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Urban and Rural Planning Services Announcement

December 8, 2020

Strik, Baldinelli, Moniz Ltd. (SBM) has recently expanded its service offerings with the acquisition of Kirkness Consulting Inc. (KCI) Urban and Rural Planning.

We have welcomed Laverne Kirkness as our Principal Planner at SBM. KCI was a small, personalized, land use planning firm that has been operating within the London and Middlesex region since 1983. Together, our combined strengths will be essential to meet our clients’ growing needs and expectations in London, surrounding municipalities, and beyond. This acquisition is complimentary to the multi-disciplined engineering and Ontario Land Surveying services already offered by SBM.

The integration of KCI has enabled us to provide our clients with greater insight and expertise from a more diversified SBM team. SBM is now working with its clients to provide:
Land use planning and development approvals

Urban Design
Public engagement and participation
Land Use Planning analysis and due diligence
Coordination of multi-disciplinary development teams
LPAT expert witness

Meet the Team

Laverne Kirkness, BES, RPP, MCIP has joined SBM as the Principal Planner and Planning Division Manager with the intent to expand the SBM planning team and its services. With over 35 years of planning project experience and countless planning approvals, Mr. Kirkness provides exceptional service and essential planning advice for our clients.

Nick Dyjach has also joined our Planning Team as a Planner III and OPPI Candidate with 10 years of planning experience in private and municipal sectors. With experience in Alberta and Ontario, Nick has acquired a diverse range of urban planning, design, and project management skills.

SBM is excited about the opportunities that will be established from our expanding team that continues to contribute to our core values and approach to providing excellent consulting and design services. For planning related inquires please contact Laverne at lkirkness@sbmltd.ca or Nick at ndyjach@sbmltd.ca.

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