors from the Massachusetts chapter of the American Planning Association.

Stantec was presented with the 2008 Outstanding Planning Award for Comprehensive Planning for the Downtown Buzzards Bay Vision Plan. The plan for the Cape Cod-area town in eastern Massachusetts, defines the community's overall vision for future growth and development, outlining a number of steps for enhancing  Buzzards Bay and creating a village center destination. The town has already adopted a new form-based "downtown district" zoning code suggested by the plan. This makes Bourne only the third town in Massachusetts to adopt this type of zoning. Stantec has helped dozens more towns throughout Massachusetts with similar comprehensive planning initiatives.

Tallyn's Reach, a 960-acre mixed use residential community near Denver, Colorado, has been named the 2008 Visionary Project of the Year by a national sustainability publication, Sustainable Land Development. The project was cited for a host of low impact development strategies devised by Stantec for our client Carma Colorado.

Stantec participated as a development team consultant for the design of grading, roadways, drainage, and utilities for this community. Located in Aurora, Colorado, Tallyn's Reach is planned to contain more than 2,000 residences, two elementary schools, community service facilities, and neighborhood commercial and retail development. 

The project required federal flood plain re-mapping, wetlands impact analysis, and US Army Corps of Engineers 404 permitting. Our team's work also included steep slope and tree preservation analysis, design of regional water quality/detention facilities, several miles of arterial roadways, and major water and sanitary sewer pipelines. We also provided a full range of survey services.

Among the project's sustainable features are:

• Preservation of the vast majority of indigenous Ponderosa Pine trees, some of which are more than 200 years old. More than 99 percent of existing trees were preserved.
• Innovative grading techniques to take advantage of surface drainage patterns, creating a natural stormwater system.
• Use of native grasses and plantings throughout the project, coupled with drip irrigation systems for critical areas, leading to significant water savings for the community.

According to a feature article on the project in Sustainable Land Development magazine, "Tallyn's Reach was envisioned to be a development that would tread lightly on the land and would not sacrifice the natural environment for the sake of short-term profits, while holding the potential to be quite profitable. It embraces low-impact development and sustainable principles while providing residents with a truly unique living experience."

Canadian projects, including one in which Stantec played a major role, ranked second in the world at the Sustainable Building Challenge held during the World Sustainable Building Conference this Fall in Australia.

Among the three projects representing the Canadian entry was the Gulf Islands Operations Centre in Sidney, British Columbia. Stantec provided mechanical engineering for the Centre, working with Larry McFarland Architects. The Gulf Islands Operations Centre was the first project in Canada to achieve LEED® Platinum certification.

The Centre's many sustainable features include:

• 108,000 liters of rainwater collected for flushing toilets, reducing water consumption by 60 percent
• Energy performance at 75 percent better than code
• Ocean-based geothermal system with radiant heating and cooling
• Photovoltaics to provide 20 percent of energy needs
• Low VOC materials and natural ventilation

The other two Canadian projects in the entry were Manitoba Hydro Place in Winnipeg, Manitoba and the Minto Roehampton multi-unit residential building in Toronto, Ontario. Germany took first place honors in the international competition.

The Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) recently recognized two Stantec projects in its 2009 awards competition. The Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) in Peterborough, Ontario and Stantec's Toronto Office both won Design Excellence Awards. Stantec was the only firm to achieve two top awards in the design competition. has previously won a Design Exchange Award of Merit and a Modern Healthcare Notable Project design award, both in 2008.

The LEED® Registered - Targeting Gold Toronto Office was previously won the Green Toronto Environmental Award of Excellence (2008) and the Best of the Best, Green Building Culture Award from the Toronto Construction Association in 2007.

Stantec has received five awards of excellence from the Interior Designers Institute of British Columbia (IDIBC). The projects span a range of venues and include an airport terminal, a motorcycle retail store, a spa, a museum gift shop, and a wellness centre. The following projects were recognized at IDIBC's annual conference in February.

