The year was 1951… Zenith Radio Corp introduces cable television… Chrysler introduces power steering… Remington Rand launches the first commercially available computer, the Univac 1… Dennis the Menace is created… Nat King Cole sings "Unforgettable"… John Paul Getty becomes the richest man…. and two university friends Herman K. Walter and Bill Roberts get together to establish a small engineering firm in Kitchener….
1951
Herman K. Walter and Bill Roberts form a small mechanical and electrical engineering firm in Kitchener - beginning a 50-year legacy of innovative solutions and a purposeful growth strategy of evolving to meet customer challenges.
1959
Walter, Fedy and Associates enjoys wide influence, serving customers from Kitchener to Hamilton and throughout Southwestern Ontario.
1968
The firm moves to our present-day head office at 546 Belmont Avenue in Kitchener.
1969
The firm meets customers' needs for integrated engineering design by merging with structural and municipal consulting firm McCargar and Hachborn. Walter, Fedy, McCargar, Hachborn launches into the arena of complex facility design.
1973
Demonstrating an understanding of marketplace demands, the firm adds architectural services to become Horton & Ball, Walter, Fedy, McCargar, Hachborn. The addition of architectural services enhances the firm's integrated nature and meets customer requirements for single-source design solutions.
1974
Responding to industry demand for Project and Construction Management services, the firm inaugurates a Project and Construction Management division.
1991
Following years of work throughout Ontario and North America, the firm becomes The Walter Fedy Partnership (TWFP). The new name reflects the firm's historical roots and a commitment to collaborative working partnerships with customers.
1993
After helping customers to determine the cause of building problems such as equipment failure and fire damage, TWFP formally establishes an Investigative Engineering division.
1996
To assist customers in operating within an ever-increasing regulatory environment, TWFP offers environmental engineering, hydrogoelogy and land-use redevelopment services through an alliance with Frontline Environmental Management.
1997
To better serve Canadian customers expanding south of the border, TWFP enters the United States and opens The Walter Fedy Group, Inc. in Lakeland, Florida.
1997
TWFP furthers its full service commitment to customers and rounds out its land development capabilities by establishing a Landscape Architecture and Natural Ecology division.
2001
The Walter Fedy Partnership celebrates its 50th anniversary while continuing to evolve to meet our customers' changing business challenges….
2002
TWFP adds Pre-Start Health and Safety Review Services to better serve our industrial customers. Establishes Integrated Risk Management Solutions through our alliance with Frontline Environmental Management's Infection Control Services, and a working alliance with Acute Environmental Services.
2004
TWFP introduces its Industrial Safety Services division.
2005
TWFP introduces its new logo.
