<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001171843-21-008538.txt : 20211215
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001171843-21-008538
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20211215
FILED AS OF DATE:		20211215
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20211215

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			STANTEC INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001131383
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-ENGINEERING SERVICES [8711]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-32562
		FILM NUMBER:		211494848

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		400 10220 103 AVENUE NW
		STREET 2:		EDMONTON ALBERTA T5J 0K4 CANADA
		CITY:			EDMONTON
		STATE:			A0
		ZIP:			00000
		BUSINESS PHONE:		780-917-7000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		400 10220 103 AVENUE NW
		CITY:			EDMONTON, ALBERTA
		STATE:			A0
		ZIP:			00000
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<html><head><title></title></head><body style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><div align="center"><div style="margin-top: 3pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><div style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: Black 2.5pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1.1pt solid; width: 100%;">&#160;</div></div><p style="font-size: 14pt;" align="center"><strong>UNITED STATES</strong><br /><strong>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</strong><br /><strong>Washington, D.C. 20549</strong></p><p style="font-size: 14pt; text-transform: uppercase;" align="center"><strong>Form 6-K</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong></strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong></strong><strong>For the month of December 2021</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;">Commission File Number: <strong>001-32562</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>STANTEC INC.</strong></font><br />(Translation of registrant's name into English)</p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>400-10220 103 Avenue NW<br />Edmonton, Alberta<br />Canada T5J 0K4</strong><br />(Address of principal executive office)</p></div><p>Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.<br />Form 20-F [&#160;&#160; ] &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Form 40-F [&#160;X ]</p><p>Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): &#160;</p><p>Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): &#160;</p><!--<hr style="page-break-after: always;" noshade="noshade" /><p> On December 15, 2021, the Registrant issued a press release, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. <br /><br />(c) Exhibit 99.1. Press release dated December 15, 2021</p><p></p>--><hr style="page-break-after: always;" noshade="noshade" /><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>SIGNATURES</strong></p><p>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.</p><table style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr valign="top"><td width="47%">&#160;</td><td width="6%">&#160;</td><td style="text-decoration: underline;" align="center" width="47%"><strong>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;STANTEC INC.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</strong></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td width="47%">&#160;</td><td width="6%">&#160;</td><td align="center" width="47%">(Registrant)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td width="47%">&#160;</td><td width="6%">&#160;</td><td align="center" width="47%">&#160;</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td width="47%">&#160;</td><td width="6%">&#160;</td><td align="center" width="47%"></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td width="47%">Date: December 15, 2021</td><td width="6%">&#160;</td><td style="text-decoration: underline;" align="center" width="47%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;/s/ Theresa B. Y. Jang&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td width="47%">&#160;</td><td width="6%">&#160;</td><td align="center" width="47%">Theresa B. Y. Jang</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td width="47%">&#160;</td><td width="6%">&#160;</td><td align="center" width="47%">Executive Vice President and CFO</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td width="47%">&#160;</td><td width="6%">&#160;</td><td align="center" width="47%"></td></tr></table><hr style="break-after: page;" noshade="noshade" /><p>
 <p align="center"><font style="font-size:10pt;"><strong>EXHIBIT INDEX</strong></font></p>  <table style="border-collapse:collapse !important;;border-collapse: collapse; "><tr><td style="vertical-align: bottom ; "><font style="font-size:10pt;"><strong><u>Exhibit Number</u></strong></font></td><td class="hugin"><font style="font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></td><td style="vertical-align: bottom ; "><font style="font-size:10pt;"><strong><u>Description</u></strong></font></td></tr><tr><td class="hugin">&#160;</td><td class="hugin"><font style="font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></td><td class="hugin"><font style="font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></td></tr><tr><td class="hugin"><font style="font-size:10pt;"><a href="exh_991.htm" rel="nofollow">99.1</a></font></td><td class="hugin"><font style="font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></td><td class="hugin"><font style="font-size:10pt;"><a href="exh_991.htm" rel="nofollow">Press Release dated December 15, 2021</a> </font></td></tr></table></p></body></html>
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"><html lang="en-US"><head><title>EdgarFiling</title><meta content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" ><meta name="GENERATOR" content="MSHTML 8.00.7601.18094" ></head><body bgcolor="#ffffff"><p style="text-align: right;"><strong>EXHIBIT 99.1</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Stantec continues to grow US Environmental Services footprint; signs agreement to acquire Texas-based Cox|McLain Environmental Consulting, Inc.</strong></font></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong></strong></p><p>
