Services

Tenure Management

Infinity-Pacific is a full phase resource consulting firm. We specialize in forest license acquisition, professional planning services and the complete management of forest operations including silviculture obligations.

  • First Nation tenure acquisition
  • Stakeholder consultation and information sharing
  • Woodlot management and licence plans
  • Forest stewardship plans
  • Professional assessments
  • Operational planning – road and cutblock development
  • Inventory updates
  • Cutting permits / road permits
  • Silviculture planning / coordination / government reporting
  • Road construction and harvesting supervision
  • Timber marketing
  • Forest management of community forests / woodlots / First Nation woodlands license

Visual Impact Assessments

Infinity-Pacific offers comprehensive visual impact assessments for its clients. Using one of the most recognized terrain visualization software packages available we are able to analyze future and current visual quality impacts to provide specific solutions that meet client needs.

  • Photo-realistic still imaging using digital elevation model (DEM) and geographic information system (GiS) data as input
  • Visual impact review and reporting
  • User identified sightlines and viewpoints
  • 3D object integration

Field Services

Infinity-Pacific’s staff members are experts in both coastal and interior field services. Combining this knowledge with the latest technology, our team is dedicated to delivering cost effective solutions to our clients.

  • Lidar planning
  • Road and block development
  • Steep slope harvesting – cable assisted
  • Single stem snap and fly development
  • Professional assessments
  • Site plans
  • Timber cruising / valuations
  • GPS fieldwork
  • Bridge site plans and design
  • Road reactivation / deactivation plans
  • Road inspections

Project Management

Project management services are vital for high impact, time and budget sensitive projects. To help your organization succeed, Infinity-Pacific offers the following support services:

  • Capital project management
  • Change management
  • Project goal and milestone setting
  • Project phase implementation, supervision and reporting
  • Stakeholder liaison
  • Resource scheduling
  • Quality assurance processes

Timber Cruising and Waste Assessments

Infinity-Pacific’s cruising team are accredited BC timber cruisers and waste assessors. Drawing from 25+ years of experience working throughout the province our staff provides clients with all levels of timber valuations and waste assessments as per government standards. We are pleased to offer:

  • Private land timber valuations
  • Ministry of Forests cruise plans and mapping submissions
  • Operational cruises using the latest field technology
  • Call grade / net factoring
  • Final cruise plan submissions
  • Cruise compilations
  • Waste assessments and reporting

Silviculture Management

We offer full silviculture planning and long-term management strategies to our clients, ensuring a sustainable, healthy, managed forest. Our plans incorporate the use of BC’s best forest management practices as operational guidelines and we adapt these practices to suit the land owner’s objectives. With the help of associate contractors, Infinity-Pacific can assist in:

  • Organize a silviculture program, including uncompleted obligations
  • Co-ordinate silviculture activities including but not limiting to tree order, sowing, planting, fertilization, brushing, juvenile spacing, burning and silviculture surveys
  • Organize road deactivation and rehabilitation program
  • Organize and perform waste and residue activities
  • Supply silviculture contracts and create project management objectives
  • Coordinate and supervise qualified cost-efficient silviculture contractors
  • Prepare and review site plans
  • Create silviculture budgets and accruals
  • Manage activities records and associated declarations through PHOENIX, SPAR, RESULTS and ESF software supported by high standards mapping products.

Woodlot Management

Infinity-Pacific manages several woodlots in the South Okanagan and the Fraser Valley. Our team understands the need for efficiency of these small volume licenses and is ready to help with:

  • Creating and updating woodlot license plans and management plans
  • Forest block and road planning
  • Permitting
  • GIS mapping services
  • Harvesting coordination and supervision
  • Timber market optimization
  • Silviculture activities and government reporting

Private Land Logging/Land Clearing

Infinity-Pacific works on behalf of private land owners throughout the province to help optimize the efficiency and profitability of a given project. There are many moving parts in a logging operation, and if all phases are not managed correctly, costs can quickly run out of control. As your consultant, Infinity-Pacific will listen to your needs, help determine the best strategy to move forward, and then assist with the operational supervision from planning through harvesting. Activities may include:

  • Planning
  • Government and municipal permitting
  • Private land timber marks
  • Harvest supervision
  • Log marketing
  • Quality assurance
  • Land clearing – grinding/chipping
  • Waste removal

Ecosystem Restoration / Urban Fire-smart Management

With the dramatic increase in the number and severity of forest fires over the last few seasons, Infinity-Pacific’s team is working with the BC Government and several communities to help restore past fire site locations using reclamative prescriptions and techniques, and to mitigate future fire risk in high risk areas. If you’ve been impacted by forest fires, or live in an urban fire interface area, Infinity-Pacific can help with:

  • Ecosystem restoration prescriptions
  • Municipal homeowner FireSmart reports
  • Community fire plans
  • Fuel loading assessments

GiS Mapping

Infinity-Pacific offers a comprehensive suite of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) services ranging from data entry to complex modelling and analysis. We are accomplished in both large and small projects, continuously expanding our repertoire. We have extensive experience using LiDAR to create value added products to save our clients time and money in the field.

GIS

  • Spatial modelling
  • Spatial analysis
  • Full phase forestry operational mapping
  • Detailed and visually appealing cartographic design
  • Database construction and management/ESF Submissions
  • Mobile data collection/Differential GPS data correction
  • Total resource Plan
  • Data conversion

LiDAR

  • Digital elevation models/digital surface models
  • Canopy height modelling
  • Slope modelling/ slope direction modelling
  • Drainage modelling and assessment
  • Detailed contour models
  • Road alignments
  • 3D visualization/interactive line of sight/ viewshed analysis
  • Total Resource Model
  • Hill shade Model