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Webinar Recording Placemaking for innovation: Creating innovation ecosystems
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Blog Post Breaking down data silos in infrastructure asset management
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 22 | Experiences
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Blog Post 6 big net zero design ideas for a Houston Astrodome renovation
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Blog Post Why progressive design-build is gaining traction in Canada
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Report Enhancing Montreal’s public spaces through strategic urban design
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Blog Post Large-scale redevelopment projects need to learn from small-scale historic neighborhoods
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Video Designing sustainability into Edmonton's LRT expansion
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 21 | Adaptive Reuse
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Blog Post Transportation planning strategies for the FIFA World Cup and major events
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Video Prioritizing environmental justice on a $3 billion transportation megaproject
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Video How Albany converted an underused highway ramp into a city park
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Podcast Stantec.io Podcast: Advanced Tech and Reality Insight
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Blog Post What is a comprehensive plan? 6 steps to help your city
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Podcast Stantec.io Podcast: The Growth and Innovation Episode
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Video How investing in downtowns fosters community and economic growth
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 20 | RETHINK
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Report Catalyzing Calgary’s Downtown West
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Published Article Financing boom supercharges Superfund
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Webinar Recording Mall of the Future Webinar Series
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Podcast Talking Transit-Oriented Development with Sisto Martello
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Blog Post Mobility hubs are the key to unlocking corridor development potential
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Blog Post How do you create thriving, connected places? 5 ways to expand transit-oriented planning
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Blog Post Advanced manufacturing facilities are key to a sustainable future
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Technical Paper Supporting healthier and more resilient communities through investments in mobility
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Blog Post 5 key steps to put community at the center of transit and development
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Blog Post 8 challenges holding back vertical farming facilities
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Video Retrofitting Hammond, IN’s downtown core from car-centric to a walkable neighborhood
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Blog Post VR and community outreach programs: Building social acceptance with immersive technology
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Published Article How to curb skepticism around Nature-based Solutions
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Webinar Learn strategies to guide our communities in unlocking new urban opportunities
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Podcast Stantec.io Podcast: The Soil Risk Map Episode
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Podcast Stantec.io Podcast: The Smart Cities Episode
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Published Article Creating Better Spaces
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Blog Post 5 trends from CES that will majorly impact the built environment
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Published Article The Mighty Bus: Transit Hero of Our Growing Community
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Blog Post Debunking 7 myths and embracing a universal design mindset
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Podcast Design Hive: Robyn Whitwham on designing for mental health
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Blog Post Today’s parking lots are tomorrow’s mobility hubs. Why is it a better use of space?
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 17 | New Design Essentials
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Report Delivering the Goods: Urban freight in the age of e-commerce
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Blog Post One module at a time: The future of affordable housing
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Blog Post Adapting our green spaces for a changing climate
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Published Article Nature-based protections against storm surges
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Podcast Digital frontiers, reimagining science, engineering, and design
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Published Article How mega events can be catalysts for change
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Blog Post Designing for a client’s nature-driven mission
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Blog Post It takes a village: Managing water in a time of climate change
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Blog Post How can utilities prepare for the next big storm?
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Blog Post Supply and demand: Energy security in the UK
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Blog Post 7 big ideas for revitalizing the urban realm
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Podcast Design Hive: Daryl Fonslow on adaptive reuse to net zero
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 16 | Climate Risk
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Blog Post Even popular retail malls are reevaluating and refocusing to amplify experiences
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Published Article Increasing capacity and funding for rural communities
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Our approach: The Climate Solutions Wheel
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![[With Video] 7 approaches to creating affordable housing for artists](/content/dam/stantec/images/projects/0111/pullman-artspace-lofts-185195.jpg)
Blog Post [With Video] 7 approaches to creating affordable housing for artists
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Video Constructing a new park and transportation corridor on Manhattan’s shore
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Blog Post Avoiding the wrecking ball: Restoring purpose in aging commercial properties
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Blog Post 7 approaches to building reuse to help existing properties reach net zero
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Published Article A new era of downtown opportunity
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Blog Post For your next urban playground or revitalization, consider nature-based solutions
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Blog Post A different West Side Story: How a boulevard changed Manhattan
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Blog Post Reflecting on Frederick Law Olmsted’s legacy for World Landscape Architecture Month
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Blog Post [With Video] 4 reasons we’re excited about our new automated design tool
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Blog Post Urban highway removal: 4 ways to reknit a city’s fabric
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 15 | Reuse and Revitalization
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Video A channel runs through it: How we addressed the challenges of urban creek restoration
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Blog Post Reinventing the Thompson Center: A research project into a modular, mixed-use destination
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Podcast What does the future hold for autonomous vehicle policy and funding?
