403-457-1899
info@speargrasshrc.com
#302, 716-3rd Avenue NW Calgary AB T2N 0J1

 

     
     

Company Profile

  Speargrass Historical Resource Consultants Inc. is an innovative cultural resource management company located in Calgary, Alberta. Our service is solution based; we strive to provide our clients with a range of options custom tailored to individual project specifications. Recommendations are sensitive to client requirements and provide efficient, cost effective and expedient solutions while effectively safeguarding Alberta's heritage resources.
     

Our Services

  Speargrass Historical is qualified to offer a wide range of historical resource services including:
   
  • Historical Resource Impact Assessment (HRIA)
  • Historical Resource Impact Mitigation (HRIM)
  • Historical Resource Act Clearance Application (HRC)
  • Historical Resource Overview (HRO)
  • Construction Monitoring and Post-Impact Assessment
  • Historical Land Use Study
  • Archival Research
  • Expert Testimony
  • First Nations Consultation
  • First Nations Land use study
    We are also pleased to provide a full range of palaeontological resource services through our ongoing relationship with Aeon Paleontological Consulting Ltd. Speargrass Historical offers a comprehensive range of cultural resource management, assessment and mitigation solutions to fulfill our clients needs.
     

Principal Archaeologist

  Beau Cripps, M.A. has 11 years of experience as a consulting archaeologist in Alberta including six years as a project manager; he has also conducted a variety of projects in Ontario and the Caribbean. Examples of completed projects include the cultural resource investigation of well sites, pipelines, gathering systems, housing developments, dam rehabilitation and highway construction. Beau has successfully negotiated Historical Resources Act of Alberta requirements for his clients through the design, implementation and supervision of all aspects of historical resource management.
     
    Beau also has extensive academic experience including the management of a successful international archaeology field school in Antigua, West Indies from 2000 to 2008. This diversified background has provided invaluable experience such as managing projects of differing sizes, organizing logistics (often internationally), working with limited budgets to find creative financial solutions, educating inexperienced workers in archaeological field techniques and writing or editing reports, papers and presentations for a variety of professional and public audiences.
     

Health and Safety

  Safety is an integral part of Speargrass operations. Our safety program endeavours to protect our employees, clients, property, the environment and the general public. We are in full support of the Petroleum Industry Guiding Principles for Worker Safety and the Occupational Health and Safety Act. Our integrated safety program is developed towards compliance with SECOR requirements. We also carry 2 million dollars in General Commercial Liability Insurance, Personal Injury and Non-Owned Vehicle Liability respectively (5 million dollar aggregate).
     
     
    Speargrass Historical is well situated to carve a niche within historical resource consulting by virtue of our ‘solution-based’ approach which seeks efficient, innovative and low-risk solutions for our clients. The broad experience base of its personnel ensures its capacity to handle projects of any composition.
   
 
#302, 716-3rd Avenue NW, Calgary, Alberta Canada T2N 0J1
ph: 403-457-1899
email: info@speargrasshrc.com