The Terra Group of Companies is a Vancouver, B.C.-based geotechnical, geo-environmental, ISO 9001 quality management and materials engineering and quality control testing and inspection consultancy group of companies. They began operations in B.C. in 1957, and currently operate 7 offices in western Canada as well as an international joint-venture office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Company-wide, the firm employs about 100 professional, technical, adminstrative and support staff.