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Published Article Urban highway removal projects are on the rise across America
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Blog Post Breaking the bias: How two women are making spaces and places more inclusive
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Webinar Recording Climate Solutions Webinar Series: Climate solutions that work
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Blog Post The new low-carbon suburb: Retrofitting communities for success in the post-COVID era
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Report Quick and creative street projects
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Blog Post How do we shift to a circular economy? It starts with dumping the end-of-life concept
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Blog Post We can build healthier streets by prioritizing the human experience
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Webinar Recording Ontario’s New Soil Regulation - Panel Discussion
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Blog Post EV is the bridge to transit’s AV revolution—and now is the time to start building it
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Blog Post Investigating PFAS: Key concerns for sampling programs
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Blog Post A Smart(ER) approach to mobility: Prioritizing equity and resilience
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Blog Post Brownfields, synchronized: Pros and cons of aligning development goals with remediation
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Blog Post How is transit responding to reopening?
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Blog Post How to overcome the 3 most common obstacles in long-term community development
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Blog Post Elevating mobility infrastructure into a destination of its own
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Published Article Adapting to climate change in New York City
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Blog Post Passports to a net zero carbon future
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Blog Post Listening to the land to design an urban Indigenous healthcare facility
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Report COVID-19 Recovery Strategies for Downtowns
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 13 | After the Reset
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Blog Post Recycle your building: 8 reasons to consider adaptive reuse and retrofitting
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Webinar Recording Designing with equity in mind: Rethinking how we approach projects
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Presentation Designing for Impact: Hubs and Corridors
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Article Micromobility Q&A: Are we on the road to a future of connected, Complete Streets?
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Blog Post Community spirit can strengthen collective resilience—and you can design for it
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Blog Post More than just another bus route: Can Bus Rapid Transit spur compact urban development?
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Report Planning a resilient future for defense communities
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Blog Post Can we learn to share? How the sharing economy can help launch the mobility revolution
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Blog Post From zero to hero: Kick-starting the rebirth of North America’s malls
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Blog Post We can think differently to create more equitable outcomes in city building
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Blog Post Designing Complete Streets for towns and suburbs, not just for big cities
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 12 | Equity and Inclusion
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Published Article Living with Water in New Orleans
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Article Taking design to new heights through market insights and innovation
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Video Rolling out new mobility pilots
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Video Making mobility work for people
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Video Planning for the future of mobility
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Blog Post The American Rescue Plan Act: 4 questions to get thinking about infrastructure projects
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Blog Post Finding success for downtown office space after COVID-19
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Published Article Making Richmond Hill future-ready: Interview with David Dixon
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Video Stantec kicks off the United Nations’ Decade on Ecosystem Restoration RIGHT!
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Blog Post The Lily Pad Network: A natural analogy to advance resiliency
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Published Article Lights, candles, action: How St. John's can find more bright spots in the dead of winter
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Blog Post 3 public engagement practices for holistic urban planning
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Blog Post Developing a new open space in your downtown community? Here are 5 key ideas to consider
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 11 | Empowering Design
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Blog Post Building a legacy: Designing sports facilities that serve communities for decades
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White Paper The Future of Mobility: Remaking Buffalo for the 21st Century
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Blog Post How to stave off the wintry chills and embrace the outdoors this COVID-19 winter
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Video Improving New Zealand housing
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Webinar Recording Winter City Design
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Blog Post Building industry diversity: 5 ways to empower disadvantaged business enterprise firms
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Blog Post Dinner in a “snow globe”—one designer’s plan to help restaurants during a COVID-19 winter
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Webinar Recording Global Panel on COVID-19 Responses in Vulnerable Urban Contexts
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Blog Post Working 9 to 5 has been a double climate change whammy
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Blog Post Carbon: A common language for change—now is the time to act
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Published Article Is this the beginning of a micromobility revolution?
