GTA's mission
is to remain a trusted partner, by both private and public interests, in the development of the communities in which we operate and are deeply involved. While we seek and have a great appetite for meaningful, landmark projects which have great potential to have a positive impact in the community. there will seldom be a project too small for our interests. We at GTA shall always remain humble and grateful, while remembering that the communities we serve have evolved and grown by stitching thousands of small projects together over time - and that our growth and evolution has been, and will be, much the same.
We are compelled to be active, caring, generous leaders in our communities by our integrity and the weight of the trust these same communities have in us as individuals, and as a team. This team will continue to succeed, quite simply, because of our consultant-first attitude, which means we genuinely value helping clients and providing the very best customer care more so than any drawing or calculation we may produce in the course of our duties.
Finally, the GTA way is to treat each other with compassion, to care for and help one-another, and to elevate each other towards the goals and milestones we identify in our lives and careers. While our roots are unmistakably simple and conservative in nature, we will always nurture and reward innovation and be unrelenting in our quest to inject our own brand of remarkable into all that we do.
Principles:
When it comes to Guiding Principles, we at GTA have a list of more than 50 that we have generated during brainstorm sessions over the last several years. Below are Principles we believe to be the most important:
1. We are generous:
a. With each other
b. With employees
c. With clients
d. With the community
e. With our time
2. We are continuously seeking ways to increase efficiency and productivity, while learning more from our mistakes than our competition.
3. We are always actively encouraging progress and innovation.
4. We are always teaching employees the business-side of operating a land surveying and civil engineering firm.
Core Beliefs and Ideology:
These are the guiding principles we believe our founders may have identified, if they'd elected to do so. As we rummaged through our 50 or more Guiding Principles, GTA's leadership team asked itself these two questions:
1. Would our founders have identified this as a core belief and/or ideology?
2. Will this principle every change - regardless of who is in charge?
If a guiding principle was found to be one that our founders would likely have identified, and decided the same principle was unlikely to ever change or waiver for the life of our firm, the principle graduated to the "Core Beliefs and Ideology" category.
Those beliefs are as follows:
· Help everyone we work for and with. We consult. We do not simply draw plans.
· Work with and for people, companies and agencies with visions that align with our own.
· Be Trustworthy.
· Be Involved.
· Be Remarkable.