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                                  STANTEC INC.

                               NOTICE OF INTENTION
                                    TO MAKE A
                            NORMAL COURSE ISSUER BID

      Stantec Inc. ("Stantec") intends to purchase through the facilities of the
Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX") certain of its outstanding common shares (the
"Common Shares") as set out below.

1.    SHARES SOUGHT

      The number of Common Shares purchased in any 30-day period pursuant to
this Notice shall not aggregate more than 2% (369,592 Common Shares) of the
number of Common Shares issued and outstanding and during the 12-month period
shall not exceed 554,388 Common Shares (3% of the outstanding shares) (of which
a total of 18,479,618 Common Shares were outstanding as at May 15, 2004.

2.    DURATION

      Stantec may commence purchasing Common Shares pursuant to this Notice on
June 1, 2004 and will terminate such purchases on the earlier of May 31, 2005
and the date on which the maximum number of Common Shares have been purchased
pursuant to this Notice.

3.    METHOD OF ACQUISITION

      Stantec proposes to purchase for cancellation outstanding Common Shares
which may be available for purchase through the facilities of the TSX. All
purchases will be made in compliance with the by-laws, rules and policies of the
TSX.

      Stantec will make no purchases of Common Shares other than open market
purchases without the approval of the TSX. Stantec may commence purchases of
Common Shares on June 1, 2004, but, in any event, purchases will be made at such
times and in such numbers as determined by Stantec. The price which Stantec will
pay for any Common Shares acquired by it will be the market price of the Common
Shares at the time of acquisition. Stantec intends to finance the purchase price
for the Common Shares purchased by it pursuant to this Notice from its working
capital.

4.    CONSIDERATION OFFERED

      There are no restrictions on the consideration offered by Stantec under
this normal course issuer bid and there are no other restrictions on the issuer
bid.

5.    REASONS FOR THE NORMAL COURSE ISSUER BID

      Stantec believes that, at certain times, the market price of its Common
Shares may not adequately reflect the value of its business and its future
business prospects. As a result, Stantec believes that its outstanding Common
Shares may, at such times, represent an attractive investment and an appropriate
and desirable use of its available funds. The purchase of Common Shares may also
be advisable, periodically, to offset the dilution resulting from the exercise
of options and the dilution that occurs as a result of Common Shares issued in
connection with acquisitions. The Common Shares will be purchased by Stantec for
cancellation.

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6.    VALUATION

      After reasonable inquiry, the directors and officers of Stantec have no
knowledge of any appraisal or valuation regarding Stantec, its material assets
or securities, prepared within the two years preceding the date of this Notice.

7.    PREVIOUS PURCHASES

      As at May 15, 2004, Stantec has purchased 42,600 Common Shares at an
average price of $22.32 per share within the past 8.5 months pursuant to the
normal course issuer bid in place from September 9, 2003 to September 8, 2004.

8.    PARTICIPATION BY INSIDERS, AFFILIATES AND ASSOCIATES

      To the knowledge of the directors and officers of Stantec, after
reasonable enquiry, no director, senior officer, associate of a director or
senior officer of Stantec, or any person holding 10% or more of the Common
Shares of Stantec, or any person acting jointly or in concert with Stantec,
intends to sell any Common Shares during the duration of this Notice. It is
possible that sales of Common Shares by any of the foregoing persons or
companies may occur during the duration of this Notice as circumstances or
decisions of those persons or companies, unrelated to Stantec's purpose as
stated in this Notice, determine.

9.    NO MATERIAL CHANGES

      There are no undisclosed material changes or plans or proposals for
material changes in the affairs of Stantec.

10.   CERTIFICATE

         I, Jeffrey S. Lloyd, the Vice President and Secretary of Stantec,
hereby certify, as a senior officer duly authorized by the board of directors of
Stantec, that the foregoing Notice is complete and accurate and in compliance
with Policy 6-501 of the TSX on Normal Course Issuer Bids and that the foregoing
Notice contains no untrue statement of a material fact and does not omit to
state a material fact that is required to be stated or that is necessary to make
a statement not misleading in the light of the circumstances in which it is
made.

DATED at Edmonton, Alberta this 27th day of May, 2004.

                                         /s/ JEFFREY S. LLOYD
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                                         JEFFREY S. LLOYD
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