Leadership
Environmental, regulatory and operational leadership
Senior leadership embedded in your team, for as long as you need it. You stay in control of your business, and compliance stops happening to you.
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Leadership inside your business. Delivery across your projects.
Leadership and project delivery for regulatory, environmental, and complex project scopes, from planning to closure.
Your business is our business.
We can support you at any point in the project life cycle
- Project Development
- Early Works
- Construction
- Commissioning
- Operations
- Turnarounds
- Decommissioning
- Closure
What we do
Four ways we work with clients, from a single technical review to leading a project team from start to finish.
Project Direction
Direction from project development to closure
Planning, execution and oversight for construction, demolition, turnarounds, remediation and decommissioning scopes.
More on project directionCompany Operations & Development
Stronger systems, programs and teams
Compliance programs, operating systems, health and safety, team structure, growth strategy and custom training.
More on operationsSenior Technical Input
Senior review when it counts
Technical review, permitting, regulatory submissions and professional sign-off.
More on technical inputWho we do it for
Our roots are in the energy and construction sectors, and that experience now serves a broad range of clients across Western Canada.
Energy producers & operators
Oil and gas, midstream, pipelines and LNG
Industrial facilities
Processing plants and industrial operations
Major projects
Owners and project teams on large capital projects
Construction & infrastructure
Contractors and project teams on civil and infrastructure work
Environmental consultancies
Senior capacity and technical review for consulting teams
Municipalities
Municipal infrastructure and land projects
Builders & developers
Site assessments before you buy, build or sell
Commercial & retail property
Site assessments for commercial and retail sites
Landowners
Clarity on the environmental condition of your land
What we stand on
Our values shape how we lead, how we deliver, and who we work with.
A rising tide lifts all boats
We succeed when our clients, crews, partners and communities succeed.
People first
Every plan, decision and action puts consideration for the people it affects at the forefront.
Radical honesty, radical responsibility
We say what is true, even when it is hard, and fully own our part in the outcome.
Communication is the tool
Clear, transparent and early, so everyone can make good decisions. No surprises.
Lead by example
We practise servant leadership and do the work we ask of others.
Lean into greatness
We look for what people do best, build on it, and give them room to grow.
We started in family business and grew into corporate client chairs. Today we support clients and projects of every size in between.
We bring small-business drive with large-company discipline. We integrate with your team, understand your operational bottom line, and get the work done.
We serve clients across Western Canada from our offices in Airdrie and Victoria.
We deliver projects on time, on budget, safely and in compliance.
Our collective
Senior expertise, assembled for each scope.
We deliver through collaborative relationships with trusted specialists, so every project gets the right senior people without the overhead of a large firm.
- Senior Environmental ProfessionalsPAg
- Senior Environmental EngineeringP.Eng
- Senior Project ManagementPMP
- HSE Management, Programs & TrainingNCSO
- Geotechnical EngineeringP.Eng
- Geospatial
- AI Tools & Integrations
Let's talk about what's in front of you.
Start a conversationServices
Leadership and delivery, from planning to closure.
We work at the level each client needs: embedded leadership, full project direction, targeted support to strengthen operations, or a senior set of eyes on the technical work. Whatever the scope, we build pragmatic solutions that really work.
Leadership
Environmental, regulatory & operational leadership
Senior leadership inside your business, without adding a full-time executive.
- Director-level environmental and regulatory leadership, embedded with your team
- Compliance strategy that puts you back in the driver's seat
- Regulatory strategy and risk management
- Regulator relationships and stakeholder engagement
- Environmental and sustainability reporting
- Senior capacity for consultancies and contractors during peak workloads
Suits: operators and growing companies that need senior leadership without a full-time hire.
Project Direction
Project direction
Direction and oversight across the full project life, including scopes that reach beyond environment.
- Project development: planning, permitting and approvals strategy
- Early works and commissioning support
- Construction and equipment oversight
- Demolition, hazardous materials, disposal and infrastructure removal
- Soil, groundwater and remediation management
- Turnarounds and maintenance projects
- Decommissioning, reclamation and closure
Suits: owners, prime contractors and major projects.
