BluMetric provides end-to-end solutions in environmental geosciences and engineering, industrial hygiene, occupational health and safety, water and wastewater treatment, and environmental contracting and management.
In addition to its Professional Engineers, Professional Geoscientists and Registered/Certified Occupational Hygienists, BluMetric has an interdisciplinary team of scientists in the fields of environmental science, as well as related technicians. They perform site assessment, environmental remediation, and compliance reporting for all manner of locations, from dense inner cities to remote northern outposts.
BluMetric was founded on geoscience expertise, and our outstanding reputation in hydrogeology continues to be one of our major differentiators in the environmental professional services industry.
Geoscience, or Earth Science, is the scientific study of the planet Earth and its many different natural geologic systems. BluMetric’s geoscientists provide consulting services in the fields of safe drinking water supply and management, contaminant hydrogeology environmental geosciences, and geothermal energy, as well as environmental remediation and management.
BluMetric’s hydrogeologists and geoscientists work collaboratively with our engineers, scientists, and technicians, as well as with clients and regulators, to develop tailored solutions to identify, design, and permit clean drinking water supplies. Our team also supports mine and open pit dewatering to ensure environmental standards have been met and to prevent or mitigate negative impacts on neighbouring communities and habitats.
Since BluMetric’s inception in 1976, we provide high-level site assessment and remediation services to the property management, real estate, legal, and brownfield redevelopment fields across Canada — including the far north.
During real estate transactions or corporate mergers, or simply through standard operations and management of properties, environmental liabilities can be a major concern. BluMetric is frequently called upon to perform or contribute to due diligence audits of properties or buildings prior to transactions. These Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs) involve intensive reviews of information, site inspections, and interviews, and may lead to testing of soil, groundwater, sediment, and surface water. The goal is to identify and quantify environmental liabilities, assess compliance, and estimate the costs of achieving or maintaining compliance.
In most cases, the adequacy of an ESA will be judged by how it compares to standards such as those established by the Regional and Canadian Standards Association (CSA). Senior BluMetric staff were members of the CSA committee that established the standards for Phase I ESAs.
Brownfield site redevelopment is heavily regulated. BluMetric works closely with stakeholders including property owners and potential purchasers, municipal officials, conservation authorities, regulatory agencies, and financial institution to navigate this regulatory regime efficiently and economically.
BluMetric has obtained numerous permits to allow redevelopment of brownfield sites. When generic Site Condition Standards are not met, BluMetric will complete an environmental management options analysis which includes an evaluation of numerous remedial alternatives and Risk Assessment (RA). RA is the process of estimating the potential risks posed by contaminants to human and ecological occupants of a site. The RA will consider site-specific conditions and exposure scenarios to identify property specific standards that correspond to acceptable risk levels that are often less stringent than generic standards. This can lead to a reduction or elimination of the need for remediation leading to both time and cost savings.
BluMetric delivers complete environmental engineering solutions to a wide variety of issues related to contaminated site remediation, water resource management, water and wastewater treatment, and solid waste management. At our core is a multidisciplinary group of civil, geological, chemical, mechanical, and electrical engineers. Taking the time and effort to fully understand our clients’ unique challenges, we then curate each project team for the specialized knowledge, skills, and experience required to solve the problem.
Our environmental engineering solutions are custom designed to our clients’ needs. Our solutions include, but are not limited to: cost-effective solutions to clean up contaminants or mitigate the risks they pose to receptors; the design, fabrication and operation of treatment technologies to treat potable water and a wide array of residential, commercial and industrial wastewaters in populated and remote locations; and, solutions to help manage waste residuals in an environmentally responsible way that optimizes the design and operation of new and existing waste management infrastructure and minimizes carbon footprints.
BluMetric helps organizations protect worker health, manage workplace risks, and maintain safe, compliant operations. Our industrial hygiene and occupational health and safety specialists assess chemical, biological, physical, and ergonomic hazards, evaluate workplace exposures, and develop practical mitigation strategies tailored to each site and industry.
With one of the largest teams of Certified Industrial Hygienists and Registered Occupational Hygienists in Canada, we support clients with exposure assessments, air sampling and monitoring, designated substances and hazardous materials surveys and management programs, workplace risk assessments, IH and EHS audits, management systems audits, and IH/OHS program development and implementation support. Our team also provides hazardous materials abatement oversight and air sampling and training to help clients move from assessment to action.
Got a complex IH/OHS challenge? You’ve come to the right place.
Our services include: • Hazard identification, risk analysis, and mitigation planning • Workplace exposure evaluations, sampling, monitoring, and risk mitigation strategies • Chemical, biological, and physical agent risk assessments, including noise, silica, diesel particulates, heat or cold stress, and many more • Ergonomics assessments • Confined spaces assessments, training and program development • Hazardous materials management, including surveys, sampling, management program support, and abatement support. • Workplace health and safety training • Respirator fit testing and training • EHS and IH compliance audits, corporate audits, and management systems audits • OHS program and management system development, implementation, training, and ongoing support • Radon measurement, and mitigation system design and inspections • Mining-sector support, including cyanide code audits, site clean-up, care and maintenance, and industrial hygiene program support
With multi-sector experience in regulated workplaces and complex industrial environments, and over 200 years of collective industrial hygiene experience, BluMetric provides the technical insight and practical support clients need to reduce exposure risks, strengthen safety programs, and protect their workforce.
BluMetric’s Topographical Surveying & Geographic Information Systems (GIS) solutions combine advanced geomatics, ground-based surveying, drone technology, and spatial data management to provide accurate site information and actionable insights for industrial, mining, military, and government clients.
We offer integrated surveying and remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) services, including LiDAR, bathymetry, and RTK-GPS, for precise mapping, volumetric analysis, and environmental monitoring. Our technologies enable rapid, safe, and detailed data collection for pits, quarries, mines, waste facilities, and industrial sites, supporting planning, operations, and regulatory compliance.
Clients benefit from high-resolution orthophotos, digital terrain models, volumetric calculations, surface water and drainage models, and comprehensive environmental assessment reports. Supporting project information can also be delivered through BluMetric’s secure, proprietary Environmental Data Management System (EDMS). This web-based platform provides centralized access to environmental data, chemistry results, and interactive mapping and graphing tools for contaminated sites. BluMetric’s award-winning team ensures that every project is delivered with innovation, safety, and compliance at the forefront.
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Our team has decades of military, water and wastewater treatment experience, building, implementing, and deploying custom and off-the-shelf water treatment solutions. We have full welding, machining, electrical, assembly, and testing capabilities. BluMetric is certified, ISO 9001-2015, CWB CSA Standard W47.1, and TSSA CSA B51 AMSE B31.1 and B31.3
We provide Canadian-made, proven, and highly effective water purification solutions to Land Forces, Navy, and commercial shipbuilding markets, and more. We also provide exceptional engineering support, training, field support, and immediate response service for day-to-day operations and for disaster relief.
As the drinking water experts for the Canadian Armed Forces, BluMetric has designed, built, and deployed customized and off-the-shelf systems for shipbuilding programs, retrofits, and land systems. In addition to needs assessment, design, manufacture, and implementation, BluMetric provides support, service (Combat Zone Certified), and training for success.
Outside of military use, products such as our mobile wastewater treatment plants are used in remote and harsh environments such as northern mines. They are also ready for domestic and international disaster relief in field hospitals, refugee camps, and areas where water infrastructure has been compromised by natural disaster or human activity.
For more information on products and after market sales support, please visit our WaterTech Products page.
We have worked in over 61 countries providing solution-oriented consultation, design, products, and construction services to clients with complex environmental issues.
