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Verhaegen Land Surveyors is Now Part of the J.D. Barnes Limited Group of Companies

We are pleased to announce that effective June 11, 2019 J.D. Barnes Limited has acquired the professional land surveying practices of Verhaegen Stubberfield Hartley Brewer Bezaire Inc. located in Windsor and Leamington.

Verhaegen·Stubberfield·Hartley·Brewer·Bezaire Inc. was created in May, 1987 by the amalgamation of the firms of Verhaegen & Bezaire Ltd. and Stubberfield, Hartley, Brewer Ltd.

Verhaegen & Bezaire Ltd. was a successor to a surveying business established in Windsor in February 1969 by Hans J. Koester, O.L.S. and John Verhaegen, O.L.S. Stubberfield, Hartley, Brewer Ltd. was established by William C. Stubberfield and Timothy D. Hartley in 1983 who along with William A. Brewer purchased the Land Surveying business of William J. Setterington in November 1985.

Verhaegen·Stubberfield·Hartley·Brewer·Bezaire Inc.
(Also referred to as VSHBB Inc.) has approximately 30 people on staff. To stay abreast with current technology VSHBB Inc. is constantly upgrading its facility with some of the most modern surveying and computer equipment available today.

Registered Ontario Land Surveyors on staff
The firm has 4 active professional Ontario Land Surveyors representing over 60 years of combined local experience in Southwestern Ontario.

Andrew Mantha, Educated: University of Western Ontario – 1984, University of Toronto – 1990, University of Waterloo – 1994 (Registered OLS – 1993) Employment: Archibald, Gray & McKay Ltd. Employed at VSHBB Inc. since 1993. Partnered with VSHBB Inc. in April, 1996

Roy Simone, Educated: University of Toronto, (Erindale) – 1988 (Registered OLS – 1991) Employment: Tom Czerwinski Surveying Ltd. – 1988 to 1992. Employment: Caribbean Engineering Consultants Ltd. – 1992 to 1997. Employed at VSHBB Inc. since 1998. Partnered with VSHBB Inc. in December, 2000

Alec S. Mantha,Educated: York University, (Lassonde School of Engineering) – 2014 (Registered OLS – 2017) (Registered P.Eng-2018) Employment: JD Barnes Limited – 2014 to present.

Shafic Habebur Rahman, Educated: York University, (Lassonde School of Engineering) – 2013 ( Registered OLS – 2018)
Employment: JD Barnes Limited 2013 – Present.


John P. Verhaegen, OLS (retired)
William C. Stubberfield, OLS (retired)
Timothy Hartley, OLS (retired)
William Brewer, OLS (retired)
Bernie Bezaire, OLS (retired)

Association of Ontario Land SurveyorsMember of the Association of Ontario Land Surveyors