Tag: Stantec
-
Stantec project highlight: Using modern technology and collaboration to uncover the sunken USS Monitor
For over 150 years, the U.S. Navy’s first ironclad warship, the USS Monitor, rested off the coast of North Carolina. It wasn’t until 2025, when Stantec partnered up with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Northrop Grumman, and SEARCH to survey the wreck off the coast of Cape Hatteras, that high-resolution sonar imagery helped…
-
Science Podcast: Stantec and BMO on nature as critical infrastructure for businesses, cities, and communities
How can organizations create long-term value while strengthening resilience? In the Bank of Montreal’s (BMO) Sustainability Leaders podcast, Stantec’s Dom Kempson and Mike Morris explore the growing role of nature-based solutions in infrastructure, business strategy, and community resilience with BMO’s Chief Sustainability Officer, Michael Torrance. Give the conversation a listen: https://www.stantec.com/en/ideas/content/video/2026/nature-is-critical-infrastructure-for-businesses-cities-communities
-
Sparking nature-positive outcomes through science at Stantec
How can engineering with nature reduce risk, restore ecosystems, and deliver community value? That’s the question at the heart of Stantec’s new Sparks story: Sparking Nature-Positive Outcomes. As climate extremes, aging infrastructure, and biodiversity loss reshape the risks facing communities, nature-based solutions are becoming an increasingly important part of the answer. By combining ecological design,…
-
Stantec Delivers Engineering with Nature Across the Globe
This week, we’re highlighting our partner, Stantec, and their work in nature-based solutions (NbS). Stantec combines natural systems with engineering to help reduce risk and build resilience. Using strategies such as bioswales, wetlands, coastal restoration, and green infrastructure, NbS can help address biodiversity loss, flood and drought mitigation, water quality and scarcity while supporting carbon…
-
January 2026 Knowledge Series: Streamlined Success: Delivering Fish Passage in Complex Urban Systems
Jonathan Scheibly, PWS, PE, Sandra Nelson & Gwen Macdonald, Stantec Fish passage restoration is a cornerstone of aquatic ecosystem conservation and resilience. Restoring access to historic habitats supports healthy fish populations and benefits entire riverine and marine ecosystems, vital to biodiversity and the revitalization of commercial and recreational fisheries, which in turn creates jobs and…
-
Northrop Grumman Partnership: Driving Innovation for Environmental Conservation
Stantec, a global leader in environmental conservation, has partnered with Northrop Grumman, renowned for aerospace and defense technology, to tackle urgent conservation challenges with innovative tech and expertise. Stantec brings over 30 years of experience in sustainable, nature-based solutions and a deep understanding of emerging conservation needs. Northrop Grumman’s Technology Conservation (T4C) program advances defense…
-
Stantec Project Highlight: Hoteo River – Bank Erosion Geomorphic Solutions
Kaipara Harbour, New Zealand’s largest estuarine ecosystem, is a vital habitat for aquatic species but faces threats from high sediment and nutrient loads that reduce water clarity and bury juvenile snapper habitat. To address this, Auckland Council partnered with local iwi, landowners, and our team of channel stability specialists, using the bank-stability and toe-erosion model…
-
Restoring the Klamath River: A Historic Milestone
Stantec is supporting the restoration design for five major fish-bearing tributaries of the Klamath River as part of the largest dam removal and river restoration project in US history. Working as a subcontractor to Resource Environmental Solutions (RES), Stantec’s efforts follow the 2023 removal of four dams, which reopened over 400 miles of historical habitat…
-
Nature-based Solution Success at Deer Grove Forest Preserve
Since 1916, Deer Grove Forest Preserve has been a key natural space in Cook County, Illinois. Openlands led an environmental team to assess, restore, and monitor oak ecosystems, which had suffered from invasive species. Working with the Forest Preserves of Cook County and local volunteers, they removed invasive plants, reintroduced sunlight, and encouraged the return…
-
Partner Takeover: Stantec
This week, we’re putting the spotlight on our partner, Stantec. Stantec is a leader in nature-based solutions (NbS), which combine natural systems with traditional engineering. Incorporating features like bioswales, wetlands, and coastal restoration, NbS solutions help improve resilience for people, environments, and infrastructure. These strategies address climate risks such as rising temperatures, droughts, water quality,…