Services

OVAC currently has operations in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia and offers consulting services throughout Canada and Internationally. Our primary areas of service are listed below. For more information, please contact us.

Company Services*

Environmental Project Management

Environmental Permitting and Planning

  • Transportation, Transmission and Pipeline Corridor Planning
  • Watercourse Alteration Permitting
  • Wetland Alteration Permitting
  • Navigable Water Permitting
  • CEPA - Disposal at Sea Permitting
  • HADD Authorizations
  • Incidental Harm Authorizations
  • Crown Land Lease Permitting
  • Hydroelectric Licensing and Re-licensing
  • Environmental Constraint Analysis
  • CEAA Screenings and Environmental Assessments
  • Provincial Environmental Impact Assessments
  • Environmental Mitigation Plans
  • Environmental Protection Plans
  • Watershed Management Plans
  • Watershed Planning
  • Archaeological and Heritage Resource Assessments and Mitigation
  • Underwater Archaeology

Environmental Sciences

  • Aquatic Ecology Studies
  • Fish Population Studies
  • Marine Ecology Studies
  • Invertebrate Surveys
  • Amphibian and Reptile Surveys
  • Limnology
  • Oceanography
  • Water Quality Studies and Monitoring
  • Aquatic Toxicology
  • Socio-Economics
  • Wildlife Surveys
  • Ecological Inventories
  • Botany and Rare Plant Surveys
  • Avian Studies (Breeding and Migratory Bird)
  • Wetland Delineations and Functional Analysis
  • Sediment Quality Studies

Environmental Engineering

  • Bioengineering
  • Fish Passage Analysis
  • Hydrology and Hydraulics
  • Hydrogeology
  • Fluvial Geomorphology
  •  River Engineering
  • Geotechnical
  • Erosion and Sediment Control Planning

Environmental Inspection Services

  • Transportation Corridor Monitoring and Inspection
  • Oil and Gas Pipeline Corridor Monitoring and Inspection
  • Wharf and Dock Inspection
  • Bridge Construction Monitoring and Inspection
  • Archaeological Monitoring

Combined Services

  • Baseline Ecological Characterizations
  • Public and First Nations Consultations
  • Fish Rescues, Removals, and Relocations.
  • Archaeological and Heritage Resource Surveys and Assessments
  • Wetland Functional Assessments
  • Provincial and Federal Agency Consultation
  • Wetland Mitigation and Habitat Enhancement Design
  • Coordination with Engineering and Construction Firms
  • Tidal, Estuarine and Marine Restoration
  • Stream and River design, Permitting, and Construction
  • Re-vegetation, Bioengineering, and Hard Structure Design
  • Riverbed and Riverbank Stabilization
  • Re-vegetation and Bioremediation

*In seeking to offer a wide range of solutions to meet project demands, some services are offered through partnerships and joint ventures.