Dean Kaardal

Dean Kaardal is a vice president leading the Alternative Project Delivery (APD) sector for Buildings at Stantec Consulting Ltd. His role focuses on project delivery best practices and developing mutually beneficial relationships on P3s and design-build projects. Dean is a professional electrical engineer, 30 years in the industry, and has specialized in the design of large, complex healthcare facilities. Notable projects have included the P3 North Island Hospitals and Kelowna and Vernon Hospitals, both of which involved the building of two new hospitals simultaneously. He is currently working on the design-build Calgary Cancer Centre project. Having been involved in some of the earliest P3s in Canada, and on both sides of the process, Dean has learned the challenges of alternatively delivered projects and now champions process improvements of these projects in the industry. Dean has spoken at Construct Canada, Canadian Design-Build Institute, Canadian Healthcare Engineering Society, and Real Property Institute of Canada.