McElhanney Named BSI Canada’s 2023 Award of Excellence Winner
BSI relaunches prestigious excellence in business standards award, announces first winner after a pause in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic
19 August 2024: A Western Canadian professional engineering consulting and geomatics firm has received a prestigious award celebrating excellence in business standards by BSI.
The business standards and improvement company has announced McElhanney as the winner of the 2023 Canada Award of Excellence. BSI Group Canada is a leading provider of ISO Certification, assessment, training, and software in Canada.
McElhanney’s reputation for excellence is built on the foundation of their commitment to safety, quality, and continual learning. As one of the top consulting engineering and geomatics firms in Western Canada, they believe in owning their opportunities for improvement which is proven in their dedicated approach to quality management.
McElhanney achieved ISO 9001:2008 certification in 2012 and certified to ISO 9001:2015 in 2018. With their in-house Business Management System, they enhance their high standards for quality and risk management and streamline their project management, data collection, quality records, and risk management processes to serve their key market sectors in cities, communities, energy, and transportation. McElhanney's dedication to exceeding their high standards will continue for the next leg of their quality management journey.
Pierre Dovala, Sales Director, Assurance Services, BSI, said: “The task of selecting a winner was not an easy one, as we were presented with many outstanding nominations from remarkable organizations. Each one demonstrates a commitment to continual improvement and fostering a culture of excellence.”
The Award of Excellence, founded in 2011, recognizes BSI clients who have demonstrated a culture of excellence and continual improvement in their business. This year’s nominees included companies with certification in good standing in 2021, 2022, and 2023, and represented multiple sectors such as software and security as a service, municipalities, construction, healthcare, and finance.
In evaluating the nominees for the BSI Canada Award of Excellence, the review committee looks at several key factors including audit performances, management systems, and business results.
About BSI:
BSI is a business improvement and standards company that partners with more than 77,500 clients globally across multiple industry sectors. BSI provides organizations with the confidence to grow by working with them to tackle society’s critical issues – from climate change to building trust in AI and everything in between - to accelerate progress towards a fair society and a sustainable world.
For over a century BSI has been recognized for having a positive impact on organizations and society, building trust and enhancing lives. Today BSI engages with a 15,000 strong global community of experts, industry and consumer groups, organizations and governments to deliver on its purpose by helping its clients fulfil theirs.
About McElhanney:
Established in 1910, McElhanney is an award-winning, employee-owned professional consulting firm providing geomatics, engineering, geospatial, planning, landscape architecture, and environmental services. With 30+ locations across Western Canada McElhanney serves cities & communities, energy & resources, and transportation & transit sectors.
McElhanney has earned the recognition as a Platinum member of the Best Managed Companies program and is listed among the Top 100 Employers in Canada. They received the Schreyer Award from the Association of Consulting Engineering Companies, the highest annual honour for outstanding technical projects, for their work on the Trans-Canada Highway Avalanche Mitigation project. Since 2010, they have been honoured with over 100 awards celebrating their people, project excellence, and employee programs.
McElhanney’s journey takes them to amaze their clients, care for their communities, and empower their people. They care deeply for their employees and the communities they serve with dedicated resources to improving Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in their workplace and the McElhanney Cares program which provides charity donations or sponsorships for staff-identified charities.
Learn more about McElhanney at: www.mcelhanney.com.