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Blog Post Winter city design: 3 ways to save our small businesses this COVID-19 winter
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 10 | The Carbon Issue
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Published Article How to make the most of COVID winter
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Webinar Recording Mall Remix: breathing new life into old malls
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Blog Post Beyond Complete Streets: Could COVID-19 help transform our roads into places for people?
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Webinar Recording Just Suburbs: Creating Equitable Opportunities in Suburban Development
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Blog Post UV lighting in building infection control: Can passive light safely kill coronavirus?
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Blog Post How has shopping changed over the past 100 years? A look at the evolution of retail
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Published Article Published in STRIVE Magazine: Starting a journey toward homeless solutions
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Brochure Looking to launch Automated Vehicles in your community? We can help.
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Blog Post Looking at our streets differently now and after COVID-19
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Blog Post Are medium-density neighborhoods the answer to community planning in the future?
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Blog Post A global view of design and urban planning post-COVID-19 (Part 4): How will cities change?
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Blog Post A global view of design and urban planning post-COVID-19 (Part 3): New infrastructure
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Blog Post Planning for life in cities after the pandemic
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Blog Post A global view of design and urban planning post-COVID-19 (Part 2): Changing perspectives
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Blog Post A global view of design and urban planning post-COVID-19 (Part 1): Pandemic prevention
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Blog Post What’s in a number? Understanding reported PFAS concentrations
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Blog Post How will stimulus funding and post-COVID-19 recovery create a more resilient country?
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Blog Post Disaster preparedness in the midst of COVID-19
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Blog Post The new “shovel ready”: Preparing for COVID-19 infrastructure stimulus funding
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Blog Post Can drone technology help us mitigate the impact of future natural disasters? Absolutely
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Blog Post In the face of more extreme weather, how do we equitably fund stormwater utilities?
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Blog Post Ontario’s new excess soils regulation: What do infrastructure owners need to know?
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Blog Post Your guide to resilient infrastructure planning and investments
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Blog Post Phytoremediation: What is it, and why might it be right for your contaminated site?
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Blog Post We need to start talking NOW about shared autonomous mobility—5 urban dividends
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Blog Post Sponge city: Our urban landscapes have untapped potential to absorb stormwater
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Blog Post The US Integrated Planning Bill: 10 steps municipalities can take to reap the benefits
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Blog Post Does your city need a corridor study? Set the foundation for success with these 3 tips
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: How do you future-proof a stadium in the digital age?
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Meet me at the new mall—10 ways to make them cool
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Blog Post Ontario has updated its brownfield regulations—what do the 7 key changes mean?
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Blog Post Feed the future: Human existence may depend on the success of the Second Green Revolution
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Seeing civic infrastructure differently
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: 6 approaches to waterfront revitalization
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Published Article Published in Global Water Intelligence: Coastal projects bring Stantec a flood of work
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Blog Post Want to elevate your smart city planning game? This 7-step roadmap gets you hyperconnected
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Published Article Repurposing Retail Centers: Profiles in Adaptation, Repositioning and Redevelopment
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Video What is a smart city?
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Presentation Smart cities research: Building a Hyperconnected City
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Blog Post Redefining lost urban spaces: 5 ways to turn a laneway into a “lanescape”
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Blog Post Standard method – help or hindrance?
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Blog Post 3 benefits to embracing an integrated approach to building design
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Article Published in Railway Age: Transit-Oriented Development, Philadelphia Style
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Blog Post 6 myths about embracing non-toxic materials in interior design
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Article Published: Rebuilding Main Street in Rural America
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Blog Post Sidewalk Labs plan is setting a precedent in its approach to mobility
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 07 | Adapting to Change
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Published Article Published in How We Respond: New Orleans Residents Respond to Flooding w/ Citizen Science
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Blog Post The connected, autonomous road ahead: Key challenges and opportunities for road operators
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Published Article How cities can find funding for aging infrastructure
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Article Published in Railway Age: Transit Oriented Development – Chicago
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Video Evolving Cities: Infrastructure Update
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Presentation Presentation: Transit Oriented Development: Holistic Value Capture
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Blog Post A decade on ecosystem restoration: Protecting planet Earth for future generations
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Blog Post Diverse industry partnerships strengthen community projects
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Blog Post City planning: A guide to equitable planning for your community
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Blog Post Weaving mental healthcare spaces into the neighborhood
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Published Article Published in NRU Toronto: Designing the smart city
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Published Article Published in Planning magazine: May you live in interesting times
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Blog Post [With Video] 3 surprising things I discovered from hacking 21st-century city challenges
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Publication Stantec Idea Hackathon: Toward a Smart Toronto (Idea Book)
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Article Published in Metro Magazine: Retrofitting garages for zero-emissions buses
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Webinar Recording Saving our Suburbs (Part 3) – Smart Suburbs
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![[With Video] How can technology from video games bring flood risks to life?](/content/dam/stantec/images/ideas/blogs/001/with-video-how-can-1.jpg)
Blog Post [With Video] How can technology from video games bring flood risks to life?
