Involvement

Delivery of resource specialist services on behalf of the Project Owner for the construction phase of the Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMEP) in Spreads 6, 7A, 7B (Bridal Falls to Burnaby) and three terminals (Westridge Marine Terminal, Burnaby Terminal, and Sumas Terminal). Management of this scope of service included over 100 linear kilometers (km) of pipeline infrastructure with 3 General Construction Contractors across federally managed lands (IRs), agricultural land reserve (ALR), residential and industrial land and environmentally sensitive areas, as well as terminal infrastructure upgrades with both marine and upland project interactions. The TMEP alignment included several major trenchless crossings, 271 watercourse crossings and 41 wetland crossings. Resource specialist services managed under the contract included: terrestrial wildlife and species at risk, aquatic species at risk, wildlife and wildlife habitat, vegetation including rare plants and ecological communities, soil and agriculture, watercourses and wetlands, contamination, and hydrogeology. 

Management of all forestry related interests from Edmonton AB to Burnaby BC spanning 1,150 km of pipeline and associated infrastructure (facilities, access, valve sites, pump stations) such as equity (log marketing), regulatory approval and compliance, land acquisition, timber appraisal, urban forest management (arborist assessment), danger tree/tree risk assessment, quality assurance of project documents (i.e., Contractor Clearing and Access Plans, Owners Requirements, etc.), operational oversight of all 9 General Construction Contractors (GCC) during clearing and access establishment, MOTI liaison, and interdisciplinary support to all project teams on and as and when needed basis.