Wardrop: "Our people make the world of difference; providing our clients with "The total solution" engineering, environmental, and information technology. (Corporate Profile).Wardrop is a private, Canadian, employee-owned company. Its mission statement is: "to provide leadership in delivering outstanding service to our clients and society and a rewarding environment for our people." This mission is demonstrated in the role Wardrop continues to pursue in the development of Canada and beyond. Wardrop is focused on its vision to become a major, internationally recognized, fully integrated engineering Integrated Engineering is a multi-disciplinary, design project based engineering degree program. Integrated Engnineering is a program created to meet the demand for engineers who are able to deal with a wide range of problems, often involving knowledge from several , environmental, information technology and business solutions provider by adding depth to the existing technical capabilities, expanding operations, capitalizing on synergies, and constantly seeking great new people to join the Wardrop team. COMPANY HISTORY W.L.(Les) Wardrop, P. Eng P. ENG Professional Engineer P. ENG process engineer ., founded W.L. Wardrop and Associates on February 1,1955 in Winnipeg, MB. What began as a five-person engineering consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a is today a group of nine companies with over 450 staff nationally and internationally, 75 of whom work out of the Northern Ontario Northern Ontario is the part of the province of Ontario which lies north of Lake Huron (including Georgian Bay), the French River and Lake Nipissing. Northern Ontario has a land area of 802,000 km² (310,000 mi²) and constitutes 87% of the land area of Ontario, although it Division offices in Thunder Bay Thunder Bay, city (1991 pop. 113,946), SW Ont., Canada, on Thunder Bay inlet of Lake Superior. The city was created in 1970 by the amalgamation of the twin cities of Fort William and Port Arthur and two adjoining townships. and Sudbury. The company's initial projects consisted of public works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. engineering and housing sub-division servicing. Work quickly expanded into Northwestern Ontario Northwestern Ontario is the region within the Canadian province of Ontario which lies north and west of Lake Superior, and west of Hudson Bay and James Bay. It includes most of subarctic Ontario. and the Port Arthur Port Arthur, city, Canada Port Arthur: see Thunder Bay, Ont., Canada. Port Arthur, city, China Port Arthur: see Lüshun, China. (now Thunder Bay) office was opened in 1956 amid :he best pulp and paper country in the world. Wardrop has layed a major role in many of the developments hroughout Northwestern Ontario, ranging from infrastrucure and facility development in large and small communities to work in the mines and other major industries throughout the region. Over the years, Wardrop has earned a eputation for reliability and excellence in work performance WARDROP CAPABILITIES Engineering * Pulp and Paper * Mining/Mineral Processing * Industrial Services * Energy * Transportation * Software Engineering * Health Care Services * Product/Machine Design * Bridges/Building/Structures * Municipal * Aerospace * Nuclear Information Technology * E-Business Solutions * Database Solutions * Systems Integration * Network Secuirty * Wireless Mobile Applications * Videoconferencing * Telehealth Business Solutions * Deal Structuring/Due Diligence * Business Analysis * Succession Planning Management Succession Planning In organizational development, succession planning is the process of identifying and preparing suitable employees through mentoring, training and job rotation, to replace key players — such as the chief executive officer (CEO) — * Proposal Development * Corporate Fiance * Management Mentoring Environmental * Environmental Management Systems/Planning * Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessments * Environmental Site Assessments and Remediation * Indoor Air Quality Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) deals with the content of interior air that could affect health and comfort of building occupants. The IAQ may be compromised by microbial contaminants (mold, bacteria), chemicals (such as carbon monoxide, radon), allergens, or any mass or energy stressor Investigations * Asbestos, Mould, Lead, PCB PCB: see polychlorinated biphenyl. PCB in full polychlorinated biphenyl Any of a class of highly stable organic compounds prepared by the reaction of chlorine with biphenyl, a two-ring compound. Abatement * Air Dispersion and Noise Modeling Emissions Testing * Solid and Liquid Waste Management * Hydrogeological/Hydrological/Hydrotechnical Investigations * Wildlife Biology and Fisheries Assessments WARDROP EXPANDS Through aggressive marketing, acquisitions, and hiring and retaining the best staff, Wardrop's Northern Ontario Division has achieved an accumulated revenue growth of over 250 per cent in the past three years. Thunder Bay staff has relocated to new and larger office accommodations and the building was recently expanded to accommodate the company's growing needs. A number of years ago, Wardrop integrated its engineering and environmental services The various combinations of scientific, technical, and advisory activities (including modification processes, i.e., the influence of manmade and natural factors) required to acquire, produce, and supply information on the past, present, and future states of space, atmospheric, with its information technologies expertise to address the rapidly changing way that engineering applications were being performed. "Today, the IT side of our operations is totally immersed with our engineering applications and the integration is allowing new and creative ways of bringing the best possible solutions to our clients' operations", said Brent Thompson, Vice President and General Manager of the company's Northern Ontario Division. Wardrop recently acquired a well-established Northern Ontario mining company: which added the skill sets of 15 new staff members. The move strengthened Wardrop's mining group and expanded its capabilities to service the needs of the mining industry which Wardrop has been serving throughout Canada, the United States and overseas for over 40 years. Wardrop also recently acquired Abend Solutions Inc., a growth-oriented information technology company that added new talent to Wardrop's expanding IT group and brought a state-of-the-art videoconferencing component.. The acquisition enhanced Wardrop's Northern Ontario reach by including an office in Sudbury. It also uniquely positioned the company to move its clients forward as the realms of voice, data and video converge. OTHER AWARDS Wardrop has been honoured with a number of awards over the years including a National Pinnacle Award for Innovation for the Remediation of Heavy Timber Roof Trusses at BOMEX BOMEX Board of Medical Examiners BOMEX Barbados Oceanographic and Meteorological Experiment 2000, and an APEX award for its publication 'Latest Happenings'. Other awards include: * Mining Connections Award - 1998 * Executive of the Year * Brent Thompson - Northern Ontario Business Northern Ontario Business is a Canadian magazine, which publishes monthly in Greater Sudbury, Ontario. The magazine covers business news and issues in Northern Ontario. Awards 1999 * Employer of the Year - Wardrop - Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce Business Awards 2000 * Chair of the Board Award - Brent Thompson - Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce 2000 THANKS TO OUR STAFF Wardrop's past success and its bright outlook for the future are testaments to the vision and leadership of its management and the exceptional talent, dedication and loyalty of its staff. |
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