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Published Article Published in Hydro Review: Samoan Islands lead renewable energy efforts
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Article Published in Railway Age: TOD: How New York got it right
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Article Published in Railway Age: P3s key for Transit Oriented Development
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![[With Video] Envisioning the revitalized design of the Old Sacramento urban riverfront](/content/dam/stantec/images/ideas/blogs/004/old-sacramento-waterfront-1.jpg)
Blog Post [With Video] Envisioning the revitalized design of the Old Sacramento urban riverfront
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 06 | Destination Zero
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Embracing the unknown when thinking big data and smart cities
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Blog Post How can we build smart cities of the future?
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: How are we designing for livable cities today?
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Blog Post How to navigate aging infrastructure and utility conflicts in urban areas
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Published Article Published in American Infrastructure: The AI Interview – Lisa Beutler, President of the AWRA
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Published Article Published in Railway Age: Innovation From a ‘P2’ System
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Published Article Published in Planning Magazine: Curb control
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Blog Post Infrastructure Week 2019: Brownfield development is the future of the US urban landscape
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Blog Post Infrastructure Week 2019: Parks as infrastructure—providing resilience and quality of life
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Blog Post Wet-weather infrastructure: Smart analysis and TOTEX planning equal savings and resilience
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Published Article Published in REDNews: How updates to floodplain mapping will impact Texas
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Housing design that keeps the city within reach
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Published Article Published in ENR: Drilling down to defend against drought in Atlanta
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Video All Things Urban: Joe Geller talks Stantec’s Urban Places
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Blog Post This Earth Day, let’s embrace the full spectrum of sustainability
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Teaching sustainability and energy conservation through play
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Design Quarterly Issue 05 | Smart & Livable Cities
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Blog Post Art and architecture meet in the desert
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Blog Post What happens downtown doesn’t stay downtown: The ripple effects of a strong center city
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Blog Post Downtown Columbus, Ohio: A case study in the mobility revolution
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Blog Post Micro-apartments: Are these tiny units coming to the suburbs?
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Blog Post From ancient to contemporary: How to design a monastery in the 21st century
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Speak up. Get involved. Shape the future.
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Webinar Recording Saving our Suburbs (Part 2) – How to Seize Emerging Opportunities
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Blog Post Joining America Walks opened my eyes—it’s a long path to genuine walkability for everyone
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Landscapes that do more
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Blog Post How do we find funding for cities? It’s all about getting creative with partnerships
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Blog Post Curiosity and artistry: 6 takeaways on downtowns
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Webinar Recording Saving our Suburbs (Part 1) – How to Create Successful Suburbs
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: What happens when hospitals move out?
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Blog Post Infrastructure: The most important conversation you’re not having
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 04 | Intersections
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Blog Post Driving economically robust downtowns from buildings that are already there
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Blog Post The science of wayfinding—a formula to increase transit ridership
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Blog Post Planning for disasters: 3 ways science can help deliver drinking water after an earthquake
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Blog Post Roundtable: Imagining a day without water—with planning, it’s something we can avoid
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Blog Post Using an environmental review tool to yield planning and economic development benefits
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Blog Post Counting every space: What parking inventories tell us about cities
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Blog Post Wildfire recovery: Creating a resilient home for outdoor education from ashes
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Forecasting change for baby boomers and millennials
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Blog Post Coastal crisis: We’re running out of sand along Florida’s beaches—what’s the solution?
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Blog Post Engineering the impossible at Nunavut’s Iqaluit Airport
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Video David Dixon discusses the next generation of urban places at NZPI 2018
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Article International Downtown Association Report: The Value of U.S. Downtowns and Center Cities
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Article Building urban energy resilience through education: The E-Pop Park
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Blog Post In the battle of suburbs vs. cities, could both be winning?
