Educational Consulting Services

At ECS, we generate innovative building and campus planning solutions that address institutional priorities. We define strategy and management principles and practices that drive effective space-planning decisions. We translate the vision, curriculum and desired learning outcomes of stakeholders into effective teaching, learning and research environments. Based in Toronto and active for close to 40 years, the ECS team has completed more than 1,000 projects in 30 countries. We cultivate strong relationships with our clients, which include universities, polytechnics, colleges, government ministries, education boards and agencies, and architectural firms. In Canada, we have worked with more than 65 post-secondary institutions in eight provinces. We bring to each project our knowledge of precedents and cases of best practice, expertise in allocation standards and benchmarks, an understanding of challenges facing the post-secondary community, and knowledge of current trends in educational delivery, campus facility innovations and space planning solutions. As a result, we are able to provide innovate, carefully tailored solutions to meet the diverse needs of our clients.