Cardno

What Cardno does

Cardno is an integrated professional services provider that delivers specialist advice to improve physical and social infrastructure, headquartered in Brisbane, Australia. The firm was founded in 1945 and operates with a workforce of 1,001–5,000 employees, suggesting a mid-to-large scale professional services platform focused on engineering, environmental, and infrastructure consulting across Australian and adjacent markets. The firm is privately held and conducts business through a for-profit corporate structure.

The input data does not disclose Cardno's specific service lines, technology stack, pricing model, customer mix, or revenue. The only documented strategic action is the 2010 acquisition of Cardno ENTRIX, Inc., which points to inorganic expansion of environmental and infrastructure services capacity. Notably, the bulk of the detailed operational data supplied alongside this analysis refers to Stantec rather than Cardno, and has therefore not been used to characterize Cardno's products, customers, or AI capabilities; any forward-looking assessment of Cardno on those dimensions would require primary-source verification.

Name

Cardno

Legal name

Stantec

Website

https://cardno.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

1954

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Cardno is an Australian integrated professional services provider offering specialist advice to improve physical and social infrastructure, serving public and private sector clients with engineering and environmental consulting since 1945.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Brisbane

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Professional Consulting Services: Stantec generates revenue primarily through fee-for-service professional consulting arrangements. The firm provides engineering, architecture, environmental consulting, and advisory services on a project basis to government agencies, institutions, and private sector clients across buildings, transportation, water, energy, environment, and mining sectors.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Cardno is an integrated professional services provider that delivers specialist advisory, engineering, environmental, and infrastructure-related services to improve physical and social infrastructure assets for public and private sector clients. The firm combines technical consulting, design, and project delivery capabilities across the infrastructure lifecycle.

Product overview

Stantec is a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. The company operates as a multi-service firm organized around core markets (Buildings, Community Development, Energy, Environment, Federal Government, Mining/Minerals/Metals, Transportation, and Water) supplemented by specialized service initiatives (Digital, Climate Solutions, Coastal Resilience, Nature-based Solutions, Energy Transition, Smart Cities, Sustainability, International Institutions, and Advisory Services). The portfolio includes specialized offerings such as the WARi water affordability analysis tool. Projects range from mass transit systems and coastal resilience work to solar farms and high-speed rail design services. The company emphasizes its Better Together culture approach combining community, creativity, and client relationships.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Black & Veatch-Stantec Joint Venture: Joint venture with Black & Veatch for US Army Corps of Engineers ecosystem protection projects such as the Brandon Road Interbasin project.

Products and services

• Integrated Professional Services for Physical and Social Infrastructure Specialist advisory and technical services delivered to public and private sector clients to plan, design, and improve physical and social infrastructure assets across the project lifecycle.

Quantifiable outcome

• Major infrastructure projects delivered globally including high-speed rail, coastal resilience, water treatment, renewable energy, and urban development

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• Nature Conservancy of CanadacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStantec partners with the Nature Conservancy of Canada to protect ecologically significant ecosystems including the Boreal Forest. The partnership focuses on environmental stewardship and ecosystem protection in Canada.
• Black & VeatchflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerBlack & Veatch-Stantec Joint Venture was formed to lead the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Brandon Road Interbasin ecosystem protection project. This joint venture combines capabilities of both firms for major federal infrastructure work.
• Water Research FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStantec partners with the Water Research Foundation for initiatives including AI-based improvements to wastewater treatment performance. The partnership focuses on future technology and innovation in water treatment.
• WSCC Water Prince WilliamcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStantec partners with WSCC Water Prince William on a Water Research Foundation initiative exploring how artificial intelligence can improve wastewater treatment performance.
• CorganminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCorgan serves as Architect of Record on the Terminal 6 at JFK project, working alongside Stantec for the airport terminal development.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• WSP Global: Global professional services firm in transportation, buildings, environment, and water consulting; competes head-to-head on the same municipal, federal, and institutional infrastructure mandates described in the Cardno dataset.
• Stantec: Global engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting firm; the detail in the Cardno record maps one-to-one to Stantec's service portfolio, markets, and customer base - flagging the data overlap as well as genuine peer overlap.
• Tetra Tech: Engineering and consulting firm with leading water, environment, and sustainable infrastructure practices - directly comparable in segment mix and public-sector orientation.
• Arcadis: Design and consultancy firm focused on water, environment, buildings, and mobility - competes directly for the same climate resilience, water treatment, and urban development programmes.
• Aurecon: APAC-based engineering and infrastructure advisory with deep presence in Australia, New Zealand, and Asia - directly comparable in geographic footprint and end-market mix to Cardno.
• GHD: Australia-headquartered employee-owned engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting firm with comparable multi-disciplinary service lines (water, transportation, energy, buildings) across APAC and North America - the closest like-for-like peer to Cardno's stated profile.

Broad incumbents

• Mott MacDonald: Privately held global engineering, management, and development consultancy with strong transportation, water, and energy credentials; competes for the same large institutional and government mandates.
• Jacobs Solutions: Global professional services firm spanning critical infrastructure, water, advanced manufacturing, and environmental - serves many of the same institutional and federal clients with a wider capability set.
• AECOM: Large global infrastructure consulting and delivery firm; overlaps on transportation, water, environment, and federal work but operates at meaningfully greater scale across a broader portfolio.

Emerging players

• SLR Consulting: Global environmental and engineering consultancy with strength in environmental impact assessment, advisory, and technical consulting - overlaps in environment, mining, and energy service lines at a smaller scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/Stantec
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/StantecInc
• Facebookfacebook.com/StantecInc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cardno
• Instagraminstagram.com/stantec

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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