Project Portfolio
Everything begins with the spark of an idea.
Browse our completed projects and click below to learn more about specific services.
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Project Management: Assist private inventor to develop a commercialization strategy for a new skid steer attachment used for changing commercial sprayer and industrial equipment tires.
Services: Intellectual Property Market Research
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Project Purpose: Lead for the development of a 3 year pilot project to establish a private angel investor network comprised of investors from the agriculture and agrivalue industry.
Project Outcome: The pilot project was successful and allowed investment into new agrivalue companies from investors and mentors that understood the industry and wanted to invest back into it.
Services: Project Management, Investment
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Project Purpose: Team lead for of the Alberta Bioenergy Grant Programs to assist in the development of Bioenergy capacity in Alberta. The grant program consisted of three streams with a combined value of $239 million.
Services: Project Management, Grant Administration
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Project Purpose: To provide the Province of Alberta with an estimate of potential organic waste stream volumes from agrifood processors for bioenergy production.
Services: Industry Surveys, Database Development
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Project Purpose: Lead the Department of Agriculture’s Specialty Chemicals Team to identify commercial cosmetic and personal care ingredient opportunities for Alberta crops.
Services: Investment Attraction
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Project Purpose: Analysis of innovative value-added meat products, product form, attributes and meat processing equipment for use by meat processors wishing to start or expand value-added meat processing capacity in Alberta.
Services: Market Opportunity Assessment
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Project Purpose: Research sustainable packaging (biopolymers from canola oil) for food products, bio-medical and cosmetic and personal care sector
Services: Market Opportunity Assessment
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Project Purpose: Complete a business case for establishment of cereal protein processing pilot plant. Applications for pilot plant extraction of barley proteins for nutraceuticals, textile applications, cosmetics for skin and hair care products, food packaging and meat casings.
Project Outcome: Successful federal funding application for a $ 4.5 M bioprocessing pilot plant.
Services: Business Case Development, Project Management
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Project Purpose: Meat processing industry consultations and impact assessment for increasing interprovincial trade of provincially inspected meat facilities.
Services: Industry Consultations
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Project Purpose: Complete a business plan and investor package for angel investment, purchase of new equipment and inventory buyout.
Services: Business Plan
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Project Purpose: Analysis of the wind energy industry supply chain by looking at supply chain gaps and economic opportunities to service and supply the wind energy industry in southern Alberta.
Services: Economic Development, Supply Chain Analysis
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Project Purpose: Project management, market assessment, business plan and business structure for establishment of Alberta’s first New Generation Co-operative.
Services: Business Plan, Project Management, Organizational Development
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Project Purpose: Work with Canadian Forces Base Wainwright and BRAED to develop an investment attraction strategy to service the Canadian Forces Base supply chain.
Services: Investment Attraction, Economic Development
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Project Purpose: Work with a producer group to develop a business plan and new generation cooperative to purchase abandoned CN rail line 43.03 from Camrose to Alliance for grain transportation.
Services: Business Plan
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Project Purpose: Assessment study of the haskap berry ingredient market, equipment review and financial projections.
Services: Business Plan
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Project Purpose: Developed a business plan and financing package for the purchase of a gasoline and general store, including market research for convenience items and obtaining liquor license.
Services: Business Plan
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Project Purpose: Business opportunity assessment for the development of a commercial complex with gas station and convenience store. Included: market analysis, tobacco license application, fuel supplier options and financial projections.
Services: Economic Development
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Project Purpose: Development of tourism opportunity profiles, investment attraction for fixed roof accommodation, RV campground, tourism investment attraction strategy and development of an investor member forum for direct investment into tourism opportunities found in the region.
Services: Project Management, Investment Attraction
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Project Purpose: Create an economic model for a 1000 tonne per day canola crush and refining facility.
Services: Business Case
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Project Purpose: Complete a 3 year Operations Plan for the CAEP Board of Directors. The project also included a Board retreat and strategic planning session.
Services: Operational Planning
Project Purpose: Work with CAEP’s 42 central Alberta member communities to advance their readiness to attract investment.
Services: Action Planning, Investment Attraction
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Project Purpose: Community economic development plan for the City of Camrose that included public open houses, facilitation and meetings with municipal council to develop an overall economic development strategy for the City.
Services: Economic Development Plan
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Project Purpose: Complete a business plan for a commercial seed potato grower looking at financial returns for the farm based on varying production scenarios.
Services: Business Plan
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Project Purpose: Discover the potential of a commercial anerobic digester for the livestock industry.
Services: Feasibility Study
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Project Purpose: Economic assessment for an elk farming operation to assist elk producers when considering investment in a new elk farm.
