Example Projects
Our projects reflect the wide range of services we provide. Risk Assessment, Environmental Monitoring and Adaptive Management, Environmental Assessment and Permitting, and Communication and Facilitation. These examples also demonstrate other cross-cutting Azimuth traits, such as our proven communication skills, our ability to work in complex environments, and our experience in meeting regulatory requirements.
We offer services to a wide variety of clients – including resource industries, transportation groups, developers, government agencies and crown corporations, international organizations, First Nations, and other engineering and environmental firms. Our example projects highlight consulting completed for various client groups. We are proud that most of our present work comes from clients that have previously worked with us.
Mine Post-Closure Water Quality Monitoring
The lead-zinc mine is located approximately 150 km northwest of Resolute Bay NU in Canada’s high arctic. The mine operated from 1981 to 2002 and was the most northerly base metal mine in the world at the time. Reclamation and remediation of the mine was completed in 2011…
Guidance on Toxicity Reference Values
Members of Azimuth staff are involved, with a team of risk assessment practitioners, in developing guidance on the derivation and application of wildlife toxicity reference values (TRVs) to promote consistency within the ERA community on the scientific aspects of wildlife TRV development and application…
Protocol and Training Manual for Environmental & Health Assessment of Mercury Releases from Small Scale Gold Mines
The Global Mercury Project (GMP) is an international initiative designed to limit mercury contamination from artisanal and small-scale gold mining activities, by demonstrating ways of overcoming barriers to the adoption of best practices and pollution prevention measures…
Investigation of Mercury and Metals at Hydroelectric Facilities
Azimuth has worked with BC Hydro on a number of projects to investigate mercury in the aquatic environment as a result of historic hydroelectric development projects and regulation of reservoirs…
Characterization and Assessment of Mercury Contamination
Azimuth conducted a complex ecological risk assessment (ERA) at the Pinchi Mine to evaluate potential ecological risks in both aquatic and terrestrial environments as a result of contamination from historic operations…
Environmental Assessment, Permitting, Monitoring of the Meadowbank Gold Project
The Azimuth team has supported this Nunavut-based project over the last decade from the early exploration stage to the successful completion of the permitting process.
Risk Assessment at Fisheries and Oceans Canada Major Facilities
Azimuth is involved in a five-year program to evaluate contaminated sites issues at F&OC’s major facilities in BC. Prior to initiating risk assessment, Azimuth was a key member of F&OC’s team tasked with developing an overall risk assessment and risk management strategy for these sites…
Risk Ranking Methodology
CLRB is responsible for managing contaminated sites on provincial lands in BC, sites of historic industrial activity where no responsible persons exist or can be identified and management has fallen to the province. For most of these sites there is limited information available regarding the extent of contamination or potential human health and ecological risks…
Quantification of Potential Financial Liabilities from Contaminated Sediments
The goal of this project was to provide Transport Canada with a scientifically-defensible yet cost-effective means of quantifying potential liabilities associated with contaminated sediments at their west coast public port facilities…
Ecological Risk Assessment
Azimuth was overall project manager and technical lead for this assignment assessing the potential ecological (terrestrial and aquatic) risks from metals and hydrocarbon contamination (soils and groundwater) at 27 staffed lightstations of the Pacific Region…