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Smith Carter joins forces with Genivar

Smith Carter joins forces with Genivar

Smith Carter has a workforce of some 190 employees and designs complex buildings in challenging environments.


By By BD+C Staff | March 19, 2012
This article first appeared in the May 2012 issue of BD+C.

Genivar Inc. announced that Smith Carter Architects and Engineers Inc. and Smith Carter LLC are joining the Genivar team.

Headquartered in Winnipeg and with offices in Calgary, Ottawa, Atlanta, and Washington, D.C., Smith Carter has a workforce of some 190 employees and designs complex buildings in challenging environments.

Scott Stirton, Smith Carter's current chief executive officer, will be joining Genivar's National Leadership Committee, where he will play a key role in developing an architectural platform. BD+C

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