Award-winning Vollmer bought by Canadian firm.Canadian engineering firm, Stantec Inc. has signed a letter of intent to acquire Vollmer Associates LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol , a 650-person firm headquartered in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . Vollmer provides engineering, architecture, planning, landscape architecture, and survey services focused on the transportation sector, from offices throughout the northeast United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . The transaction is expected to close in April. "The addition of Vollmer Associates will be very strategic for Stantec" said Tony Franceschini, Stantec president & CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "It will significantly increase the size of our transportation practice, enhance our service offering in transportation particularly in specialized areas such as toll roads The following is a list of toll roads. Toll roads are roads on which a toll authority collects a fee for use. This list also contains toll bridges and toll tunnels. Lists of these subsets of toll roads can be found in List of toll bridges and List of toll tunnels. and major transit systems, and add critical mass to our US East operations with a major presence in New York City." Stantec, with more than 6,000 employees and over 80 locations, is a North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. firm providing professional design and consulting services in planning, engineering, architecture, surveying, and project management. In 2005, Vollmer Associates gross revenue was approximately US$80 million. "We're excited about the prospect of joining Stantec and believe that this will offer many benefits to our staff and clients," says Gerry Nielsten, Vollmer managing partner. "Our combined transportation practice will be more comprehensive with a broader geographic presence and access to more service specialists and experts. "Our staff will have the opportunity to work on more diverse projects nationally, be supported by more robust technology systems and will enjoy greater career opportunities. Our clients will have access to a wider range of services and experts for their projects." The Engineering News Record included Vollmer in the top 50 US transportation design firms in 2006. The firm has won many awards for its work including Project of the Year from the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Construction News for the Columbus Circle Reconstruction in Manhattan, which reestablished the monument as one of Central Park's four grand entrances. The company has also won awards for its work on the Hearst Office Tower (New York Construction News 2006 Project of the Year) and the Times Square Station Rehabilitation. |
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