Focus Corporation

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Focus Corporation
TypePrivate
IndustryOil and Gas
Land Development
Infrastructure
Government
Founded1977 (1977)
DefunctDecember 31, 2014 (2014-12-31)
Fatemerged
Successor WSP Canada Inc.
HeadquartersEdmonton, Alberta
Number of locations
22
Area served
Western Canada
Services Engineering
Geomatics
Number of employees
1,500
Website Focus.ca

Focus Corporation was a project delivery company, providing Engineering and Geomatics solutions to the energy, infrastructure and land development sectors across Western Canada. [1] It was a privately owned company headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta. [2]

Focus was founded in 1977 as HDS Focus Surveys Ltd. [3] They changed their name to The Focus Corporation Ltd. in 1999 to reflect their new geomatics, international, advanced technology and engineering divisions. [4]

In 2009, Focus was named one of Alberta’s Top 40 Employers [5] and in 2010 they were named one of Alberta’s Top 50 Employers. [6] They were also named one of Alberta’s Fastest Growing Companies in 2002, [7] 2003, [8] 2005, [9] 2006, [10] 2007 [11] and 2008. [12]

Projects Include:

Focus was also part of a team of Canadian environmental professionals that were sent to assess the cleanup of surface debris from Bellingshausen Station, a Russian Research Station located at Bellingshausen, Antarctica. The expedition was led by Robert Swan. Their findings will be presented to the United Nations at the World Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 2012. [19]

Focus had offices in Calgary, Camrose, Cranbrook, Edmonton, Fort McMurray, Fort St. John, Golden, Grande Prairie, Invermere, Kamloops, Kelowna, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Peace River, Regina, Rossland, Truro, Vancouver and Victoria.

On January 1, 2015, Focus merged with WSP Canada Inc.

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