“We are a small market. Having more than
one discipline helps smooth out the rocky
road of the engineering consulting busi-
ness. Working in different markets, hills
and valleys are not quite as steep,” said
Mouland, who now serves as the firm’s
president. Fundy is now one of the larg-
est employee-owned, multidisciplinary
firms in Saint John, but there’s more to
this success story than service diversity.
Customer care, staying on top of trends
and a happy workforce are three additional
ingredients.
“One of our overriding values is that we
are serving our clients’ needs first. It’s
only a few words, but it means a lot to us,”
Mouland said. Consulting engineering is a
business like any other, but Mouland’s firm
uses a client-focused philosophy to offer
professional, cost-effective solutions.
“The third leg on the stool is to make sure
we have a motivated, happy workforce.
We are our people. The success we’ve had
and the success that we hope to have, it’s
basically because of the people that we
have who are doing the day-to-day work
and I can’t say enough about how impor-
tant that is,” Mouland said. “When there’s
half a dozen people, it’s easy to have an
office culture that’s good to work in, but as
you grow you have to be very mindful to
try and keep that and it’s not easy.” But the
company has done a good job maintaining
its original office culture; in 2007, Fundy
was recognized as one of best places to
work in Atlantic Canada by Best Compa-
nies Group and Progress Magazine.
Contrary to the smooth sailing so far, the
sea has become rather rough in recent
times. Budgets are tight and this challenge
persists from homeowners all the way up
to government agencies. But Mouland has
put a positive spin on the situation, saying,
“For every challenge, there is usually an
opportunity, because if somebody has a
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