Services: Farm Management
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Project Purpose: Complete an opportunity analysis and financial projections for the expansion of an existing forage processing business.
Services: Business Case
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Project Purpose: Work with the Town of Grenfell and Flexi-Coil to establish a light manufacturing and distribution centre for air drills and precision cultivators.
Services: Economic Development, Investment Attraction
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Project Purpose: Assess the needs and cultural impact of the Fort Whoop-Up national historic site and provided recommendations for future development of the site within a regional and provincial tourism industry context.
Services: Needs Assessment
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Project Purpose: Conduct a technical and market study assessing consumer willingness to purchase grass feed beef compared to commodity AAA beef.
Services: Market Research, Consumer Testing, Technical Analysis
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Project Purpose: Market study of greenhouse crops for a large commercial greenhouse utilizing waste heat and CO2 from a large-scale pulp mill.
Services: Feasibility Study
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Project Purpose: Develop a gluten plant.
Services: Market Research
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Project Purpose: ALMA investment for development of an on farm liquid hog waste-to-potable water treatment plant.
Services: Business Plan, Project Management
Project Purpose: Look at the feasibility of removing or “stripping” ammonia from a biodigester to produce a concentrated nitrogen fertilizer that can be sold commercially or applied by a farmer to the field.
Services: Feasibility Study
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Project Purpose: Complete a lean manufacturing study for a flour mill which included: process flow diagram, equipment review, productivity and efficiency gains, waste elimination options, process improvement and automation options.
Services: Lean Manufacturing Study
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Project Purpose: Analysis and economic modeling for hemp decortication facility and seed crush plant. Included a market assessment of hemp oil and bast fibre products for textile and commercial applications.
Services: Market Analysis, Economic Modeling
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Project Purpose: Regional waste management project for 7 rural municipalities and 4 Indigenous communities in east central Saskatchewan
Services: Project Management, Feasibility Study, Municipal Waste, Stream Assessment
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Project Purpose: Project management related to rezoning of land from agriculture to residential, permitting for utilities, web site development and installation of utilities, water and wastewater infrastructure near Estevan, Saskatchewan.
Services: Land Development, Project Management
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Project Purpose: Market opportunity assessment for native plant species processing project for cosmetic and personal care applications to support expansion of an Indigenous owned greenhouse.
Services: Market Opportunity Assessment
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Project Purpose: Develop a 70,000 tonne per year oat groat and flaking plant including preliminary engineering.
Services: Business Plan, Project Management
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Project Purpose: Develop an Agrifood Growth strategy for the Palliser region of southern Alberta including cluster and bubble maps and agribusiness case profiles.
Services: Strategy Development, Business Opportunity Profiles
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Project Purpose: Complete a business opportunity assessment for a pet food plant to look at new packaging lines and market opportunities.
Services: Farm Management
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Project Purpose: Assist in a Public Share Offering and community investment for the development of a 25 million litre per year; 10,000 head feedlot near Broadview, Saskatchewan
Services: Public Share Offering, Community/Agriculture Investment
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Project Purpose: Demand assessment for the development of a regional food incubation and training centre.
Services: Feasibility Study
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Project Purpose: Complete a reserve fund study for the Red Sky Condo Association that included a 25-year cash flow projection and budgeting to plan for replacement of common owned condo property.
Services: Reserve Fund Study
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Project Purpose: Integration of existing hog operation with biogas plant, ethanol facility and 2.4 MW combined heat and power generation unit.
Services: Feasibility Study, Business Plan, Project Management
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Project Purpose: Complete a business plan and valuation of a veterinary hospital in British Columbia.
Services: Business Plan
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Project Purpose: Assist in project management, business structure, project financing and development of a business plan for large scale hog operation in the Peace Country of Alberta.
Services: Project Management, Business Plan, Farm Management
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Project Purpose: Aid with funding applications, process flow diagrams, equipment review, market study, packaging and labelling assessment and assistance with product placement into Sobeys.
Services: Market Research, Business Case Development
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Project Purpose: In-depth review of water and wastewater infrastructure, water diversion licenses and included working with water cooperatives and the irrigation district.
Services: Economic Development
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Project Purpose: Develop a position paper for the development the alternative energy industry in Alberta to look at options and incentives for the development of solar, geo-thermal, wind and bioenergy.
Services: Policy Development
Project Purpose: Complete solar, wind, geothermal and bioenergy opportunity profiles for use in attracting alternative energy companies to southern Alberta.
Services: Business Opportunity Profiles
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Project Purpose: Complete a starch waste stream assessment of Alberta to profile starch supply and logistics for prospective bioenergy projects.
Services: Business Case