Building Resilient Infrastructure with Precision and Insight
Vertex is a leader in infrastructure resilience, helping clients strengthen their assets against the growing impacts of climate change. Our team delivers proactive strategies that lower risk, enhance performance, and support long-term operational stability. With extensive geographical knowledge and execution experience, Vertex provides timely and responsive solutions throughout the entire asset lifecycle. Our focus is on early hazard identification, clear risk evaluation, and practical measures that reinforce resilient and reliable infrastructure.
Vertex applies advanced analytics to assess geohazard exposure and guide informed decision-making.
- Review of public data sources using custom algorithms to flag high-risk geohazard zones
- Collection and review of aerial survey data, satellite imagery, and lidar data
- Hazard execution strategies, including identification and quantification
- Cost estimates and long-term program planning
- Risk classification and ranking to support effective prioritization
Vertex provides detailed field assessments and practical mitigation measures supported by engineering oversight, ensuring clients receive accurate information and effective solutions.
Field Assessment:
- Aerial survey coordination with UAV technology
- Field data collection with engineering oversight
- Depth of cover measurements and soil sampling
- Landowner access coordination
- Electronic field tracking app for georeferenced data management
- Mappable metadata compatible with client systems
Mitigation & Control:
- Mitigation program design and implementation
- Instrumentation program design and execution
- Erosion and sediment control program design and implementation
- Site construction management and cost tracking
Detailed Geotechnical Field Investigation:
- Subsurface investigation programs
- Investigation design and borehole site selection
- Contract and service procurement
- Drilling permits, TFAs, and road use coordination
- Drilling services management
- Soil stratigraphy evaluation
- Pipeline thalweg measurements
- Groundwater monitoring
- Laboratory testing selection and analysis
- Project management and cost tracking
- Detailed geotechnical evaluation, reporting, and recommendations
Case Studies
Pipeline Integrity: System-Wide Geohazards Risk Assessment
Objective
An Integrity Management Program (IMP) related bulletin was issued by Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) in 2019 to mandate the management of slope instability through IMPs. The objective of the project was to develop and enhance the client’s Geohazards IMP using a phased approach to be compliant with AER’s bulletin. A system-wide GIS-based assessment was carried out to identify potentially high-risk assets based on landslide susceptibility, age of the pipeline, and substance carried.
