EIDOS CONSULTANTS INCORPORATED GIS BASED PLANNING SERVICES
Corporate Profile
EIDOS Consultants Incorporated is an independent multi disciplinary consulting enterprise characterized by the dynamism, leadership, and shared vision of its principals to shape a greener future. Energized by a diversity of talent, training, and years of experience, yet unified by our belief in being flexible and our willingness to support each other, we work to collectively create results that not only satisfy our clients but maintain our own high standards. The result is that EIDOS has become a leader in collaborative design. We focus on areas and projects that challenge us to use our strengths—and to use them to excel. We approach each project focused on client and user needs, on function and form, and on sound economic planning encompassed by our understanding of, and sensitivity to, the environment. We all work in a way that encourages the support and input of others and the free exchange of experience and talent. In addition, EIDOS is able to assemble and adapt specialized resources to meet the challenges of increasingly larger and more complex assignments, larger scales of endeavour, and a broader diversity of cultures in different geographic locations.
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Geographic Information System (GIS) Services: EIDOS employs GIS technologies to enhance its ability to provide informed planning decisions at a variety of scales including site, community and region. GIS services are built on an ESRI Arc GIS platform and EIDOS employs experienced GIS specialists to work with our clients in designing geospatial data bases and spatial analyses.
1 The EIDOS partners. Left to right: Bob Gibbs, Peter Spearey, David Brown and Stefan Johansson 2 Our staff of landscape architects, planners and technologists work in a creative environment that encourages their support and input and the exchange of experience and talent at all times. We try to foster an attitude that values creativity, research capabilities, and the importance of being investors in knowledge and new ideas. And we all share a vision of a greener future. 3 GIS and Mapping tools: Beaver Hills Tourism Development Opportunities Assessment
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GIS and Mapping Services GIS Planning Services: We offer GIS services focusing on regional planning, tourism planning, environmental stewardship and community development.
EIDOS provides its clientele with a comprehensive set of planning services.
INVENTORY: EIDOS has created complex geo spatial databases using file geodatabases with ESRI software, employing strict quality management procedure. Inventory services include: • Data research • Database design and management • Metadata creation • Staff Training to use GIS databases • Data entry and validation
GIS SUPPORTED PLANNING SERVICES Conceptual Planning Resource Assessment Feasibility Studies Site Selection Studies Public Participation and Mediation Site Master Planning Park, Recreation, Open Space Area Planning Visual Impact Assessment Tourism Facility Planning Urban/Regional Planning Historical Landscape Planning Environmental Planning Guideline Planning
SPATIAL ANALYSIS: EIDOS employs a variety of tools and modelling techniques that can be used separatelly or combined to support evidence based decision. These tools are used in queries that incorporate multiple attributes and can be customized to serve a variety of purposes. Some examples of tools are: • Boolean tools (Intersection, Union, etc.) • Proximity and Buffers • Overlay models (e.g. suitability analysis) • Surface analysis (contours, slopes) MAPPING CARTOGRAPHY AND PRESENTATION: EIDOS has the ability to produce easily understandable maps with high graphic quality. We also have the ability to create graphic oriented presentations and displays that comunicate planning concepts in a simple and understandable way by combining GIS and other softwares.
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GIS process used for the Beaver Hills Tourism Development Opportunity Assessment
Environmental Stewardship
When conserved or restored as a legacy for future generations, many of our natural landscapes have high intrinsic value. Whether they are conserved natural areas and green corridors or wildlife habitat regions, those landscapes are valuable public assets that need to be developed and protected. Caring for those assets is the role of environmental stewardship. Increasingly the public and environmental interest groups are demanding protective designations, careful assessment and management, and appropriate low-impact use management of landscapes. Stewardship plans, therefore, are based on principles of landscape ecology and ecological restoration best practices, and important activities include the preparation of management plans and ecological site restoration plans. EIDOS has collaborated with professional biologists, historians, graphic designers, and others to establish and achieve stewardship goals. We have also been successful in engaging public groups and private organizations and getting them involved in conservation and restoration planning of sensitive natural areas. A vital part of ongoing protection of the landscape is to have an educated public. As part of our leadership role, we have worked toward creating an educated public who, in turn, become the guardians of their own landscapes. EIDOS offers a combination of nature-based planning and implementation skills that are suited to developing stewardship plans that successfully restore and protect environmental assets for the future.
