At Compass, we know decision making. We're engineers and scientists, economists and planners offering a full range of decision support services, problem solving tools and strategic analysis to help people make and implement creative, value-based decisions.
Our expertise is primarily in energy, water, ecosystems and communities, but the problems we work on inevitably span conventional boundaries - integrating across disciplines, sectors, jurisdictions and worldviews.
To every problem, we bring our unique blend of analytical rigor and people-sense. This blend has become the Compass trademark, helping groups and leaders make informed, value-based choices and action plans on four continents for nearly two decades. Though it all, we're committed to building relationships, organizational understanding and long term learning - in other words, to making you more able.
February 17, 2012 Compass is currently looking for a Part-time Office Manager for a 1yr Maternity Leave as well as a permanent Part-time Project Administrator.
If you are interested in applying for both roles as one Full-time position we encourage you to do so.
At the end of the 1yr Maternity leave for the Office Manager position the successful candidate for a combined Office Manager and Project Administrator could transition into a part-time or potentially full-time Project Administration position. |
February 09, 2012 Compass has been working with Parklane Homes since 2007 to develop a district energy utility for the company's River District development in southeast Vancouver. River District will include over 700,000 m2 of new floor space consisting mostly of residential buildings, with some smaller amounts of retail, office and community space. The energy utility, known as River District Energy, will provide full thermal energy service within River District (all heating and hot water).
On December 19th, 2011, the Commission granted RDE approval of the CPCN application. RDE will now complete the installation of the first phases of distribution piping. This is the third in a series of new regulated district energy utilities in B.C., following Dockside Green in Victoria and UniverCity in Burnaby. Vancouver’s Neighbourhood Energy Utility in Southeast False Creek is currently city-owned and exempt from regulation. Full text of the Commission's Decision can be found here. |
December 22, 2011
Available through Wiley Publishing, Structured Decision Making: A Practical Guide to Environmental Management Choices is a book about the creative and messy process of making environmental management decisions. The approach we describe is called Structured Decision Making, a distinctly pragmatic label given to ways for helping individuals and groups think through tough multidimensional choices characterized by uncertain science, diverse stakeholders, and difficult tradeoffs. |
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