It’s back-to-back recognition as one of Canada’s Best Workplaces™!

The confetti’s barely settled from our 2024 celebrations at Smith + Andersen offices across Canada, and we are again recognized as a great place to come to work.

The Great Place to Work Institute surveys the employees of over 900 companies to identify the workplaces with high-trust, high-performance cultures.

“The only way to be recognized is to invest in an exceptional employee experience,” says Nancy Fonseca, Senior Vice President Client Services at Great Place to Work Canada, “and have this focus permeate every part of the organization.”

Smith + Andersen’s culture has been 60 years in the making, starting organically as simply the right way to deliver great work for our clients. Over the decades it’s been formalized into a recipe for a work environment that enables and empowers our staff to produce the best work of their careers.

“We attract the best people in the industry. Many stay for their entire career,” says Kevin Farbridge, Senior Principal at Smith + Andersen. “It’s an environment where their expertise is respected and encouraged to grow. The Best Workplaces recognition is a reflection of that.”

All of Canada’s Best Workplaces will be featured in the Globe and Mail.

For more information, please contact:

Brian Brett
Director of Marketing and Communications 
Brian.Brett@smithandandersen.com

About Smith + Andersen

Smith + Andersen is a trusted Canadian consulting engineering firm with offices in Vancouver, Kelowna, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, London, Hamilton, Toronto, Ottawa, and Halifax. Founded in 1965, Smith + Andersen has grown from an established reputation as trusted mechanical and electrical consultants, reaching new levels of engineering and design excellence in the communications, security, and audio-visual fields, and providing enhanced services such as lighting, building automation systems, and intelligent integrated systems design. Thanks to their client-focused approach, Smith + Andersen is able to apply efficient, sustainable, and reliable design and engineering solutions on the most exciting projects across Canada. From integrated hospitals and welcoming schools, to healthy workplaces and secure transit stations, their team has established lasting relationships with public and private sector clients across the country.

About Footprint

Footprint is a highly-specialized team of engineers, planners, architects, designers, and sustainability professionals. With offices across Canada, Footprint provides an evolving list of services, including energy modelling and strategy, performance verification, existing building optimization, climate change and resilience consulting, sustainability consulting and certification, commissioning, and building wellness strategy. The Footprint team has experience with a diverse range of projects – many of which are leading national examples of sustainable design. The team has earned the trust of public and private clients in markets across Canada, providing reliable yet innovative solutions at every project stage. A proud member of The Smith + Andersen Group, Footprint draws from a foundation of technical expertise gained from working alongside a proven consulting engineering firm.

About Great Place to Work®

Great Place to Work® is the global authority on high-trust, high-performance workplace cultures. A global research and consulting firm, Great Place to Work® provides the benchmarks and expertise needed to create, sustain, and recognize outstanding workplace cultures. In Canada, Great Place to Work® produces both industry and demographic specific Best Workplace™ lists, and represents the voices of 500,000 employees across industry. This is part of the world’s largest annual workplace study, recognizing the world's Best Workplaces in a series of national lists including those published by The Globe & Mail (Canada) and Fortune magazine (USA). Visit us at www.greatplacetowork.ca