PIR-a Consulting Corp.
Purpose. Innovation. Grounded in Reality and Awareness.
PIR-a Consulting Corp. is a boutique environmental consulting firm combining high-integrity science with modern technology. We provide environmental assessment, investigation, remediation, and regulatory services to upstream oil & gas, tourism, and infrastructure clients across Western Canada. We bring practical, science-based solutions to complex environmental challenges, with a focus on quality, efficiency, and defensible results.
We’re not a top-down consulting shop. We value initiative, shared learning, and collaboration—and we build practical tools that make environmental work better for our team and our clients. Our remote-first team is small, nimble, and continually evolving, allowing us to adapt quickly and bring thoughtful, efficient solutions to complex environmental projects.
We believe better environmental outcomes come from better processes. Our team combines technical expertise with advanced data management, automation, and purpose-built tools to improve how environmental projects are planned, investigated, and reported. The result is a more efficient and consistent approach that helps our clients make informed decisions, manage risk, and move projects forward with confidence.
We provide end-to-end environmental support throughout the assessment, investigation, and management of contaminated sites.
Who We Are
Our name, PIR-a Consulting Corp., is derived from our core values: Purpose and Innovation grounded in Reality and Awareness. The name reminds us that we strive to have these principles define our corporate identity by guiding our commitment to excellence in both our internal practices and external client relationships. We are based in Calgary, Alberta, with projects extending across Western Canada.
Meet Our Leadership Team
James Freeman; Director of Vision
After 18 years as the head of a prominent Calgary based consultancy and becoming one of the top contamination hydrogeologists in western Canada, James decided he wanted to branch out on a new mission to bring science-based efficiencies to the environmental space as the President of PIR-a in 2016.
Through the PIR-a team, James has already seen his vision for an assessment support application (SMA) and a remediation management system (RemMS) come to life, alongside the initial development of several other field-based assessment tools. And this is just the beginning of PIR-a’s innovation journey!