Pipeline Post-Construction Monitoring
CLIENT: A North American energy infrastructure company
AJM was contracted by a major North American energy infrastructure company to provide post-construction wildlife monitoring services for a natural gas pipeline in northern BC for five years. The pipeline is a British Columbia Energy Regulator (BCER) regulated project.
The scope of work provided by AJM includes:
Remote camera monitoring: deployment and maintenance of 70 remote cameras across the pipeline corridor with annual camera relocation;
Aerial monitoring (helicopter surveys): conducting three annual visual access control surveys while minimizing disruption to wildlife and operational downtime;
LiDAR and 360° imagery: aerial data collection to be conducted in 2027 and 2029 to assess vegetation recovery and habitat conditions in the caribou ranges;
Ground-based vegetation monitoring: field-based monitoring to be conducted in 2027 and 2029 to assess vegetation recovery and habitat conditions in the caribou ranges; and
Data analysis and reporting of findings during each year of project activities and final reporting after all years have concluded.
AJM is employing the use of AI-based MegaDetector software for image processing and R for data analysis and modeling throughout the project. The purpose of the project is to monitor vegetation recovery and access control mitigation effectiveness in reducing human and animal use of the pipeline corridor with a focus on caribou, grizzly bear, and moose habitat.
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