SBM is an established multi-disciplinary Planning, Ontario Land Surveying, Civil, Structural, Mechanical, and Electrical Engineering firm with offices in London and Kitchener, providing engineering services to a variety of private and public sector clients across Ontario. The firm currently employs over 95 planners, surveyors, engineers, engineers-in-training, technologists, technicians, and administrative personnel. SBM is proud to provide cost effective, timely solutions to architects, developers and contractors across the province.
Aaron Strik, P.Eng.
Principal, Low-rise, Structural Engineering Aaron is a graduate of Civil Engineering from the University of Waterloo. Aaron has built the firm to be one of the largest residential engineering firms in the province.
Aaron’s role with the firm will remain steadfast, offering quick and economical engineering solutions to home builders and developers while taking control of the small building division in the firm. The need for quick, reliable solutions for small projects has always been at the forefront of the firm and will remain vital in our growth going forward. |
Kevin Moniz, P.Eng.
Principal, Civil Engineering Kevin is a graduate of Civil Engineering from the University of Waterloo.
Kevin’s role is to oversee the Civil Engineering Design wing of the firm specializing in Site Servicing design for buildings, Sub-division design and municipal road work projects. Kevin has developed strategic relationships with architects, school boards, municipalities and private developers and will continue to foster these relationships going forward. |
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Ontario Land Surveying / Geomatics Services Announcement
Strik, Baldinelli, Moniz Ltd. (SBM) is pleased to announce another expansion of our service offerings with the formation of our sister company, SBM Geomatics Ltd. (SBMG). Established in November 2019, SBMG provides professional land surveying/geomatics services to both public and private sectors while complimenting the multi-disciplinary engineering and planning services already offered by SBM.
Gavin P. T. Seaman OLS, OLIP, NBLS is the Managing Principal and Ontario Land Surveyor with the intent to expand the SBM team and its services. With over 35 years of legal land surveying/geomatics project experience in various provinces throughout Canada, Mr. Seaman provides exceptional service and geomatics advice for our clients as a sister company to SBM. SBMG is a dedicated team of Ontario Land Surveyor and geomatics survey technician/technologist professionals invested in the latest surveying equipment, staff training, and development to succeed in this rapidly evolving industry. This enables us to stay on the leading edge of technology and techniques to deliver on our primary focus of quality service to our clients. Prior to design, SBMG confirms property lines, easements, and geographic features to accurately inform the project planners, lawyers, architects, and engineers of land size; location of property lines, easements; and topographical information, both natural and constructed. The preciseness of this data allows the project team to make informed decisions that shape their design and documents. Having an accurate plan of the land’s natural geographical features can help the team decide whether to leave those features as-is or terraform them. Before groundbreaking, SBMG can confirm and field locate the in-situ location of property lines, easements, etc. and accurately layout the building(s) and other site features. After construction, we can prepare as-constructed surveys/plans, confirm grading general conformance, accurately locate the building(s) relative to property lines, and prepare Surveyors Real Property Report(s), certification letters, etc. for property records and/or to aid in future property sales. Our goal is to continue to build a team that is always learning and growing so that we can continue to go above and beyond for our clients. SBM and SBMG are excited about the opportunities resulting from our expanding team that continues to strive for excellence in support across all of our consulting services. Please contact us at sbm@sbmltd.ca or 519-914-1134 for geomatics related inquiries. |
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Urban and Rural Planning Services Announcement
Strik, Baldinelli, Moniz Ltd. (SBM) has recently expanded its service offerings with the acquisition of Kirkness Consulting Inc. (KCI) Urban and Rural Planning. We have welcomed Laverne Kirkness as our Principal Planner at SBM. KCI was a small, personalized, land use planning firm that has been operating within the London and Middlesex region since 1983. Together, our combined strengths will be essential to meet our clients’ growing needs and expectations in London, surrounding municipalities, and beyond. This acquisition is complimentary to the multi-disciplined engineering and Ontario Land Surveying services already offered by SBM.
The integration of KCI has enabled us to provide our clients with greater insight and expertise from a more diversified SBM team. SBM is now working with its clients to provide:
Meet our Planning Team
SBM is excited about the opportunities that will be established from our expanding team that continues to contribute to our core values and approach to providing excellent consulting and design services. For planning related inquires please contact Laverne at lkirkness@sbmltd.ca or Nick at ndyjach@sbmltd.ca.
