| Category | Government Institution |
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| Status | Finalist |
| Year | 2009 |
| Nominee | Alberta Environment |
| Project | Partners in Resource Excellence |
| Summary Of Activity | Alberta Environment's Partners in Resource Excellence is an outcome-based environmental management approach that brings together landowners, contractors, industry representatives and the government of Alberta to address oil and gas development issues. Partners in Resource Excellence has: generated trust and understanding between affected stakeholders; resulted in an increased level of stewardship in protecting the land; and become a source of inspiration and pride for those constructing energy projects in the Province. One of the primary successes of this program was the development of the low impact pipeline system (or Innovative Pipeline Strategies, IPS). New techniques and technologies have been developed and as a result, land affected by pipelining is being returned to landowners in a productive state in record time. This process reduces time and cost in comparison to previous methods. |
| Barriers/Challenges To Success | This program faced three challenges for its implementation. First, it had to earn the trust of industry. Alberta Environment recognized that a change was necessary in attitude: they had to listen to stakeholders and value those diverse perspectives and experiences. By doing so, the program could best develop specialized technique and technologies, verify their quality and make them available. Second, Alberta Environment had to convince pipeline contractors to change the way they do business. Partners in Resource Excellence brought the contractors into the program as full and valued stakeholders. The program proved the efficiency of new techniques and technologies via on-site demonstrations. Furthermore, it supported, encouraged and educated stakeholders as to the environmental necessity of the program as well as demonstrating the economic viability of IPS. Third, there was the need for new technology and technique. Alberta Environment partnered with Risley Equipment, a progressive manufacturer of specialized heavy equipment in Grande Prairie and Stratus Pipelines. Together, they developed new equipment such as the Cameron Bucket, narrow digging buckets and several versions of compaction wheels. They field tested the equipment in real pipeline projects and made incremental improvements to the equipment |
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Mr. Doug Kulba Partners in Resource Excellence Coordinator Alberta Environment |
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Main Floor, 10320 - 99 Street Provincial Building Grande Prairie, AB T8V 6J4 |
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| Telephone | 780-833-4232 |
| Fax | 780-538-5336 |
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http://www.environment.alberta.ca/ |
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