July 1, 2017 Announcement
Aurora Land Consulting marks its 20th year by going green with an expansion into a new environmental division
For immediate release – July 1, 2017
Aurora Land Consulting Ltd. is pleased to announce the launch of its new Environmental Division and partnership, beginning July 1, 2017. The partnership brings in new president of the division Sean Fuller, and vice-president Meridith Ball to join continuing Aurora president, Shane Nordin. Aurora Land Consulting is pioneering the environmental services sector, and senior staff could not be more proud of this emerging leadership team.
The new division offers an exceptional, full suite of environmental services that will ultimately save clients’ time and money through efficiencies and an experienced team. Aurora Land Consulting’s reputation for an unwavering commitment to excellence is embodied by the leadership of its new environmental services team, Sean Fuller and Meridith Ball.
In today’s economic environment, Aurora has creatively examined what additional value it can provide for clients that will create efficiencies and cost savings. Adding this comprehensive service for customers instead of outsourcing environmental services creates new efficiency and an enhanced working relationship between Aurora and its clients.
Spanning two decades, Aurora Land Consulting has worked with numerous entities, including Alberta Sustainable Resource Development, Alberta Environment, and Alberta Land Titles.
President Sean Fuller has twenty years of oil and gas industry experience and thirteen years of environmental and executive management under his belt along with expertise in reclamation, remediation, environmental planning, environmental compliance, permitting, and drilling waste management. He has overseen environmental programs ranging in size from small single well cleanups to large scale reclamation, remediation, drilling waste and environmental planning programs. The University of Alberta alumnus also brings a strong business development and existing client relations portfolio to the table.
He has overseen up to 180 staff members conducting reclamation, remediation, drilling waste and environmental planning activities encompassing all land uses throughout Alberta, BC, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. Fuller also has experience with reclamation application, arbitration hearings, and surface rights board hearings participating on behalf of the client and addressing landowner concerns.
Some of his key projects throughout Alberta have been with Devon Canada, NAL Resources, Enbridge and ATCO, Crescent Point, Husky, Terrado, Pembina, and CNRL.
Vice President Meridith Ball, is a Professional Agrologist who spent 15 years at Husky Energy Inc., leading a range of teams from four to 400. She has successfully delivered projects on time and under budget using innovative thinking. Meridith has experience developing and implementing many best management practices from Operational Integrity and Environmental Management, Incident Response, Soil Handling and Vegetation and Clubroot Management.
Career achievements include the successful application and receipt of more than 700 reclamation certificates in one year to managing an abandonment, decommissioning, remediation and reclamation budget of $113 million. She was also responsible for developing, managing and executing Husky’s annual environmental auditing program and spill response procedures and program in Southern Saskatchewan.
Prior to Husky, Ball had a variety of consulting experience including Pre-Disturbance site assessments (Federal and Provincial Crown) and pipeline route planning, Conservation and Reclamation Plans, Detailed Site Assessments, Phase I, II and III Environmental Assessments, Environmental Risk Assessments and Acquisition and Divestiture reviews as well as completing assessments under CEAA for successful seismic and upstream oil and gas project approvals.
Other previous projects include the demolition of the grain elevators in Provost Alberta, Post Construction assessment, and mitigation for a pipeline paralleling the Trans-Canada Highway between Calgary and Banff and reclamation of a well site in permafrost on Plateau Mountain in Kananaskis Country.
Over the past twenty years, Aurora Land Consulting also has supported many local and national charities that help others and foster healthy and sustainable communities. Some of these events and charities include CIBC Run for the Cure, Boys and Girls Club, Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation, Boyle McCauley Health Centre, Hay Lakes Preschool Program, Northern Haven Support Society, Santa’s Anonymous, local 4H clubs, Canadian Cancer Society’s Jail-N-Bail, Kindred Hearts for Cambodia, and local sports teams. It will continue its efforts to be a strong community partner throughout the areas it serves.