 <p align="left">EDMONTON, Alberta and AUSTIN, Texas, Dec.  15, 2021  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- <strong>TSX, NYSE: STN</strong><br ></p>  <p>Global engineering and design firm Stantec has signed an agreement to acquire Cox|McLain Environmental Consulting, Inc. (CMEC), a 70-person, full-service environmental consulting firm that provides comprehensive environmental and cultural resource compliance services. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.</p>  <p>The acquisition is a continuation of Stantec&#8217;s commitment to sustainability, as CMEC has a strong focus on environmental compliance and planning, natural and cultural resources assessments and permitting, and wind and solar renewable energy projects. On the heels of the recently completed Cardno acquisition, CMEC is the most recent in a series of investments by Stantec supporting its sustainability goals through its global Environmental Services practice. In addition to the North American and Asia Pacific Divisions of Cardno, the company has successfully acquired three other environmental services-focused firms: Minnesota-based Wenck, California-based Paleo Solutions, and Netherlands-based Driven by Values.</p>  <p>&#8220;CMEC will strengthen our expertise, geographic depth, and service offerings for our clients, especially within the environmental, natural resources, energy services, transportation, and cultural resources markets,&#8221; said Gord Johnston, President and Chief Executive Officer, Stantec. &#8220;CMEC has exceptional senior leadership and talented technical staff that add new skillsets to our Environmental Services team which can be leveraged across the organization. This transaction supports our strategy in Texas, and CMEC&#8217;s offices in Oklahoma add a new geographic presence to our United States operations.&#8221;</p>  <p>CMEC is headquartered in Austin, Texas with additional offices in Houston and Irving, Texas; Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma; Washington DC; and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. CMEC will provide added depth to Stantec&#8217;s current Environmental Services team in the south region.</p>  <p>&#8220;CMEC&#8217;s culture, clients, and projects align extremely well with Stantec, which we believe is a strong foundation for success,&#8221; said Ashley McLain, President and Chief Executive Officer, CMEC. &#8220;With Stantec&#8217;s passion for supporting local communities and global resources, this acquisition offers tremendous opportunities for our employees and clients as we work to find the balance between modernizing infrastructure and protecting environmental resources.&#8221;</p>  <p>CMEC has managed thousands of environmental and cultural-resource projects for state and federal agencies, local municipalities, private-land developers, energy companies, national engineering firms, and other entities throughout the United States. CMEC&#8217;s wide range of projects include:</p>  <ul type="disc"><li style="margin-bottom:6pt;"><strong>Central Texas Freshwater Mussel Surveys, Relocation Efforts, and Formal Conferences</strong>: The CMEC team developed one of the first survey and salvage plans for candidate mussel species in Texas. Additionally, the CMEC team has successfully completed multiple U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)-approved surveys for federally proposed species, two of which occurred in proposed critical habitat units in Central Texas. CMEC authored one of the first biological assessments (BAs) used for formal conference on freshwater mussel species for transportation in Texas and is actively working on two additional BAs for conference with the USFWS. These flagship surveys have shaped the conversation regarding baseline &#8220;take&#8221; estimates on multiple projects with their agency partners.</li><li style="margin-bottom:6pt;"><strong>Historic Building Survey for North Loop, Hancock, and Upper Boggy Creek Neighborhoods</strong>: CMEC architectural historians surveyed more than 4,000 resources constructed prior to 1974 in the northeast half of North Central Austin. This project included development of contexts specific to each neighborhood, field survey, photo documentation, public engagement, archival research, oral history interviews, and recommendations regarding local and national designations and tourism potential. Historians collected data in the field with a highly efficient tablet system that delivered the documentation to a cloud-based database. A preservation priority was assigned to each resource and eligibility was assessed for local landmark and National Register eligibility, and recommendations regarding historic districts and heritage tourism.</li><li style="margin-bottom:6pt;"><strong>Archeological Mitigation at the Berryhill Creek Site</strong>: CMEC conducted data recovery excavations to mitigate adverse effects to a prehistoric archeological site discovered during the construction of a drainage structure associated with an Oklahoma expressway extension project. The site was observed by an archeological monitor and then evaluated by state agency transportation and archeological specialists. Portions of the site were destroyed by the installation of the drainage culvert, but project archeologists determined that other deposits were intact. Nearly 9,000 artifacts were collected. The site was recommended eligible for the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion D (research potential), and CMEC conducted a full data recovery of the site in partial fulfillment of federal agency regulatory compliance obligations.</li></ul>  <p><strong>About Stantec</strong></p>  <p>Communities are fundamental. Whether around the corner or across the globe, they provide a foundation, a sense of place and of belonging. That's why at Stantec, we always <strong>design with community in mind</strong>.</p>  <p>We're designers, engineers, scientists, and project managers, innovating together at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships. Balancing these priorities results in projects that advance the quality of life in communities across the globe.</p>  <p>Stantec trades on the TSX and the NYSE under the symbol STN. Visit us at stantec.com or find us on social media.</p>  <p><strong>Media Contact</strong>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<br >Danny Craig<br >Stantec Media Relations<br >Ph (949) 923-6085<br >danny.craig@stantec.com<br >&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <br ><strong>Investor Contact</strong><br >Tom McMillan<br >Stantec Investor Relations<br >Ph (780) 917-8159<br >tom.mcmillan@stantec.com</p>  <p align="right"><strong>Design with community in mind</strong></p> </p><p ></p></body></html>
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