Noam Gagnon's Wellness Centre, Vancouver, BC, Gold Award for Healthcare and Personal Services - Stantec provided architecture and interior design services for this new Pilates studio located on the second level of a 1970s retail building. The design team transformed the interior of this nondescript, low tech facility with its outmoded systems into one of Vancouver's premier studios.

Museum of Anthropology Gift Shop, Vancouver, BC, Silver Award for Retail - As part of a renovation and addition to the Museum, the gift shop was relocated and expanded. The design maintains the strong sense of the classic modern architecture, and provides focus on the merchandise against the daylit background of the forest outside. Natural materials and colors complement the First Nations artwork.

Harley-Davidson of Edmonton, Edmonton, AB, Bronze Award for Retail - This new retail interior conveys the excitement of riding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle by creating bold, dynamic space with a strong focal point.

The Arbutus Club Spa, Vancouver, BC, Bronze Award for Hospitality - Interior design services for the hot tub area of Vancouver's largest private family club dramatically updated the identity of the space through fresher materials, an infusion of color, and feature elements.

Vancouver International Airport -  International Terminal, Richmond, BC - Bronze Award for Education/Institutional Space - Stantec created a dramatic central retail and thematic entry design for the new wing.

Seven Stantec projects received a total of nine awards in the Consulting Engineers of Alberta 2009 Showcase Awards program.  In the winners circle:

The Pine Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in Calgary won an Award of Excellence in the Project Management and the Sustainable Design categories. Stantec is working as a subconsultant to CH2M Hill Canada, Ltd. on this $463 million, 100 ML/d facility which incorporates a host of next generation technology including biological nutrient removal, effluent filtration, and UV disinfection.

The Windermere North Storm Outfall in Edmonton received an Award of Excellence in Water Resources, Energy Production and an Award of Merit in Community Development. Stantec provided public consultation, urban planning design, and engineering services for this series of four dual cascade drop structures to convey flow of the vertical drop of 50 metres. The solution provided energy dissipation delivered at a 60 percent reduction of cost to the client.

The Hardisty Contract Tankage Project in Hardistry, received an Award of Excellence in the Natural Resources, Mining, Industrial category. Stantec's analyses and design resulted in an increased tank volume of more than 10 percent and an estimated cost savings of approximately $1 million.

A Specialty Chemical Plant 3D Model for Hydor-Tech, Ltd., in Edmonton earned an Award of Excellence for Studies, Software, Special Services. Stantec's use of advanced 3D modeling for this plant expansion greatly sped the delivery of equipment relocation, decommissioning, and installation of new equipment.

The Glenmore Trail/Elbow Drive/5th Street Interchange (GE5) received an Award of Merit in Transportation Infrastructure. The GE5 interchange is the largest and most complex interchange project undertaken by the City of Calgary. Stantec's multi-disciplinary team included road, structural, electrical and utility design, quality assurance, surveying, and geotechnical engineering services. This challenging and highly visible project was delivered on time and on budget.

The Oliver Bowen LRV Maintenance Facility in Calgary received an Award of Merit in Building Engineering. Stantec designed this new multi-functional light rail facility, providing architectural, structural, mechanical, energy, electrical engineering, and landscape design consulting as well as project management services. The integrated project delivery model resulted in a seamless design process, incorporating many innovative features in pursuit of LEED® Silver certification.

Banff.refreshing Detail Design in Banff, earned an Award of Merit in Community Development. Jacques Whitford AXYS served as subconsultant to AECOM for Phase I design of this downtown core refreshment project. Jacques Whitford was recently acquired by Stantec.

A four-story assisted living facility, CareLife Maple Ridge in British Columbia recently received a LEED® Silver certification. Stantec provided LEED consulting, energy engineering and mechanical engineering services for the project. Currie Barracks, a sustained mixed use redevelopment project in Calgary, Alberta, received a LEED Gold certification for Neighborhood Development, the first such designation in Canada. Stantec provided transportation engineering for this project.

