Services

Environmental Assessments and Planning

TERA provides a full range of assessment services including Environmental Impact Assessments, Cumulative Effects Assessments and Environmental Site Assessments for any scale of project. We have worked on numerous assessments under various jurisdictions with particular expertise in the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act and how this relates to the National Energy Board Act. Senior TERA staff routinely attend workshops and presentation in these fields to stay current with regulatory requirements. Click for more details...

TERA is an industry leader in environmental planning and has worked on thousands of projects related to route selection for pipelines, powerlines, well sites and access roads, as well as providing environmental mitigation and reclamation strategies. TERA harnesses the expertise of internal specialists and a loyal network of independent contractors as necessary.

TERA provides full life cycle (cradle to grave) environmental planning from conceptual project planning through regulatory applications, construction, reclamation, post-construction monitoring, auditing to decommissioning.

Strategic Advice and Project Management

  • Strategic Regulatory Advice
  • Corporate Environmental Policy Review
  • Project Planning & Environmental Logistics
  • Management of Environmental Assessment Teams
  • Recruiting and Managing Subcontractors

Regulatory Applications

  • Conservation and Reclamation (C&R) Applications (Alberta Environment)
  • Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA)
  • NEB Environmental and Socio-economic Assessments (ESA)
  • Regulatory Coordination of NEB Applications
  • NEB Online Filing Procedures for Section 58 Applications
  • Environmental Screening Reports (Canadian Environmental Assessment Act - CEAA)
  • Environmental Field Reports (EFR) (Alberta Sustainable Resource Development)
  • Area Operating Agreements (AOA) (Alberta Sustainable Resource Development)
  • Historical / Heritage Resource Clearance in western provinces and territories
  • Water Act Approvals (Alberta Environment)
  • Letters of Advice (Fisheries and Oceans Canada - DFO)
  • Authorization Applications and Compensation Plans (Fisheries and Oceans Canada - DFO)
  • Navigable Waters Approval Applications (Transport Canada)
  • Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
  • Misc. Permit Applications in BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, YT and NWT

Communications

  • Public Consultations
  • Workshop Facilitation
  • Document and Presentation Development

Route Selection and Siting

  • Route Selection for Pipelines, Powerlines, Seismic Programs, Fibre-Optic Lines and Roads
  • Least Impact Route Analysis Routing Studies
  • Facility Site Selection for Well Sites, Gas Plants, Compressor and Pump Stations, Batteries,
    Tank Farms and Other Facilities

Environmental Protection Planning for

Energy Projects and Linear Developments

  • Environmental Protection Plans
  • Environmental Contingency Plans
  • Watercourse Crossing Plans
  • Caribou Protection Plans
  • Sediment and Erosion Contingency Plans
  • Oil Spill Contingency Plans
  • Control Point Selection

Environmental Assessment

  • Environmental Overviews (EO)
  • Environmental Assessments (EA)
  • Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA)
  • Cumulative Effects Assessments (CEA)
  • 3PC (third party) EIA reviews
  • Phase I & II Environmental Site Assessments

Environmental Training and Education

  • Pipeline Environmental Inspection
  • Environmental Planning for Linear Developments
  • Environmental Manuals
  • Environmental Field Handbooks
  • Instructional Videos

Natural Resource Management

TERA provides technical expertise in a variety of natural resource management areas. Our staff includes professionals practicing in the fields of aquatics, botany, wildlife, soils, hydrology, and wetland ecology among others. Our staff are sought after to provide practical solutions to natural resource issues and have worked for the private and public sector.

TERA's biologists, agrologists and other professions provide consulting services in numerous disciplines. These include: Click for more details...

  • Fish and Fish Habitat Surveys
  • Water Quality Surveys
  • Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat Surveys
  • Species at Risk Act (SARA) Surveys
  • Botanical Surveys
  • Weed Surveys
  • Soil Surveys
  • Species Management Plans
  • Habitat Assessment and Planning
  • Terrestrial and Aquatic Research
  • Timber Volume Estimates

Heritage Resource Management

TERA provides comprehensive cultural resource management services. This includes: historical, archaeological and palaeontological consulting. TERA provides effective management of time-critical heritage requirements while promoting and preserving the past for future generations.

TERA's archaeologists, paleontologists and heritage resource specialists undertake a full range of heritage resource consulting services, these include: Click for more details...

  • Historical/Heritage Resources Impact Assessments (HRIA)
  • Archaeological Impact Assessments (AIA)
  • Archaeological Excavations and Mitigations
  • Site Delineation and Inventory
  • Post-Impact Assessments
  • Construction Monitoring
  • Palaeontological Assessments

Traditional Land Use Studies and Aboriginal Consultation Facilitation

TERA has completed a broad range of Traditional Use Studies and has provided Aboriginal Consultation services to a wide range of projects, involving an array of diverse communities. TERA's Traditional Use and Aboriginal Consultation team provides the following services: Click for more details...

  • Traditional Land Use Studies (TLU)
  • Traditional Environmental Knowledge Studies (TEK)
  • Consultation and Engagement Strategies
  • First Nations Consultation Facilitation
  • Aboriginal Engagement Programs
  • Environmental Monitoring Training
  • Community Liaison





Reclamation and Restoration

TERA provides technical expertise for a full range of reclamation issues. Our team of reclamation specialists is available to provide soil fertility and vegetation sampling, contaminated soil sampling and spill clean-up planning and implementation, as well as revegetation prescriptions (grass seed, woody plant and forb species) specific to soil type and end land use in various natural subregions. Our reclamation specialists have provided construction and reclamation services for some of the largest pipelines in Canada. Our goal is to ensure equivalent land capability is achieved post-construction. Services include: Click for more details...

  • Post-Construction Reclamation Assessments
  • Post-Construction Monitoring Programs
  • Detailed Site Assessments
  • Reclamation Plans
  • Restoration Management Plans
  • Pipeline Abandonment Planning
  • Weed Management Plans
  • Fertility Management Programs

Environmental Inspection and Monitoring

TERA provides Environmental Inspection to a variety of clients to ensure that the best laid plans are implemented in the field. TERA staff have been pioneers in Environmental Inspection being actively involved in the inspection of construction since the mid 1970's. TERA staff have been the founders of various industry standard inspection courses and keep active in the industry by providing instructors to various agencies. TERA has provided inspectors on thousands of kilometres of pipeline and road construction projects, dam construction and reclamation projects. Click for more details...

TERA provides Environmental Inspectors (EIs) for a variety of construction and post-construction projects. Supplementing our in house capabilities, we have access to a large pool of some of the best EIs on the continent. On-going involvement in EI training keeps TERA technical strengths and contacts current. Services include:

  • Environmental Inspection of Construction
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Water Quality Monitoring
  • Post-Construction Monitoring Programs(PCMP)
  • Post-Construction Reclamation Assessments(PCRA)

Geomatics and Database Management

TERA provides comprehensive Geomatics services including cartography, spatial analysis, and database management. TERA's Cartographers and GIS Specialists work with state of the art hardware and software to provide support to TERA's consulting services as well as external clients. Our department features a fully integrated in-house Geographic Information System (GIS). Products and services include: Click for more details...

  • Cartography
  • Environmental Alignment Sheets
  • Site / Route Selection
  • Least Impact Route Analysis
  • Cumulative Effects Analysis
  • 3D Photo Interpretation with PurView
  • 3D Terrain Modeling and Visual Assessment
  • Database Management