| Name |
Location |
Client |
Description |
| Gas East Project |
New Brunswick
and Nova Scotia |
TransCanada
Pipelines Ltd. |
Classification and description of soil, rock, organic terrain, drainage and overburden conditions for a 1150 km proposed natural gas pipeline route.
Geotechnical problems and land use conflicts were identified.
Specific recommendations were made for local re-routing.
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| Parry Sound Gas Pipeline |
Parry Sound
Ontario |
Northern and
Central Gas
Corp. Ltd. |
Selection of a route for a pipeline lateral to service the Town of Parry Sound and its Industrial Park.
Airphoto interpretation and limited field studies were used to evaluate three alternative routes, estimate quantities, and determined stream crossing characteristics.
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| Blind River Elliot Lake - Gas Pipeline |
Northern Ontario |
Northern and
Central Gas
Corp. Ltd. |
Selection of main line and lateral routes for a natural gas pipeline to service Blind River and Elliot Lake.
Selection study involved airphoto interpretation and limited field surveys to classify terrain, estimate quantities, determine water body crossing characteristics and prepare Engineering capital costs.
Five alternate routes were examined. Two potential routes were recommended based on capital cost and environmental considerations.
This $50 million pipeline was commissioned in November 1985.
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| Red Lake Lateral |
Northern Ontario |
Northern and
Central Gas
Corp. Ltd. |
Selection of a main line and lateral routes for a natural gas pipeline to service the mines and communities of Balmertown, Cochenour and Red Lake. Selection study included airphoto interpretation, photogrammetric profiling, agency interviews, and an aerial and field reconnaissance for two alternative routes totalling 120 km in length.
Capital cost estimates were prepared for both routes and a preferred route was recommended based on costs and environmental considerations. |
| Hemlo Area Lateral |
North Shore
Lake Superior |
Northern and
Central Gas
Corp. Ltd. |
Selection of pipeline routes to service six mining and pulp and paper communities along the north shore of Lake Superior.
Approximately 1200 km of alternative routes were investigated using an integrated environmental/engineering approach.
Airphoto interpretation and photogrammetric profiling were invaluable tools in route selection in this diverse environment of rugged, rocky and erodible silty clay terrain.
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