CareLife Maple Ridge is the result of a successful collaboration between the Fraser Health Authority and Lark Group, to deliver a state-of-the-art, healthcare facility. The 110,000 ft2 facility provides a home for 148 complex care residents, a ten-bed hospice environment, and home and community care office space. The project is among the first in Fraser Health's portfolio to pursue and successfully certify under LEED Canada for New Construction.

Currie Barracks, a Canada Lands Company CLC Limited real estate development, is one of the last three sites to be redeveloped on a former Canadian military base. It will join the multi award-winning communities of Garrison Woods and Garrison Green.
As a leading North American sustainable design firm, Stantec has been involved with the design of more than 60 LEED certified project, and more than 200 LEED registered in the United States and Canada.

VANCOUVER/VICTORIA BC

Sustainable Architecture Building (SAB) Magazine has chosen Vancouver Aquarium's Aquaquest - the Marilyn Blusson Learning Centre as one of six national winners of a 2009 SAB Canadian Green Building Award. Stantec was presented the award at the Canada Green Building Council National Green Building Summit in Montreal, June 9-11, 2009.

The 52,000 ft2 building is LEED® Gold Certified, one of the first zoos or aquariums in the world to achieve that designation.  When it opened in 2006, Aquaquest tripled the Aquarium's capacity for delivering educational programs to students. Among its features: an exploration gallery,  a Windows on the Research viewing area, an enhanced play/learning "cove", a theatre, an environmental newsroom, and administrative spaces. It also features a 50m² Living Wall and Vancouver’s first approved rain-water harvesting and reuse system. Stantec provided full architecture and interior design services for the project.

Stantec was also involved with another SAB award winner - Dockside Green - Synergy Phase I, a sustainably designed LEED Platinum community in Victoria, BC. Stantec provided buildings engineering and LEED consulting to architect Busby Perkins + Will.

The winning projects will be profiled in the July/August issue of SAB magazine.

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. We support public and private sector clients in a diverse range of markets, at every stage, from initial concept and financial feasibility to project completion and beyond. Our services are offered through approximately 10,000 employees operating out of over 130 locations in North America. Stantec trades on the TSX and on the NYSE under the symbol STN.

Hundreds of thousands of bats have died of mysterious “white-nose syndrome”

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Wildlife biologists from environmental consulting firm Stantec are researching bat population and activity in the Vermont mountains to help learn more about “white-nose syndrome” (WNS), the mysterious disease that appears to have killed an estimated 400,000 bats from Vermont to Virginia.

Stantec has installed five of its own acoustic bat detectors on Grandpa’s Knob in Castleton, Vermont, which detect and log bats that pass by each unit. Staff are now monitoring those units every two weeks and downloading the data for analysis.

The intent is to compare this data with similar information Stantec began collecting in 2007, before white-nose syndrome had been detected in the state. Stantec conducted two full seasons of bat surveys for a proposed wind farm in the area, amassing the largest bat acoustic data set collected to-date in Vermont.  Stantec, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources saw the store of pre-disease data as a perfect foundation for continuing research into what acoustic bat surveys may reveal about the effects of the disease on bat populations. The 2007 data will be compared to that collected in 2008 when the disease was emerging and in 2009, when a number of major die-offs have since been reported.

“When the agencies asked us if we’d be interested in partnering with them in this effort, we unequivocally said yes and volunteered the continued use of our equipment,” says Gino Giumarro, a wildlife biologist with Stantec and leader of the research effort. “The spread of wind power development has contributed to the overall knowledge that we have of bats’ natural history, so we should be able to apply those same unbiased scientific survey techniques and data to help better understand white-nose syndrome.”

White-nose syndrome was first detected in 2006 in eastern New York and has since spread throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. The disease gets its name from the appearance of a white fungus on the noses and wings of affected bats. Researchers still do not know what causes the fungus or why the disease has spread and killed so many bats so quickly.

Scott Darling, a Wildlife Biologist with Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department, says “Stantec’s participation in this research effort will provide some of the most valuable data to monitor the effects of white-nose syndrome on bat populations in Vermont. This critical research could not have been conducted without their assistance.”

