Industry | Engineering-Construction Services |
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Founded | 1957 |
Headquarters | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Key people | Marc Verreault, President & CEO (Interim) |
Revenue | C$750 million (2012) |
Owner | Stantec Inc. |
Number of employees | 4,800 (as of March 8, 2012) |
Website | dessau.com |
Dessau was an engineering consulting firm. It was the fifth-largest[1] engineering-construction firm in Canada and was ranked 57th in the world.[2] The company traced its origins to 1957, when Jean-Claude Desjardins and Paul-Aimé Sauriol founded an engineering consulting firm by the name of Desjardins & Sauriol. Active in both national and international markets, the firm employed 4,800 people and posted annual revenues of $750 million [year needed]. The company had offices in North Africa, Central America, South America and the Caribbean. Dessau was one of "Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies."