Vertex provides Environmental Planning and Regulatory services to assist our clients in developing new projects while managing regulatory compliance. Our team of environmental professionals conduct assessments and develop mitigation plans to streamline project development while maintaining regulatory compliance.
Vertex’s Environmental & Regulatory Services Include:
- Pre-Site Assessments
- Environmental Impact and Pre-Disturbance Assessments
- Municipal, Provincial and Federal Approvals
- Environmental Inspection and Monitoring Services
- Water Services
- Crossings, Approvals and Monitoring
- Wetland Assessment and Impact Mitigation
- Wildlife Services
- Rare Plant Services
- Aggregate Resource Work (Sand and Gravel)
- Oil Sands Planning and Approvals
- Environmental Assessment on First Nations Lands (IOGC)
- Forestry Services
- Inventory (Wildlife, Vegetation, Weed, Soils etc.)
Case Studies
Reclamation Certification Using Disturbance Recovery Models and Remote Sensing
Objective
Providing practical and economical solutions is one of Vertex’s commitments to our clients. Conventional reclamation assessment of oil sand exploration well/corehole programs requires field assessments of all associated well sites and access roads. These field assessments have a high cost and environmental impact and are often highly subjective. Vertex’s Research and Development, Operations and Remote Sensing teams worked collaboratively to develop a remote sensing approach combined with disturbance recovery models to overcome these limitations. The approach utilizes remote sensing data and ecological resiliency factors to rank the well sites and access roads, and only sites with reduced recovery/resiliency are field assessed. Between 2021 and 2022, Vertex used this approach for Imperial Oil and received a reclamation certificate for a 29-site oil sands exploration program.
Integrated Land and Environmental Services – Pipeline Integrity Program
Objective
Vertex’s client engaged Vertex to provide engage with landowners and regulators to gain access to their pipeline right of way to execute an annual integrity dig program. The majority of the proposed integrity digs were located in densely populated areas or natural areas with nearby sensitive receptors.
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Related Services
- Environmental Emergency Response
- Environmental Monitoring
- Fresh Water & Aquatics
- Hydrotechnical Services
- Phase I & II Assessments
- Reclamation & Remediation
- Remote Sensing & Geomatics
- Toxicology & Risk Management
- Vegetation & Plant Sciences
- Waste & Well Services
- Wildlife Services