The team will continue collecting data through August 2009 and hope to publish preliminary findings by the end of the year. The effort is funded by Region 5 of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, who is leading the effort on managing white-nose syndrome research.

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. We support public and private sector clients in a diverse range of markets, at every stage, from initial concept and financial feasibility to project completion and beyond. Our services are offered through approximately 10,000 employees operating out of over 130 locations in North America. Stantec trades on the TSX and on the NYSE under the symbol STN.

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Two Stantec project teams have been honored with 2009 Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards.

Wal-Mart-Burlington received an award of excellence in the buildings category. The project featured design of a large geo-exchange system for the 135,000-square-foot supercenter. A series of cost-saving technologies were used, including the first known geo-exchange installation using SpiderPlow technology, a solution which shaved more than 70 percent off geothermal construction costs.

The Cavendish Farms Bio-Gas Facility on Prince Edward Island received an award of excellence in the natural resources and energy category. Stantec provided planning and design of this showcase bio-gas generation facility which converts that plant's potato waste into fuel for the client's boiler, decreasing fossil fuel consumption and significantly reducing greenhouse gases. In a year, the facility is expected to realize a 30-35  percent reduction in its overall carbon footprint.

A Stantec-designed interchange in southern New York has earned an America's Transportation Award from the Northeast Association of State Transportation Officials.

The $140 million I-86/Future I-99 Interchange in Erwin, NY earned top honors in the medium project category (for on budget delivery). This project, led by the New York State Department of Transportation, incorporated major upgrades to a system junction that once was a diamond interchange between two state highways. The project balanced regional transportation needs of a busy trade corridor with significant improvements to community cohesion and economic infrastructure, all performed on time and on budget. The project has been credited with influencing Corning Incorporated's decision to invest more than $300 million in improvements at its nearby Sullivan Park campus.

Seven environmental professionals from Stantec have been designated Licensed Site Remediation Professionals, a requirement of New Jersey’s newly passed Site Remediation Reform Act.

In 2009, New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine signed the Site Remediation Reform Act, or SRRA, to expedite the cleanup of over 20,000 contaminated sites in the state. Cases led by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, including those under the Industrial Site Remediation Reform Act (ISRA), no longer need to wait for agency approval to proceed. Instead, the new law created a temporary licensing program authorizing a Licensed Site Remediation Professional (LSRP) to manage the environmental investigation and remediation process.

Stantec’s seven LSRPs have been approved by the state and issued their licenses, and another is awaiting approval. Stantec’s environmental remediation practice works with companies in the energy, chemical, manufacturing, transportation, mining, and paper industries, among others, as well as with government agencies to develop solutions for site management, remediation, and wetlands mitigation. The Stantec team also provides expertise in litigation support and natural resource damages claims. The team has collectively worked on more than 500 projects in New Jersey.

Stantec’s LSRPs come from offices in the Northeast, with backgrounds in geology, engineering and environmental science:

John Bolakas, Senior Principal, West Chester, Pennsylvania
Michael Gonglik, Senior Geological Consultant, Mount Laurel, New Jersey
Michael Malone, Senior Geologist, West Chester, Pennsylvania
Chris McCardell, Senior Project Manager, West Chester, Pennsylvania
Jack Newman, Associate Scientist, Mount Laurel, New Jersey
Andrew Thomas, Senior Project Manager, West Chester, Pennsylvania
Denise Waite, Principal Geologist, West Chester, Pennsylvania

Design firm Stantec has ranked in the top 10 in Building Design magazine’s annual World Architecture 100 survey. The BD World Architecture 100 list is compiled each year based on the number of registered architects at each firm. Stantec ranked within the top 10 in five categories, as number 10 in North America, and as number 22 in the global top 100 list.

Over the last five years, Stantec’s architecture practice has grown significantly through acquisition. Recent additions of Murphy Hilgers in Toronto, Vollmer Associates in New York City, Chong Partners Architecture in San Francisco, and Granary Associates in Philadelphia have added a depth of resources and experience to Stantec’s architecture presence.

