Client Testimonials

"The outstanding leadership that our environmental consultants (TERA) provided to Alliance was essential to Alliance's overall success. The caliber of the environmental stewardship of the project was outstanding and equally importantly, timely in allowing permitting and construction to proceed effectively. The overall consultation process with environmental stakeholders and landowners also was effective, timely and successful to the point I believe it set a new standard for major linear projects."

"TERA Environmental played a key role in the planning and executing the environmental requirements of the Alberta Clipper Project. Their staff acts professionally and provides solutions to the many challenges encountered. TERA also has the resources needed to provide the support required by a large pipeline project and they always strive to meet the many tight deadlines with a quality product. It was a pleasure to work with their staff and I look forward to working with them again in the future."

"The following observations and opinions are based on my personal and professional business experience in my current capacity with Enbridge Pipelines Inc. ("Enbridge") and my past tenure with Home Oil Company ("Home") in the development of natural gas, natural gas liquids and crude oil pipeline projects. I am familiar with TERA's environmental experience and mapping/geospatial expertise utilized in green field, expansion, and redeployment projects including the i) identification of routing options and specific rights-of-way, ii) issue mitigation, iii preparation of regulatory filings, iv) expert testimony in regulatory hearings and v) stewardship to environmental laws, best practices and permit conditions during pipeline/facility project execution and construction.

In my capacity for commercial oversight of the Southern Lights Project, correctly meeting regulatory filing deadlines in compliance with National Energy Board ("NEB") requirements and other federal/provincial/local governmental authorities was paramount. The environmental work (screening through to detail) associated with those Canadian regulatory requirements that TERA was commissioned to undertake was completed in a first class manner. Enbridge's success in securing the Southern Lights Project NEB (and other) approvals was in no small way due TERA's thoroughness, attention to detail, knowledge and ability to work effectively and efficiently with a diverse group of stakeholders (including those adversarial to the Southern Lights Project). TERA was outstanding in meeting its commitments to deliver what it was tasked with.

TERA staff was accessible and very helpful in conceptualizing and providing assistance in faming my information/data requests to ensure both parties understood exactly what was to be generated and delivered. I greatly appreciated this open dialogue as it reduced the number of iterations, recycles and consequent costs (time as well as monetary).

I was especially impressed with the quality of maps that TERA produced during the development of the Southern Lights Project. They proved very helpful in a wide variety of business and technical applications."

"TERA's experienced, highly skilled and professional team provided critical support in our successful project. Throughout the five years from conception through construction, TERA played a key role in supporting our efforts to attain and maintain 'best in class' standing. Congratulations TERA and thank you for a job well done!"

"TERA Environmental Consultants (TERA) has been the lead Environmental Consultant from project inception through to completion of construction and continuing to today with the recent completion of the right-of-way restoration and ongoing post-construction monitoring. Given the nature of the project, TERA has been integral to the project success from the initial environmental assessments completed for the pipeline routing, support of the National Energy Board regulatory application and oral hearing, and development of a state-of-the-art Environmental Protection Plan and Right-of-Way Restoration Plan that preceded construction. During construction, TERA personnel provided Environmental Inspection of the day-to-day activities as well as ongoing environmental technical support. Following construction, TERA was retained as a General Contractor for the right-of-way restoration, including the direct hiring of local restoration labor to complete the seeding and planting of native species (over 220,000 plants).

The TMX Anchor Loop project is arguably one of the most challenging pipeline projects ever to be constructed with the stringent environmental requirements to work in the UNESCO designated Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site. Adding to the complexity, the project was subject to the oversight of multiple regulatory jurisdictions and was highly visible to the public through close proximity to the highway and the Municipality of Jasper. Throughout all aspects of the project, TERA was an integral member of the project team with a strong contribution to the ultimate success of the project."

"Given the location and sensitivity of the project, and the microscope that we operated under, TERA deserves a significant portion of the credit for successful completion of the project. We broke a lot of ground on this project, and TERA was integral in allowing us to overcome many of the obstacles. Ian Anderson has referred to the Anchor Loop as a Legacy Project in a number of forums and I truly believe it is. We owe much of the Emerald Award to TERA's efforts on our behalf."

"TERA provided outstanding and very cost effective work for Alliance Pipeline's Canadian Regulatory approvals and the work was done with the utmost in integrity."

"TERA Environmental Consultants (TERA) has consistently provided Spectra Energy Transmission, high quality environmental planning and consulting services on its expansion and maintenance construction projects. Recent works include our South Peace Pipeline Project, whereby TERA facilitated the Project team from the onset of route selection through to construction and reclamation. The South Peace Project exceeded many of its milestones and is considered a success on many fronts, particularly for its environmental compliance. I would not hesitate to retain TERA again on future projects."

"TERA has provided exemplary environmental consultation services on TransCanada pipeline projects over the years. Their expertise, professionalism and knowledge have most recently been utilized during TransCanada's current NEB regulatory application for the Ground Birch Pipeline project in NE British Columbia. Their leadership in the field during the assessment and information gathering phase as well as timely report submissions ensured that a detailed and comprehensive package was completed on schedule. They were an integral part of the management team that assembled the application and will continue to be a valued source as the project progresses towards construction. I look forward to a long and continued relationship with TERA on future projects."

"It was a huge relief knowing that TERA was on the Williams' job as they know exactly what information is required for regulatory approvals, who needs it, and when. TERA has excellent relationships with the regulators, which provided certainty to Williams regarding regulatory expectations, process and timelines. In addition, the TERA staff were typically several steps ahead of me in anticipating my information needs and the information needs of the regulatory agencies. TERA's role on the project has contributed to Williams presenting quality information to the regulators in a timely fashion, as well as to landowners and to Aboriginal groups. As a result, on 1 June, 2010, Williams received one of its major regulatory approvals from the Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board to construct and operate the pipeline. TERA continues to support Williams as we work to obtain the remaining regulatory approvals from other provincial regulators and as we start our first construction season this winter."