Projects

Oil Spills

  • Spill risk assessment
  • Response strategies
  • Best Available Technology Assessment (BAT)
  • Scenario development
  • Environmental impact assessment
  • Field testing
  • Behavior and fate of oil in ice
  • Remote sensing

Air Cushion Vehicles

  • Technical feasibility studies
  • Route evaluations
  • Economic analysis
  • Vehicle selection and procurement
  • Bid process
  • Vehicle testing
  • New design concepts

Marine Transportation

  • Route evaluation
  • Environmental assessment
  • Port assessment
  • Technical feasibility
  • Database development for transit models
  • Real-time ice forecasting and condition reports
  • Casualty risk analysis

Marine Environments

  • Sea ice conditions
  • Extreme events
  • Metocean design criteria
  • Satellite image interpretation
  • Field surveys
  • Historical trends – climate change
  • Environmental impact assessment

Oil & Gas

  • Escape, Evacuation and Rescue (EER) systems
  • Platform resupply and logistics
  • Metocean and ice constraints on drilling activities
  • Sea ice conditions affecting port site selection and pipeline routing
  • Input parameters for ice/structure interactions
  • Risk analysis

Conferences & Workshops

  • Coordination
  • Program development
  • Facilitator/Chair
  • Proceedings

Expert Witness

  • Testimony
  • Engineering evaluations
  • Environmental hearings
  • Legal cases
  • Community presentations