“Our architecture group has over 800 design staff working on creative, sustainable solutions from our offices across North America and the UAE,” says Stanis Smith, Stantec’s Senior Vice President. “In particular, we are a leader in healthcare and educational facilities design and we are proud to be in the North America top 10.”

The rankings, which study hundreds of global architecture firms, placed Stantec in the top 10 in the following global market sectors: healthcare, retail, infrastructure, leisure, and criminal justice. Stantec also ranked in the top 10 for earnings in facilities management, surveying, landscape architecture, planning, and urban design.

"We have designers all across the continent who work on all types of projects," says Alan Hartley, Stantec Vice President. "We have great expertise in a variety of sectors and being ranked in the top 10 for healthcare, retail, infrastructure, leisure, and criminal justice sectors is a testament to our work."

Stantec is involved in a number of major architecture projects across North America including the Winnipeg International Airport, which is targeted to be North America’s first LEED certified airport, the new mental health outpatient and research centre at Seattle Veterans Hospital, Nassau Airport in the Bahamas, and Peterborough Regional Health Center in Ontario, Canada, which recently won Contract Magazines Interior Award for healthcare design.

Fifteen thousand sustainable projects from 121 countries recently competed for the high-profile Global Holcim Awards, but only a handful met the exacting benchmarks. One of those, the Living with Lakes Centre in Sudbury, Ontario, was named one of eight finalists in the bi-annual awards program, administered by the Swiss-based Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction.

Stantec is providing mechanical engineering and sustainable design services to the project architect Busby Perkins + Will Architects and a unique university, local, provincial, and Canadian government partnership. The 40,000-square-foot freshwater lake restoration and research facility is designed to LEED Platinum standards.

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Stantec announced today it has completed the acquisition of environmental management firm TetrES Consultants Inc. in Winnipeg, Manitoba. TetrES has a 20 year history in Manitoba and across western Canada, and is regarded as one of the province’s top environmental management firms.
 
“The TetrES team significantly increases our environmental management capabilities for clients in Manitoba and northwestern Ontario,” says Eric Wiens, Stantec Vice President. “The addition of TetrES bolsters Stantec’s position as a leading design and environmental management firm in the City and is consistent with our strong growth in Winnipeg over the past decade. This also strengthens our standing as one of Canada’s top environmental consulting practices.”

With 25 employees in Winnipeg, TetrES specializes in multidisciplinary assignments involving infrastructure/master planning, environmental assessment, management of strategic regulatory issues, and provision of regulatory defense/expert testimony.

“We have built an enviable local presence and have been able to dominate in a number of market niches but our local success has not transferred into many opportunities outside of Manitoba,” says George Rempel, TetrES President. “By joining Stantec we are gaining access to the resources we need to successfully compete with the national and multinational firms that serve our clients outside of our local market. In addition, we are giving our staff the opportunity to grow their careers by working with their new Stantec colleagues on projects throughout North America.”

Combined with TetrES, Stantec now has approximately 200 employees in Winnipeg providing a diverse range of services including architecture, interior design, urban planning, transportation planning and engineering, water and wastewater design services, and environmental engineering, in addition to environmental management. Stantec’s Environment practice has grown to over 3,400 staff throughout Canada and the United States.

Stantec’s landscape architecture practice has been recognized with a National Award of Merit, in the biennial Urban Design Awards, sponsored by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC), the Canadian Institute of Planners, and the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects.

The master plan for RiverWalk, a four-kilometer promenade in Calgary, Alberta’s East Village, got the nod from judges in the category of Urban Design Plans. The award will be presented at the Design Exchange Conference in Toronto, Ontario on October 12, 2010.

RiverWalk is a key component of an ambitious revitalization effort for the Rivers District in downtown Calgary being undertaken by the Calgary Municipal Land Corporation.

