In 1965, Mr. Robert F. Binnie, P.Eng. founds R.F. Binnie Construction Ltd.

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In 1969 the business is converted from a construction company into a consulting practice named Robert F. Binnie Ltd. This civil and municipal consulting engineering firm offers services to private land developers and municipalities from West Vancouver to Burnaby.

Photo Credit: City of Vancouver Archives

In 1972, the business quickly evolves with the addition of land surveying services.

In 1980, our company’s name changes to R.F. Binnie & Associates Ltd.

With 8 employees, the original West Vancouver office relocates to Burnaby.

After nearly a decade with the company, Rob Campbell, P.Eng., and Darwin Lamont, AScT, take over majority ownership in the business when our founder, Bob Binnie, retires in 1986. Two years later, Rob Campbell is appointed President and Darwin Lamont, Vice President.

Now with 23 employees, Binnie is ranked 40th fastest growing company in Canada

We open our second office in Squamish to serve the growing Sea to Sky corridor, including Howe Sound, Squamish, Whistler and Pemberton.

The growth continues with the opening of our third office in 1995, on the Surrey/Langley border, giving us better access to the Fraser Valley.

Opportunities lead to the formation of the Survey Division.

We complete our first artificial turf field at the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex, one of the largest installations in North America. This establishes our reputation as a leading synthetic turf specialist.

Our business grows steadily from 2000—particularly in Transportation and highway design. In 2002, we form our Transportation Division and offer Construction Services to the Ministry of Transportation.

Key projects like the South Surrey Interchange and the Mt. Lehman Interchange lead to new specialization in Project Management.

We move our Burnaby office to Canada Way in order to accommodate our ongoing growth—and a year later, this becomes our Head Office (relocated from Surrey).

Our steady involvement in Construction Services leads to a restructuring in 2006, and the creation of our parent company, Binnie Consulting Ltd., including two wholly-owned subsidiaries: R.F. Binnie & Associates Ltd. and Binnie Construction Services Ltd.

With 100 employees, Binnie is listed as one of BC’s Fastest Growing Companies.

In 2009, we establish the Project Services Division, which is based out of our Burnaby office. This division provides project management services on various infrastructure projects and offers services to a wide range of clients.

We establish our Northern Division in Prince George to service the booming economy in the north. A year later, the division moves to larger office space and continues to grow its presence and service offerings.

We launch our Sports & Recreation Division in our Burnaby office and begin offering Landscape Architectural Services.

We create a new company, Binnie Land Surveying Ltd., based in Burnaby. This new company offers legal survey services to the BC marketplace.

Binnie wins the ITE Bill Curtis Award for Outstanding Transportation Project of the Year for the Port Mann Bridge—The largest design-build contract ever in North America.

Binnie also receives two Deputy Minister’s Consulting Engineers Awards for Construction Management and Supervision Services on John Hart—Highway 97, Bennett Creek to Link Creek.

We review our organization with a goal to take an innovative approach to our business. We roll out a new strategic plan to grow our business a further 75% over the next five years. During our reorganization, we change the name of our groups to better reflect our range of services. The new organization includes three operating business units: Professional Services Group, Construction Services Group and Geomatics Group.

We form the Transportation Group, which consists of three divisions: Traffic Engineering Services, Highway Design, and Transportation Major Projects. In the same year, we divide our Survey Division into Southwestern BC and Central BC to better service the province. As part of our reorganization, we form the Geomatics Group, which is responsible for all survey-related operations. This group includes our Mapping Department, which performs legal surveys, and our Survey Division, which performs all other surveys that do not require land registration.

Binnie opens office in Kamloops, BC.

Binnie wins the Deputy Minister’s Consulting Engineers Award from the BC Ministry of Transportation for our work on the Highway 2 Tupper Four-Lane Upgrade Project. Located in northeastern BC, southeast of Dawson Creek, the project has two objectives: improve driving conditions in the busy corridor and reducing wildlife collisions.

Binnie acquires Paragon Engineering Ltd.—strengthening our specialty services in trenchless technology, and utility condition assessments.

Binnie opens a new office location in Calgary, Alberta.

Binnie completes renovation of 28,000 square foot new office space and moves across the courtyard

Binnie completes the acquisition of Omni Engineering Inc, and expands specialization in electrical engineering, utilities, pump stations, and port and industrial infrastructure.

Binnie completes renovation of new Calgary office and 4th floor expansion of the Burnaby office.

Binnie’s appoints new President and CEO, Richard Bush and for the following year, ACEC-BC appoints Richard as 2022-2023 Board Chair.