Coastal, Marine, and Great Lakes Ecosystems

Approximately 70% of the Earth's surface consists of water. Our oceans consist of 97% of all the water on Earth and 99% of the planet’s habitable space. Not including our inland waterways and Great Lakes, there’s an estimated 620,000 kilometres (372,000 miles) of coastline. Over one-third of the total human population, nearly 2.4 billion people, lives within 100 kilometres (62 miles) of the ocean.

Our coastal, marine, and freshwater scientists and engineers work globally on projects that range from research, assessment, and mitigation in our deep oceans to restoring important coastal and marine habitats. They develop sustainable and resilient solutions for the communities that depend upon our shorelines, oceans, reefs, and inland water resources.

Leveraging coastal and marine resources while maintaining the integrity of their ecology and long-term protection is a delicate balance. Stantec’s skill and experience in marine and coastal services includes research, permitting, assessment, monitoring, mitigation, cultural resources, and innovative technology. We leverage the skills of our internal staff nationally and globally, and we seamlessly work with our partners in academia, government agencies, and other companies to build solutions that deliver thoughtful, effective, and innovative results. We assess, we design, we protect, we restore.

A thorough understanding of international, federal, state/provincial, and local regulatory frameworks that guide the protection of coastal and marine systems—including cultural and archeological resources—results in solutions that are effective and realistic. This accelerates the approvals and the implementation process. We work closely and collaboratively with our regulatory agency project partners to develop compliant and appropriate approaches, which meet the expectations of our clients while maintaining the integrity of critical coastal and marine ecosystems.