Environmental Innovations
Faster, more cost-effective decision making; right now
Why we keep innovating
PIR-a was founded on a vision of combining collaborative relationships with accessible technologies to deliver tangible science-based efficiencies into the workflows on all of our projects.
In every project and every partnership we are looking for new opportunities to integrate, optimize and look at things differently to develop the most useful and user friendly tools possible.
Here’s what else we’ve been working on…..
Sulphur in Soils - Establishing Risk-Based Limits
As seen at RemTech 2024
In a collaborative effort with Waterline Resources Inc, S2 Environmental JV, the Alberta Energy Regulator and our industry client, the PIR-a team has been working to establish Risk-Based Limits for Elemental Sulphur in Alberta soils. The initiative aims to improve and expand on current Stage 2 application to better utilized site-specific conditions in determining criteria for elemental sulfur in soils. The goal is to reduce the amount of soils sent to landfill, maximize reuse of precious resources and minimize the reliance on external fill sources in the remediation phase. The outcome is less work, less cost, fewer resources and a more environmentally sound solution to soils management.
Take a look at our RemTech 2024 presentation here.
Sulphur in Soils -
Field Based Detection
True to who we are, in conjunction with our work on the regulatory front, we have been in the works developing field-based technologies to support the decision making process for sulphur impacted soils.
Current sulphur detection methods are often slow and expensive, creating challenges in decision-making so we are pioneering a new approach for real-time sulphur assessment in soils. Our method will provide immediate insights, enabling on-site workers to make quicker, more informed decisions about soil management and work execution planning.
Look out for more info from us on this exciting new development!
PHC in Soils -
Field Based Assessment
Petroleum hydrocarbons (PHCs) in soils can pose a serious risk to the ecosystem health but are often expensive to deal with. Excavation, treatment and disposal are labour intensive and costly enough and the lag times between identification and the receipt of data for decision making only drags out the workflow process.
We are leveraging our field experience, business partnership and data availability to lay the ground work to develop a data correlation model that can help us better assess soil conditions with respect to PHC impacts and help guide remedial decision making in real-time.
There is still a lot of work to do but we are really excited about this one! Stay tuned for more.