Oct 7, 2026 · 42 min · 13 segments
In this episode of *C-Suite Unplugged*, Gord Johnston, Vice Chair of Stantec's Board of Directors, joins Adam Legge for a conversation on leadership, infrastructure and building a made-in-Alberta…
Adam LeggeHost
Are there any points along the Stantec's trajectory under your leadership that stand out moments of success that you're quite proud of?
Yeah well you know there's Every time, you know, as an engineer and our long-suffering spouses will often say, you know, you come around a corner on a highway and you say, look at this bridge.
You know, and you want to stop and look at it and, you know, like your spouses roll their eyes a little bit because, oh, here we go, you know.
Last week it was a wastewater treatment plant you were showing me and be all excited and now it's a bridge.
So I think a lot of the things that, you know, in Stantec's arc and our evolution, it's it's the difference that we make in, in society.
It's the things like the things that most of that we do a hospital, a care facility, a water plant.
So those are a lot of the things I think that really, uh, And as Stantec has grown, as my career has grown, those went from a $5,000 or $10,000 pump now to a several billion dollar data center and museums and things.

You make lives possible, whether it's through clean water or mobility and all those sorts of things.

Are there any points along the Stantec's trajectory under your leadership that stand out moments of success that you're quite proud of?
Yeah well you know there's Every time, you know, as an engineer and our long-suffering spouses will often say, you know, you come around a corner on a highway and you say, look at this bridge.
You know, and you want to stop and look at it and, you know, like your spouses roll their eyes a little bit because, oh, here we go, you know.
Last week it was a wastewater treatment plant you were showing me and be all excited and now it's a bridge.
So I think a lot of the things that, you know, in Stantec's arc and our evolution, it's it's the difference that we make in, in society.
It's the things like the things that most of that we do a hospital, a care facility, a water plant.
So those are a lot of the things I think that really, uh, And as Stantec has grown, as my career has grown, those went from a $5,000 or $10,000 pump now to a several billion dollar data center and museums and things.

You make lives possible, whether it's through clean water or mobility and all those sorts of things.
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