Community Consultation EIDOS is routinely called upon by clients to develop and facilitate consultation processes as part of its planning and design assignments. EIDOS works closely with its clients to tailor processes which provide a meaningful and efficient way to engage the public and key stakeholders on the opportunities and challenges facing communities as they move forward. The firm has employed informal open houses, public meetings, workshops, and charrettes - intensive sessions where community members work hand in hand with professionals to generate planning and design concepts. The firm supplements these processes with key person interviews, as well as questionnaires and surveys. The firm adds value to its consultation services with the preparation of invitations, advertisements and news releases, as well as open house panels, displays and presentations
Portfolio Project Beaver Hills Tourism Development Opportunity Assessment The Beaver Hills Tourism Development Opportunity Assessment was commissioned by Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation (ATPR) in collaboration with the Beaver Hills Initiative (BHI), a stakeholder group which includes the five rural municipalities in the region, Elk Island National Park, the University of Alberta, ATPR, academia industry, and non government organizations (NGO’s). EIDOS and RC Strategies Inc were retained in 2010 to develop the. Assessment, which provides a proposed vision for tourism development in one of the most unique regions of North America. It sets the stage for the ongoing protection and sustainable tourism and recreation management of an area which is under consideration as an International Biosphere Reserve under the Man and Biosphere Program (MAB) of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The forested region, rich in wetlands, wildlife and protected Park areas, faces unprecedented land use demands from all sectors including recreation, conservation, industry, agriculture, and both urban and rural residential. Recreation and tourism use of the area is growing and will likely increase as the regional market moves from 1.0 million to a predicted 1.5 million residents over the next twenty years. The project’s objective was to identify appropriate opportunities for tourism development in the Beaver Hills but retaining the unique natural ecosystem and landscape character of the area while adhering to the values of nature based tourism. Specific objectives were to identify: • the market demands, trends and potential tourism types and associated opportunities • for development • opportunities to diversify the rural economy • opportunities to expand the tourism season into shoulder seasons • gaps in the current tourism products and services offered
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The proposed vision and examples of potential tourism development adhere to the values of Beaver Hills stakeholders and, in fact, are a result of their direction, input and review as the Assessment unfolded over a five month period commencing in October of 2010.
Portfolio Project
Capital Region River Valley Park Plan Capital Region, Alberta
The Plan of Action for the Capital Region River Valley Park is a plan for a world-class metropolitan river front park that would extend from the Town of Devon, through the Counties of Leduc and Parkland, City of Edmonton, and through the Counties of Sturgeon and Strathcona to the City of Fort Saskatchewan. EIDOS led a team of multi-disciplinary professionals that researched the environmental, hydrological, geological, historical and human elements that reflect the ‘living landscape’ of the river valley. Building upon a previous concept plan, the team redesigned trail alignments, location of walkways and pedestrian bridges, new park areas and other amenities to maximize the preservation of the natural features within the valley and to protect environmentally sensitive areas. The plan is based upon the principles of preservation, protection and enhancement of our river valley resource. The draft plan was divided into seven planning segments to accommodate the distinctive features and attributes of the valley. Each segment recognizes the uniqueness of its planning area and proposes actions that are appropriate for the specific locale.
Client: The River Valley Alliance Award: 2008 CSLA Award Project Completion: 2007
Robert (Bob) Gibbs
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Principal Landscape Architect
An award winning landscape architect, with over 30 years experience,
Education
Robert’s work focuses on large scale planning and implementation assign-
• Master of Landscape Architecture (University of Manitoba; 1979).
ments as a process manager and team leader. Types of projects include
• Bachelor of Environmental Studies (University of Manitoba; 1973).
resource assessments, infrastructure, green spaces and environmental stewardship projects. Robert enjoys interdisciplinary team projects where he can provide leadership and broaden the dialogue to achieve solutions that not only address internal measures of success, but also broader societal perspectives. His expertise in environmental and stewardship planning stems from extensive studies and project undertakings. Bob’s ability to integrate biophysical, social, design and construction elements has led to a series of comprehensive, interdisciplinary environmental impact assessment studies. Projects have also included land stewardship plans, ecological restoration plans and constructed wetlands for sensitive landscapes. Robert has a well developed capability to translate 3-dimensional concepts into constructed reality. This is evident in large and small projects including Riel Park and Woodlands Parks for St. Albert, the U of A Transit Mall (89 Avenue), Athabasca University, and the Sulphur Valley Rehabilitation (CSLA Award). His detailed design and implementation experience ensures that projects under his purview are cost effective, functional, environmentally responsive, and visually pleasing. Community consultation is often a necessary to a project. Robert has been involved in various consultation techniques including newsletters, surveys,
Continuing Education • Environmental Resource Management Certificate - (CERT) (University of Alberta Extensions; 2006).
Awards Roper Regional Wetland, Edmonton • CSLA Regional Citation; 2008. • CEA Landscape Management; 2007. Capital Region River Valley Park • CSLA National Merit; 2008. • CIP; 2009. Alberta Hospital Edmonton - Courtyard #10 • CSLA Regional Honours Award; 2002. Louise McKinney Riverfront Park Master Plan • AACIP Award of Distinction; 2000. Sturgeon Valley Area Structure Plan • AACIP Award of Merit; 1999. Spruce Grove Downtown Revitalization and Development Action Strategy • AACIP Award of Distinction; 1998. Red Willow Park Master Plan, St. Albert • CSLA Citation Award for Planning & Analysis; 1995.
public open houses, and public meetings. Key examples are Red Willow
Sulphur Valley Rehabilitation, Jasper National Park
Park and various EIA’s.
• CSLA Citation; 1989.
