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We are honoured that
HH Angus and Associates is again included among Canada's Best Managed Companies. 

A Gold Level member, this is our seventh consecutive year of being recognized among Canada’s Best for our consistent performance and long-term vision.

Canada’s Best Managed Companies is one of the country’s leading business awards programs recognizing innovative and world‑class businesses. Celebrating over 30 years, the CBMC program awards excellence in overall business performance and growth of best in-class, Canadian-owned companies with revenues of $50 million or more.

“The 2025 Best Managed winners exemplify the highest Canadian business standards of innovation, adaptability, and bold leadership,” said Derrick Dempster, Partner, Deloitte Private and Co-Leader, Canada’s Best Managed Companies program. “Their relentless ambition, determined focus, and strategic agility have led them to remain competitive on the world stage, creating sustainable economic growth in an evolving global market.”

To attain the designation, companies are evaluated on their leadership in strategy, culture and commitment, capabilities and innovation, governance and financial performance. Paul Keenan, President of HH Angus, commented on today’s award: “Being named a Best Managed company acknowledges the value of our careful management of our day-to-day operations, our thorough planning for both the short and long-term future of the firm, and our success in identifying growth opportunities, whether those are in sectors, services or geography. We’re very honoured and excited to once again be recognized by the Best Managed program.”

HH Angus also enjoys a strong company culture that values and celebrates innovation, technical excellence, and dedication to client service. Our staff of approximately 450 professionals, across offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal, is laser-focused on delivering a broad range of successful projects in Canada and internationally to help our clients realize their goals. They share the firm’s expanding focus on decarbonizing the built environment to benefit the environment and provide a wide range of services to support the development of smart and sustainable cities. Earning the Best Managed Companies Award year after year is a reflection of their commitment and loyalty, and the vital role they play in HH Angus’ success. 

We also recognize that the Best Managed honour would not be possible without the trust and loyalty of our valued clients – we appreciate the important role they play in HH Angus’ success.

2025 marks HH Angus’ 106th year in business. For the firm to be thriving and deserving of this award after more than a century in business speaks to a tradition of resourceful, resilient and innovative leadership. Building on more than a century of success, we continue to strengthen the firm to meet the challenges and opportunities of tomorrow.

HH Angus est fière d'avoir une fois de plus été reconnue parmi les sociétés les mieux gérées au Canada en tant que member Or.

C’est la septième année consécutive que nous sommes reconnus parmi les sociétés les mieux gérées au Canada, grâce à nos performances constantes et notre vision à long terme.

Le programme des sociétés les mieux gérées au Canada (CBMC) est l’un des principaux programmes de distinction des entreprises du pays, qui reconnaît les entreprises novatrices et de classe mondiale. Célébrant plus de 30 ans d’existence, le programme CBMC reconnaît l’excellence des performances d’ensemble et de la croissance des meilleures entreprises canadiennes, dont le chiffre d’affaires est égal ou supérieur à 50 millions de dollars.

« Les lauréats des sociétés les mieux gérées de 2025 illustrent les normes canadiennes les plus élevées en matière d’innovation, d’adaptabilité et de leadership audacieux, » a déclaré Derrick Dempster, associé, Deloitte Sociétés privées, et co-responsable du programme des sociétés les mieux gérées au Canada. « Leur ambition inébranlable, leur détermination et leur agilité stratégique leur ont permis de rester compétitives sur la scène internationale, créant ainsi une croissance économique durable dans un marché mondial en constante évolution. »

Pour obtenir cette distinction, les entreprises sont évaluées sur leur leadership en matière de stratégie, de culture et d’engagement, leurs capacités et leur innovation, leur gouvernance et leurs performances financières. Paul Keenan, président de HH Angus, a commenté la distinction reçue aujourd’hui : « Être nommée l’une des sociétés les mieux gérées reconnaît la valeur de notre gestion rigoureuse des opérations quotidiennes, de notre planification minutieuse à court et à long terme de l’avenir de l’entreprise, ainsi que notre capacité à identifier les occasions de croissance dans des secteurs, des services ou des régions géographiques. Nous sommes très honorés et très heureux d’être à nouveau reconnus par le programme des sociétés les mieux gérées. »