Stantec’s design collaboration for the RiverWalk Master Plan describes a new vision for the Bow and Elbow Rivers waterfront and a new generation of public life and urban spaces in downtown Calgary. It establishes a continuous promenade that will connect a number of the city’s premier attractions, and business and residential communities, while laying out plans for waterfront plazas, gateways and community connectors, opportunities for public art and cultural expression, riparian restoration and a commuter route for both “heels” and “wheels”. The RiverWalk is intended to serve as a significant catalyst for a major redevelopment in the city’s blighted east end district.

“I’m just thrilled to congratulate the Calgary Municipal Land Corporation and our team on this honor,” says Cathy Sears, CSLA, ASLA, project principal and leader of the firm’s landscape architecture practice.  “We believe the RiverWalk will be a source of enjoyment and excitement for Calgarians for generations to come and we’re proud to have helped bring the vision to fruition.”

Stantec provided integrated services from a diverse team of landscape architects, architects, public engagement consultants, structural and electrical engineers, horticulturalists, and lighting designers. Phase One of RiverWalk construction is now underway.

“The National Urban Design Awards recognize that urban design/architecture impacts every facet of society and enriches quality of life. This year’s awards honor those who have risen to the challenge and contributed to the cultural fabric of cities,” said RAIC President Randy Dahr, FRAIC, CSLA, MCIP.

Stantec part of project team for design of Canada’s first LEED-certified airport

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** Image of the time capsule is a full-scale mockup

On July 3rd, Queen Elizabeth became the first person to step into the new James Armstrong Richardson International Airport Terminal in Winnipeg, as the project nears completion. Designed by North American firm Stantec Architecture Ltd, in association with PCP Architects, this major new International Airport Terminal is on track to be Canada’s first LEED-certified airport.

During her visit, the Queen  sealed a time capsule, designed by Stantec architects, that will be permanently installed in the building. To be opened 50 years from now, the time capsule contains a commemorative scroll signed by the Queen at the opening ceremony on July 3rd, as well as a miniature rose within a hand-carved wooden box, given as a gift from the Queen to the province. Stantec’s design of the time capsule vessel itself was inspired by the ceremonial Royal Mace, and the dramatic curves of the roof of the new terminal. Custom-made curved glass fins surround the narrow glass cylinder that houses a gold-plated container with the scroll, while the upper glass cylinder containing the gift in its wooden box is engraved with the Manitoba crest.

The airport redevelopment is one of the most significant capital projects ever undertaken in Manitoba. Designed to resemble the wings of an airplane, the building’s roof projections cantilever outwards up to 14 meters beyond its walls and into the prairie horizon and sky. The terminal’s many energy-saving features include water reducing fixtures, innovative ventilation and lighting to minimize energy needs, and a radiant in-floor heating and cooling system. In addition, more than 15 per cent of construction materials used in the terminal contained recycled content.

“Through functionality, sustainability and aesthetics, the project team has aimed to design an iconic building to create a strong positive impression for residents and visitors alike,” says Stanis Smith, Stantec Sr. Vice President and Executive Principal for the project. “We are honoured to have been asked to design the time capsule that the Queen sealed when she visited."

“Stantec has been an important partner in developing the facility that will be the new “front doors” to our community,” said Barry Rempel, President & CEO of Winnipeg Airports Authority Inc.  “Airport site redevelopment is already surpassing our expectations in serving as a catalyst for further regional development.”

Stantec is one of the world's premiere airport design firms. One out of three passengers travelling in North America today goes through an airport for which Stantec has completed a major project. Stantec's other current airport projects include a new terminal in Nassau, Bahamas, and a major expansion of Edmonton International, both of which are under construction.

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.  We support public and private sector clients in a diverse range of markets in the infrastructure and facilities sector at every stage, from initial concept and financial feasibility to project completion and beyond. Our services are offered through approximately 9,400 employees operating out of more than 130 locations in North America. Stantec trades on the TSX and the NYSE under the symbol STN. Stantec is One Team providing Infinite Solutions.

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