About Us

Solution Oriented Engineering

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Our Mission and Values

From bedrock to rooftop, Paterson’s decades of experience and professional knowledge allows us to offer a wide range of high-quality services while maintaining a solution-oriented approach to meet the needs of every client from concept to completion.

Diligence and Flexibility:
We remain available at any moment to help resolve the needs of any client or colleague.

Compassion and Inclusivity:
We endeavour to give back to the communities we serve and reflect their diversity in our work.

Transparency:
Through clear communication and collaboration, we strive to instill a sense of trust and respect with our clients, community, and colleagues.

Innovation and Excellence:
Using refined engineering methods to provide tailored solutions, we work to propel our industry into the future.

Service Locations

Paterson Group is long recognized for its expertise in a variety of engineering services. Our service locations span across the Ottawa region, Quebec, the Greater Toronto Area, North Bay, and Sudbury.

Our Locations

Over 65 Years of making history

Since our inception in 1956, we’re proudly recognized in across Ontario, Quebec, the Greater Toronto Area, Sudbury and North Bay for our expertise in Geotechnical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Material Testing, Hydrogeology, Vibration Monitoring and Building Sciences.

Customer service is our first priority. We provide professional services based on technological expertise, interactive project management, a wealth of local knowledge, and creative solutions.

Our Legacy

Our People

With over 150 professionals and growing, Paterson Group has grown to be a go to consultant for Ottawa developers and construction industry.

Our professionals have extensive technical expertise that is informed by our over 65 years of local knowledge, making Paterson Group a leading consultant in Eastern Ontario.

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Sustainability at Paterson

At Paterson Group, we believe in a better future. Our work supports the construction and upkeep of tomorrow’s infrastructure and buildings. We recognize that our influence comes with a responsibility to have a positive impact on both society and the planet. At Paterson Group, sustainability is about exploring issues and challenges from multiple perspectives and making decisions that will result in the greatest benefit for all stakeholders.

We are committed to both reducing the negative impacts of our operations, and to helping our clients achieve their sustainability goals. To learn more about our commitments see our Sustainability policy

Paterson is thrilled to present our 2024 Sustainability Report. This report presents Paterson’s Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) performance and demonstrates our commitment to sustainable development and responsible business practices. It outlines our performance, initiatives, and progress across key ESG areas relevant to our operations in the built environment and engineering sectors.

2024 ESG Report

Adapting AI Technology

AI is not a destination, it’s a journey.

Paterson Group has always valued innovation. We strive to use refined engineering methods to provide tailored solutions, to propel our industry into the future. Part of this innovation involves adapting new technologies. The rapid advancement of AI has been an important topic across all industries, in how it will affect the advancement of businesses. There is still much to be learned about how to best integrate this technology into our current processes, and Paterson is taking its first steps.

We recently hosted an engaging, strategic AI Introduction & Prompt Engineering Information Session for Paterson Group staff. The session’s goal was to foster awareness, build internal capabilities, and explore high-value AI use cases in a construction engineering context.

We are excited to see the possibilities of what this will bring for our company.

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