HH Angus jouit également d’une solide culture d’entreprise qui valorise et célèbre l’innovation, l’excellence technique et le dévouement au service de la clientèle. Notre équipe, composée d’environ 450 professionnels répartis dans nos bureaux de Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa et Montréal, se consacre entièrement à la réalisation d’une vaste gamme de projets fructueux au Canada et à l’échelle internationale afin d’aider nos clients à atteindre leurs objectifs. Ils partagent l’intérêt croissant de l’entreprise pour la décarbonisation de l’environnement bâti au profit de l’environnement et fournissent une large gamme de services pour soutenir le développement de villes intelligentes et durables. Le fait de remporter la distinction des sociétés les mieux gérées année après année témoigne de leur engagement et de leur loyauté, ainsi que du rôle essentiel qu’ils jouent dans le succès de HH Angus. 

Nous reconnaissons également que la distinction du prix des sociétés les mieux gérées ne serait pas possible sans la confiance et la fidélité de nos précieux clients. Nous apprécions le rôle important qu’ils jouent dans le succès de HH Angus.

L’année 2025 marque la 106e année d’activité de HH Angus. Le fait que l’entreprise soit prospère et mérite cette distinction après plus d’un siècle d’activité témoigne d’une tradition de leadership ingénieux, résilient et innovant. Forts de plus d’un siècle de succès, nous continuons à renforcer l’entreprise afin de relever les défis et saisir les opportunités de demain.

We’re pleased to introduce Daniel McKague, who has joined HH Angus as Director, Business Development. Daniel brings 20-plus years of business development (BD) and marketing experience in the AEC industry, in BD roles with architecture, consulting engineering and commercial real estate firms. He will be working closely with our Engineering Operations and Marketing teams to identify emerging opportunities, forge new client partnerships, and expand market share within our current sectors.

 “Daniel is an outstanding addition to our team, bringing great business instincts, strong AEC experience and a proven track record. We’re looking forward to continue building great relationships with our clients and industry partners”, remarked Sameer Dhargalkar, Senior Vice President of Business Development and Marketing.

For his part, Daniel is looking forward to applying his deep industry experience and established client and partner connections to supporting HH Angus’ growth: “Relationships are critical to the success of any business, especially in the AEC market. Joining a firm that has over 100 years of success shows the value that HH Angus places on relationships and quality service. I’m looking forward to working with internal and external teams and supporting the Firm as it continues to provide excellent service, value, and insight to our clients and partners.”

Daniel is Past President of the Ontario Chapter of the Society of Marketing Professional Services and is an active member of industry organizations including NAIOP and ULI. 

If you would like to learn more about HH Angus’ wide range of services across all our business sectors, please contact our BD team:

Daniel McKague

daniel.mckague@hhangus.com

JD Tattle

jd.tattle@hhangus.com

Tim Peters

tim.peters@hhangus.com

Winners

The most recent challenge for our annual contest focused on leveraging AI to improve our internal workflows. 


Every year, the HH Angus Innovation Hub hosts the Innovation Challenge, a staff competition that invites participant teams to come up with answers to specific engineering-related questions or issues.

In our most recent challenge, each team was assigned a different workplace process that could potentially be improved through the use of AI, and was tasked with creating an AI prototype to address the challenge. Their responses also required a business case for their solution, outlining considerations such as costs, privacy concerns and implementation strategies.

Taking 1st prize: the ‘AutoMates’, who rose to the challenge of automating the capture of meeting minutes in HH Angus’ standard format. Recording meeting minutes is a vital but time-consuming aspect of project management. The AutoMates wowed the judges with a comprehensive AI solution to convert meeting recordings into transcripts, along with attendee lists, content summaries, and other key information. They also charmed the room by using a scene from “Hamlet” to run the tool through its paces. Congratulations to Laura Farid, Max Mizrahi, Nigel Harvey, Shaun Lee, and Shawn Shi.

