BluMetric Environmental is opening a Thunder Bay office to better cater to a new client and scout for project work.
The multi-faceted environmental solutions company just landed a care-and-maintenance job at a closed mine site about an hour’s drive west of Thunder Bay. Work began on April 1.
Tim Beckenham, BluMetric’s senior director of consulting services, said establishing a northwest office made sense to support this “fairly large project.”
Without disclosing the client or the property location, he said the mine has been closed for quite a while.
The site was remediated about 12 to 15 years ago.
BluMetric is taking care of all the site supervision, labour, material, equipment, and services for five years. That includes regular inspection of structures and facilities, maintaining the tailings pond and on-site pumping facilities and environmental monitoring, among other duties.
“We see a lot happening in the northwest,” said Beckenham. “Mining’s obviously picking up. “
Hydrogeology has been the company’s bread and butter work since 1976, but it also does dewatering, water and wastewater treatment systems, environmental impact assessments, environmental permitting, mine closure plans, and occupational health and safety.
Blue Metric is partnering on this new project with a First Nation-owned contractor from Atikokan.
The company has 25 full-time employees in Sudbury and hopes to grow its Thunder Bay staff to the same level.
The publicly traded company has a staff of 170 scientists, engineers, industrial hygienists, environmental analysts and other support staff who work on North American and international projects.