Operations & Development
Company operations & development
Practical support to build the systems and teams a growing company runs on.
- Compliance and HSE program design and implementation
- Operating systems, procedures and document control
- Team structure, roles and resourcing
- Business strategy and growth planning
- Continuous improvement
- Custom regulatory and compliance training
Suits: small and mid-size businesses building for their next stage.
Technical Input
Senior technical input
Experienced technical judgment on the work that carries regulatory and financial weight.
- Senior technical and peer review
- Permitting and regulatory submissions
- Waste and water management planning
- Professional Agrologist sign-off (BC, AB, SK)
Suits: operators, consultancies and project teams.
Property & Development
Environmental site assessments
Environmental liabilities transfer with land. A site assessment tells you what you are taking on before you buy, sell, finance or build, or what a site needs to meet regulatory requirements.
- Phased Environmental Site Assessments for residential, commercial, industrial and energy sites
- Pre-purchase and pre-sale due diligence
- Assessments to meet lender and financing requirements
- Assessments supporting reclamation certificates and regulatory submissions for energy and industrial sites
- Development, subdivision and rezoning support through our partner network
- Remediation and reclamation planning when issues are found
- Clear, plain-language reporting on what the findings mean for your deal
Suits: builders, developers, municipalities, landowners, commercial property owners, and energy and industrial operators.
Not sure where your scope fits?
Start a conversationAbout
Your business is our business.
Pirate Consulting Inc. is a Western Canadian firm delivering leadership, project direction and senior technical expertise for regulated and complex work.
The firm was founded by Pamela Staples, BSc, PAg, PMP, whose career began in family business and grew through senior roles on major energy operations and projects. Our experience spans operations and major projects for Shell Canada, TC Energy and LNG Canada.
Most of that work has been on the client side. We can be in our boots and in the boardroom next to you. We understand your operational and business bottom line from the front line, so we integrate with your team instead of acting like an outside consultant.
Today we work with clients of every size, from landowners and local businesses to operators and major projects, supported by a collective of senior specialists.
Industries
Energy, infrastructure, construction, environment and commercial development
Where we work
Serving clients across Western Canada, and open to clients everywhere.
Offices
Airdrie, Alberta
Victoria, British Columbia
The kinds of work we do
A sample of project types from our experience.
- Sour gas processing and sulphur recovery
- Heavy oil operations
- LNG facility construction
- Pipeline projects
- Gas plant decommissioning and closure
- Turnarounds and maintenance
- Construction dewatering and discharge management
- Water and wastewater infrastructure
- Demolition and infrastructure removal
- Wellsite assessment and reclamation
- Commercial property site assessments
- HSE program development
In our community
A rising tide lifts all boats.
Strong businesses are built in strong communities. We share the organizations we support in the hope that it encourages other people and businesses to get involved in theirs.
Airdrie Food Bank
Food support for individuals and families in Airdrie and area.
Visit airdriefoodbank.com ↗Airdrie Festival of Lights
Airdrie's volunteer-run holiday lights festival.
Visit airdrielights.com ↗Seniors Secret Service
A charity supporting seniors in our region.
Visit on CanadaHelps ↗100 Women Who Care Airdrie
Members pool their donations to support local charities.
Visit 100womenwhocareairdrie.com ↗100 Airdrie Men Who Give A Damn
Members pool their donations to support local charities.
Visit theairdrie100.com ↗Alberta Animal Rescue Crew Society (AARCS)
Rescue, care and adoption for animals in need across Alberta.
Visit aarcs.ca ↗Victoria Humane Society
Rescue, care and adoption for animals in need on Vancouver Island.
Visit victoriahumanesociety.com ↗
We are also a proud member of
Airdrie Regional Chamber of Commerce
Contact
Start a conversation.
Tell us a little about your business or project and we'll be in touch.
Offices
Airdrie, Alberta
Victoria, British Columbia