In 2nd place: the ‘Energy’ team created an AI-driven contract review tool to automatically identify terms and conditions requiring special attention. The judges were particularly impressed with the team’s financial model, which included a full sensitivity analysis. Congratulations to Amanda Reed, Aminur Khan, Curtis Straughan, Souheib Seddi, and Steven Lieu.

In 3rd place: the ‘CONNECTed Intelligence’ team’s AI solution focused on creating a project folder structure manager. Their proposed program was able to sort files based on HH Angus' standard folder structure, as well as identify duplicate files within a project folder. Congratulations to Chris Fitzgerald, Edmond Dinu, Janet Wai, Mark O'Sullivan, and Michael Perez.

We congratulate all of the participant teams and thank all the staff who provided support and resources to the Innovation Challenge, with a special shoutout to organizers Mannat Kaur and Sarah Kennelly. You have all helped “Expand What is Possible. Together. For a Better Future.”

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All images courtesy of the World Health Organization/World Food Programme

With one of the largest healthcare engineering teams in the country, working with the International Federation of Healthcare Engineers (IFHE) to volunteer engineering and design services to the World Health Organization (WHO) is a natural fit for HH Angus. We first answered IFHE’s call for volunteers in 2020 during the early days of the COVID pandemic, and our involvement has grown from there. The Infectious Disease Treatment Module (IDTM) project is our fifth under the auspices of the IFHE. Supporting the vital work of the WHO by donating time and resources for healthcare facilities in low-resource countries fits well with both our commitment to give back to the global community and the desire of HH Angus employees to contribute to these worthwhile initiatives. We also have deep experience in implementing systems design to support infection and control procedures in healthcare settings, so our most recent involvement was well suited to our strengths.

Rapid Response

The World Food Programme (WFP) INITIATE2 IDTM is the first project in a five-year initiative to develop innovative and standardized solutions to support readiness and response capabilities for health emergencies worldwide.

The focus of the IDTM is to allow stakeholders to rapidly deploy and operate treatment modules in emergency situations to treat the first patients with infectious diseases and to protect the healthcare workers who are treating them. As part of the design team, HH Angus employees volunteered their expertise and time over the course of 12 months to design, tender and prototype an IDTM, which was delivered and tested in Brindisi, Italy. The design team is subsequently supporting refinement of the design by addressing opportunities for improvement that were identified during medical and technical testing.

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The inflatable IDTM structure was compartmentalized to separate staff and patient areas while maintaining necessary sightlines and quick response to patients through a transparent screen without staff needing to don full personal protective equipment. In addition to the physical barrier, the separation is also supported by directional airflow. The structure of each module and inserts allow for flexibility and the ability to accommodate more patients if needed.

Complex Challenges Inspire Innovation

Developing a treatment module that is rapidly deployable with no specialized tools, is easily transportable, adaptable to different climates, accepted by the local community, safe for staff, and suitable to respond to an unknown infectious disease outbreak is an extraordinary challenge.

The testing stage of the IDTM was a unique aspect of this project, and it provided the design team with the opportunity to meet and work alongside emergency response team members who would be using this product in the field. Their feedback during medical and technical testing was critical to fully evaluating the performance of the prototype during a series of logistical and medical drills.

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As the needs and anticipated use of the IDTM vary by partner organization, designing a flexible and adaptable solution was an important element of the criteria. The intent of the IDTM is that it is re-deployable to other communities and emergencies which will reduce its overall environmental impact.

We are always grateful for the opportunity to be able to contribute to the important work of the IFHE, WHO and WFP, building on previous design support for projects in Burkina Faso, Chad, Mozambique, and Ukraine.

The IDTM project was featured in Canadian Healthcare Facilities Magazine's Spring 2025 issue.

To view a video about the IDTM from the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot, click on the link below:
INITIATE - Delivered and tested the prototype of an infectious disease treatment module (youtube.com)

Want to learn more about this initiative? Contact Meagan Webb who was the HH Angus lead for the project. 

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Meagan Webb                               
B.Sc.E., P.Eng., Principal

E: Meagan.Webb@hhangus.com