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Blog Post VR and community outreach programs: Building social acceptance with immersive technology
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Video How Albany converted an underused highway ramp into a city park
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Blog Post 7 big ideas for revitalizing the urban realm
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Video A road project uncovered a historical archaeology site and one family’s connection to it
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Webinar Recording Placemaking for innovation: Creating innovation ecosystems
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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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Blog Post Stantec’s Top 10 Ideas from 2023
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Published Article Got yourself a deal? M&A lessons from Stantec
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Blog Post VR and community outreach programs: Building social acceptance with immersive technology
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Blog Post 3 key steps to successful utility design for the telecommunications industry
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Published Article The Mighty Bus: Transit Hero of Our Growing Community
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Podcast Design Hive: Robyn Whitwham on designing for mental health
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Published Article Nature-based protections against storm surges
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Published Article How mega events can be catalysts for change
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Blog Post 7 big ideas for revitalizing the urban realm
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Published Article From necessity to amenity: changing the perception of storm water management
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 16 | Climate Risk
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Published Article Increasing capacity and funding for rural communities
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Video Home is Where the Art is
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Blog Post For your next urban playground or revitalization, consider nature-based solutions
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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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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 15 | Reuse and Revitalization
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Blog Post Reinventing the Thompson Center: A research project into a modular, mixed-use destination
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Blog Post Breaking the bias: How two women are making spaces and places more inclusive
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Report Quick and creative street projects
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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 Continuous, holistic, and equitable health communities
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Blog Post How New Orleans’ response to Hurricane Katrina improved public safety and economic growth
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Published Article Planning ahead - the importance of waste planning within developments
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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 Supporting equity with an inclusive neighborhood—it’s urban planning for all
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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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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 Finding success for downtown office space after COVID-19
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Podcast We need an EV charging renaissance
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Published Article Making Richmond Hill future-ready: Interview with David Dixon
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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 How to stave off the wintry chills and embrace the outdoors this COVID-19 winter
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Published Article 5 recommendations to cultivate digital-forward innovation in the built environment
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Video Improving New Zealand housing
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Webinar Recording Winter City Design
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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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Blog Post Winter city design: 3 ways to save our small businesses this COVID-19 winter
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Blog Post [With Video] Beyond the monument: Honoring our heroes through contextual design
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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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Webinar Recording Just Suburbs: Creating Equitable Opportunities in Suburban Development
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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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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 Pandemic lessons: Reliable internet is no longer a luxury—it’s a right
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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 The transformation of engagement: Community considerations for driving online conversation
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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 A global view of design and urban planning post-COVID-19 (Part 1): Pandemic prevention
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Blog Post The new “shovel ready”: Preparing for COVID-19 infrastructure stimulus funding
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Blog Post We need to start talking NOW about shared autonomous mobility—5 urban dividends
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Article Published: Cooperatives Offer Innovative Option to Solve the Affordable Housing Shortage
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Blog Post Stantec’s Top 10 Ideas for 2019 (Plus 2 bonus items!)
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Published Article Published in Community Design Collaborative: Carnell Scholars Drive Schoolyard Design
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: 6 approaches to waterfront revitalization
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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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Article Published: Rebuilding Main Street in Rural America
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Published Article Published in How We Respond: New Orleans Residents Respond to Flooding w/ Citizen Science
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Article Published in Canadian Consulting Engineer: Future City Planning
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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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Article Published in ENR: Long-awaited Boston Marathon bombing markers reach the finish line
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: 8 ways to design for density and live where the action is
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Blog Post [With Video] 3 surprising things I discovered from hacking 21st-century city challenges
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Webinar Recording Saving our Suburbs (Part 3) – Smart Suburbs
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Blog Post [With Video] How can technology from video games bring flood risks to life?
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Blog Post How can we build smart cities of the future?
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Blog Post Infrastructure Week 2019: Parks as infrastructure—providing resilience and quality of life
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Published Article Published in REDNews: How updates to floodplain mapping will impact Texas
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Subsurface Utility Engineering enhanced through collaboration
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Blog Post This Earth Day, let’s embrace the full spectrum of sustainability
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Blog Post Back to our (grass)roots: New guide aims to decode grass and rush plant families
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Design Quarterly Issue 05 | Smart & Livable Cities
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Blog Post From ancient to contemporary: How to design a monastery in the 21st century
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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 Merging design technologies helps fast-track transit project in fast-growing Seattle area
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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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Video Building a collaborative community in Austin
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Blog Post Driving economically robust downtowns from buildings that are already there
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Blog Post Stantec: Our evolution from 1 person to a global firm
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Blog Post Using an environmental review tool to yield planning and economic development benefits
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Blog Post Wildfire recovery: Creating a resilient home for outdoor education from ashes
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Blog Post National Preparedness Month: Two things you can do now to protect you and your family
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Video Stantec Summer Internship Program 2018
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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 Putting Places First
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Video David Dixon discusses the next generation of urban places at NZPI 2018
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Blog Post Five traits a surveyor must have to help a client find success
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Article International Downtown Association Report: The Value of U.S. Downtowns and Center Cities
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Blog Post In the battle of suburbs vs. cities, could both be winning?
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Blog Post [With Video] Your community needs a BMX track—here’s why
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Blog Post Road kill: the creative destruction of an urban expressway reclaims a city’s soul
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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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Navigating the draft revised National Planning Policy Framework
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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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Blog Post Boxed in by changing markets, 20th-century suburbs learn how to reinvent themselves
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Publication Issue 01 | The Sustainable City
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 01 | The Sustainable City
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Blog Post Can a city’s downtown be its portal to prosperity?
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Blog Post Turning land-use restrictions into something positive
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Blog Post Creating communities from defunct suburban malls
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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 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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Blog Post Public realm for 21st-century cities
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Blog Post The Jane Jacobs conundrum (Part 1): 3 urban trends driving economic inequality
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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 Top 5 tips for fast-track site development
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Blog Post The battle of development: Urban core or suburbs?
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Blog Post Why users enjoying the public spaces we design is the best reward
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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 Making urban places work for people
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Interactive Explore The Autonomous Vehicle City
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