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Transportation Engineering Services AnnouncementWith the very welcome addition of Mr. Jonah Lester, P.Eng., Transportation Engineer, Strik, Baldinelli, Moniz Ltd. (SBM) are pleased to announce that we are once again expanding our service offerings to our valued clients across Ontario to include Transportation Engineering. Jonah brings with him over 14 years of Transportation Engineering experience, specializing in:
Jonah’s “client-first” values align perfectly with SBM’s and his expertise adds Transportation Engineering to our multi-disciplinary services and complements our design team as we continue to grow and better serve our clients on current and future projects. For any transportation related inquiries, please contact Jonah at jlester@sbmltd.ca or 519-471-6667 x154. |
Featured in the National Post
The new Royal Flats offers a choice of sophisticated apartment homes featuring luxury appointments and designer finishes usually only found in privately owned homes. Located at 45 Yarmouth St. in the heart of Guelph, The Royal Flats is a commuter’s dream, with easy, central access to Highway 401, GO Transit and VIA Rail. Kitchener-Waterloo, Hamilton and Toronto are less than an hour away.
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Templar Flats: First 6 Storey Wood Building Completed in Ontario
Templar Flats in Hamilton, Ontario, has the distinction of being the first occupied, modern wood-frame mid-rise building completed in Ontario. It was constructed under provisions (O. Reg. 191.14) added to the province’s Building Code (2012 OBC) that permit wood-frame construction up to 6 storeys, an increase of two storeys over the previous iteration of the code.
The 6-storey, mixed-use project offers 25 modern residential units above three street-level restaurants in the city’s downtown core. The City of Hamilton is committed to revitalizing the downtown and developments on King William Street, including Templar Flats, have bene ted from infrastructure improvements in the area.
Templar Flats brings together the best of the old and new in an innovative, hybrid solution that puts a modern 6-storey building with glass penthouses between two thoughtfully restored heritage buildings that were adapted into a single, uni ed development.
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The 6-storey, mixed-use project offers 25 modern residential units above three street-level restaurants in the city’s downtown core. The City of Hamilton is committed to revitalizing the downtown and developments on King William Street, including Templar Flats, have bene ted from infrastructure improvements in the area.
Templar Flats brings together the best of the old and new in an innovative, hybrid solution that puts a modern 6-storey building with glass penthouses between two thoughtfully restored heritage buildings that were adapted into a single, uni ed development.
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Ontario Wood Works, 2016 Wood Awards, Nov 17, 2016
Strik Baldinelli Moniz is honored to be awarded the 2016 Best Multi-Unit Wood Framed Building for its structural design of Templar Flats in downtown Hamilton. Templar Flats was the first six storey wood framed building completed in Ontario.
Michael Baldinelli, P.Eng, MESc, Principal of the Large Building Division was awarded the 2016 Engineer Wood Advocate Award by Ontario Wood Works. The award highlights Michael’s work and advancement into the design of midrise wood framed buildings in Ontario.
Michael Baldinelli, P.Eng, MESc, Principal of the Large Building Division was awarded the 2016 Engineer Wood Advocate Award by Ontario Wood Works. The award highlights Michael’s work and advancement into the design of midrise wood framed buildings in Ontario.
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SBM Featured in Wood Design & Building Magazine: Structural Engineering Mid-rise Buildings"The goal of the structural engineer is to select the most cost-efficient, code-compliant design to resist the gravity and lateral loads induced on the building. Our experience on five wood buildings in Ontario, Canada has found estimated construction cost savings of 10 to 15 per cent versus traditional design methods. " Continue reading
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SBM Featured in Ontario Home Builders Magazine: Framing the DiscussionResearch and new technologies are helping to advance mid-rise wood construction. On January 1, 2015, after years of advocacy efforts by Ontario’s building industry, the Canadian Wood Council and numerous Ontario municipalities, the Ontario Building Code amendment to permit six-storey wood-frame construction was finally put in place. Read the article here.
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SBM Featured in Homebuilder Magazine: Building Tall in WoodHome BUILDER sat down with Michael Baldinelli, MESc, P.Eng, principal of the large building division at Strik Baldinelli Moniz (SBM), a medium sized Civil and Structural Engineering firm with offices in London and Waterloo, Ontario. Baldinelli has been involved in the design of more than 35 lightweight wood framed buildings in Ontario. Continue reading the Nov/Dec 2015 issue at http://www.homebuildercanada.com
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SBM Featured in Construction Canada: Building Up with Lightweight Wood FramesLightweight wood-framed (LWWF) construction has gained significant popularity over the past decade as a sustainable, cost-effective solution for low-rise multi-level buildings in Canada. More recently, the push has been to extend use of LWWF to mid-rise construction for increased density on urban or rural projects. In 2009, British Columbia amended its building code to allow five- and six-storey residential… Continue reading
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Software to build six-storey wood - Ontario Home BuilderThe Province of Ontario now permits wood-framed buildings up to six storeys. However, in conducting a detailed review, the structural engineers of London-area's Strik Baldinelli Moniz found that very little research had been focused on the three-dimensional behaviour of these structures under lateral loads. In addition, the current structural analysis and design of these...
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May 2015 London Business Magazine
Strik Baldinelli Moniz featured in Business London Magazine
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