Featured Ideas
Welcome to Ideas, where you can learn about the trends, innovations, and challenges impacting the built environment.
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MoreFrom the Design Quarterly: 6 approaches to waterfront revitalization
How thoughtful decisions can drive the creation of livable urban places down by the water
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Stantec ERA Issue 02 | The Digital Issue
How is technology changing the energy and resources market?
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Design Quarterly Issue 07 | Adapting to Change
The rapid pace of change and how it’s influencing innovative design and engineering solutions from Sacramento to Perth.
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MoreFeed the future: Human existence may depend on the success of the Second Green Revolution
How can we feed a growing world population that’s shifting toward cities? It starts with optimizing our use of land and water
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MoreHow satellite technology can monitor buried pipelines—and find leaks more quickly
PipeWATCH is a remote sensing technology—and it’s a game changer for the oil and gas industry
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MoreStructural integrity critical when repurposing old buildings for new uses
Renovating existing buildings requires a thoughtful, tailored approach to structural engineering
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Published: Wet-Weather Infrastructure: Smart Analysis and TOTEX Planning Equal Savings and Resilience
How “sweating the system” with smart analytics modeling and TOTEX planning can deliver fit-for-purpose solutions, capital cost savings, and system optimization
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MoreBetter than before: 3 ways design can ease the transition to safety for survivors of abuse
How designing a women’s shelter taught one architect about recovery, reintegration, and empowerment
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Published in Community Design Collaborative: Carnell Scholars Drive Schoolyard Design
Stantec’s Philadelphia team received a community design award for conceptual open space improvements at the Laura H. Carnell School in Philadelphia
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Published in Mining Magazine: Bound for a Rebound
It has been a tumultuous 12 months in the EPC and EPCM space, with project and sector-wide exits, plus handfuls of contract awards
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Published in Global Water Intelligence: Coastal projects bring Stantec a flood of work
Green infrastructure and solutions a growing necessity to protect coastal communities from more frequent and growing storms
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MoreNeed a new marine crane? Follow these 7 guidelines for the procurement process
Here’s how to select the right crane for specific job requirements on port infrastructure projects
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MoreTAKE OUR QUIZ: Are you smart city smart?
Take this quiz to see how much you know about what cities are doing to become hyperconnected. Based on research by ESI ThoughtLab, co-sponsored by Stantec
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More3 important keys to monitoring for stability during ash pond closures
Planning and instrument monitoring are needed to safely build embankments over or excavate slopes into coal combustion residuals
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MoreOn the leading edge: Decentralized computing can transform smart-mobility infrastructure
Edge computing test bed shows potential for cost-effective upgrades to connected roadway efficiency and safety
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MoreWhat’s cooking? When it comes to commercial kitchen design, it’s all about ventilation
Culinary problem solving—and reduced energy consumption—through integrated design
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MoreAlternative project delivery is all about R&R—resourcefulness and repetition
The right design team—with the proper experience—can help deliver on complicated, pricey projects
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MoreDeveloping solutions to handle PFAS—aka “forever chemicals”—it’s an evolving science
Innovative problem-solving needed as the true depth of PFAS contamination and its effects on humanity remain up in the air
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MoreWant to elevate your smart city planning game? This 7-step roadmap gets you hyperconnected
After surveying 100 metro centers around the world, we found some smart city best practices to share
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MoreResearch and benchmarking: Revisiting a 21st century library a decade after design
Libraries have evolved tremendously in the last two decades. Here’s what we’ve learned from researching and benchmarking.
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