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Blog Post Creating a new paradigm for traffic safety—trade the car for other transit options
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Blog Post Four questions we must answer to design truly smart cities
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Switching on the off-season
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Blog Post Looking back at Infrastructure Week: We have our marching orders—educate and advocate
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Blog Post How can we improve combined sewer overflow reporting? We need a smarter approach
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Blog Post What does affordable housing look like in a thriving metro area?
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Video Preserving affordable housing in Denver
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Blog Post Seeing the future: Harnessing the power of virtual reality for community engagement
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Published Article Planning on the Cellular Level - Planning Magazine, May 2018
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Blog Post Urban Places Idea Lab: Tweaking plans, designs, and sustainability strategies
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From the Design Quarterly: Living small means the city is your living room
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Blog Post A new way to approach community involvement for brownfield projects
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Blog Post What does Value of Downtowns report tell us about tomorrow’s cities and regions? (Part 2)
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Video It takes a village: Re-envisioning a main street in Rolesville, NC
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Blog Post Boxed in by changing markets, 20th-century suburbs learn how to reinvent themselves
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Published Article Read a free chapter of Suburban Remix, edited by Jason Beske & David Dixon
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Blog Post What does The Value of Downtowns report tell us about today’s cities? (Part 1)
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Blog Post Traffic management and preparing a city for the big game
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 01 | The Sustainable City
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Blog Post Autonomous vehicles could ruin our downtowns. But not if we act now
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Blog Post Digging Deep into Data — How cell phone activity data enhances transportation planning
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Blog Post The renovation of iconic Wrigley Field is an example of large-scale building recycling
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Blog Post Can Caribbean islands modernize their way to affordable, resilient energy grids?
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Blog Post Indigenous healthcare facility design, a conversation (Part 2)
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Blog Post Garden cities & movement: achieving 'good growth'
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Blog Post Can a city’s downtown be its portal to prosperity?
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Blog Post Why your community needs its own Complete Streets design guidelines
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Blog Post Creating communities from defunct suburban malls
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Blog Post Hooked on classics: Why do we still study classical architecture?
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Blog Post The future of school design: Net Zero should be the norm
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Blog Post Opening day at Wrigley Field: A behind-the-scenes view
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Blog Post The digital utility is within our reach
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Blog Post Communicating cars: Understanding the road to autonomous vehicles
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Published Article The next big disruption is here
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Blog Post Decoding Canada’s Climate Innovation Program
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Blog Post City building: How to use place-making to get intensification right
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Article Determining infrastructure life cycle costs with the CLIC tool
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Blog Post A US Infrastructure Report Card 2017 preview
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Article Turning the tide: Helping shoreline communities create ecologically balanced seawalls
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Blog Post Planting for the future: Enhancing communities with a thriving tree canopy
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Blog Post Embracing the chill: Turning winter into a design asset
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Article Inside a micro-unit: Living small, sharing more, and creating affordable urban housing
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Blog Post Public realm for 21st-century cities
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Blog Post How we found hidden energy savings in water treatment plants
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Blog Post The Jane Jacobs conundrum (Part 1): 3 urban trends driving economic inequality
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Blog Post Landscape architects: On the front lines of the battle for resilience
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Blog Post Finding a solution: Will sea level rise still be a concern in 50 years?
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Blog Post Making a case for living small and sharing more in urban areas
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Blog Post Transit-Oriented Development (TOD): It’s not just about the station
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Blog Post Ditching the rink to skate on a rolling ribbon of ice
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Blog Post The battle of development: Urban core or suburbs?
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Interactive Making urban places work for people
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Publication Stantec ERA Issue 8 | The Extreme Weather Issue
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Interactive Microgrids can provide resiliency during extreme weather events
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Interactive How to manage flooding while improving the cityscape
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Interactive You have an energy transition or climate action plan, but is it integrated?
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Interactive Quiz: Is your community automated vehicle ready?
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Interactive United for Infrastructure: Exploring our changing urban landscape
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Interactive The Stantec Idea Hackathon: Big ideas for our biggest challenges
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Interactive Ecosystem Restoration: Solutions for global problems
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Interactive The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can help you
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Interactive What does it take to turn around a declining mall?
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Interactive Mobility hubs are on the way
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Interactive Explore The Autonomous Vehicle City