Robert is passionate about his profession and how it must address the environmental challenges of the future. Robert has managed a number of planning projects which utilize geographic information systems. Skills offered include GIS process design, quality control procedures, data acquisition procedures and data format management.
“Everything we do is a conversation with nature.”
Heloisa Ceccato Mendes BA, MSc Heloisa has a diverse range of educational and work experiences from Brazil, USA, Spain and Canada. Her GIS education includes courses taken in Brazil, Spain and US, while pursuing her Master degrees. Heloisa is particularly interested in working in projects that support sustainable development and looks forward to applying her multi-disciplinary background to GIS oriented projects with EIDOS.
Planning / GIS Specialist
Examples of GIS mapping created by Heloisa for the Light Rail Transit Line in the Greater Sao Paulo Area (2010) project::
GIS Based Services: • Data base organization and management to support decision making • GIS training including graphically oriented educational materials with step by step instructions (examples of work provided on next page)
Previous GIS Based Projects: • Light Rail Transit Line in the Greater Sao Paulo Area (Brazil, 2010 examples of work shown to the right) • GIS Consultant, University of Sao Paulo (Brazil, Nov 2009-Jan 2010 examples of work shown on the next page) • Measuring Urban Development Intensity: Is it possible to get an X-Ray of our cities? Master of Science thesis in Architectural Urban
Studies (University of Oklahoma, Tulsa, USA, 2008) - two 1st Place Awards at the 2008 OU Tulsa Research Day
GIS Competencies: • Experience using Spatial Analyst tools (overlays, intersections, etc) • Experience with GIS data management • Good understanding of GIS procedures and steps, exemplified by experience conducting training,
Zoning established by the São Paulo Municipal Development Plan (left), with special attention to LRT line’s area of influence (right) Min FAR
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Prior to starting work with EIDOS, Heloisa has been directly involved in a number of projects in her career as an Urban Planner. A selection of those projects are:
Planning & Urban Design Canada • Edmonton City Centre Airport Design Competition • The Quarters Community Revitalization Levy Plan • Low Impact Development Design Guidelines • RA8 Zoning Text Amendment - Mass Model & Shadow Studies USA • Tulsa Community College Master Plan - First Phase (2007-08) • Tulsa Parks ADA Access Survey (2007-08) • Nordhavnen Design Competition, Copenhagen, Denmark (2008) • Preliminary Concept for a Transit Oriented Development, Tulsa, OK • Tulsa Municipal Development Plan - Community Consultation focusing on Hispanic Population Brazil • Light Rail Transit Line in the Greater Sao Paulo Area (2010) • Sao Carlos Municipal Development Plan (2001-04) • Urban & Architectural reconfiguration of Downtown Sumare (2003) • Urban Park: “Parque dos Saltos” (2000)
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Floor Area Ratios established by Municipal Development Plans in the LRT line’s influence area: minimum (upper left corner), maximum (upper right corner), and difference between them (bottom)
Heloisa Ceccato Mendes BA, MSc Technical Competencies • AutoCAD 2011 • Arc GIS • Microsoft Office • Adobe Photoshop
Planning / GIS Specialist
Examples from work as a GIS Consultant for the University of Sao Paulo (Brazil, Nov 2009 - Jan 2010). The project involved: • development of methods to create a historical database of Sao Paulo, Brazil to support future research activities • conduction of training including course material to junior researchers and coordination of their work as a team.
• Google Sketchup • Adobe Page Maker • Publisher
Education
1982
• Master of Science in Architectural Urban Studies (University of
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Oklahoma, Tulsa, USA, 2008) • Master in Coastal Zones Management (University Politecnica Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, 2005 • Master of Science in Environmental Engineering Services (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2005) • Bachelor in Architecture and Urban Planning (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2000)
Professional Affiliations • APPI Candidate Member (Feb. 2011)
Prior Work Experience • Pario Plan (Edmonton, AB, Aug 2010-Apr 2011) • Oficina Associated Consultants (Brazil. Mar 2010-Apr 2010)
Overlay between maps from 1930 and 1982, showing how an specific area of the city has developped throughout the years. This map particularly highlights the result of the canalization process of the main river in Sao Paulo.
• GIS Consultant, University of Sao Paulo (Brazil, Nov 2009-Jan 2010) * • Fregonese Associates (USA, May 2009-Jun 2009) • City of Tulsa Urban Planning Department (USA, Feb 2009-May 2009) • Matrix Architects, Engineers & Planners (USA, Feb 2007-Dec 2008) • OU Urban Design Studio (USA, Aug 2006-May 2008) • City of Sao Carlos Urban Dev. Dept. (Brazil, Oct 2001-Mar 2004) • City of Sao Carlos Construction, Transportation &Public Service Dept. (Brazil, Jan 2001-Sept 2001) • Urban Designer & Project Architect (Jan 2001-Dec 2005)
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Awards • 10th place at a nationwide urban design competition (Brazil)
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University of Oklahoma • Two 1st Place Awards at the 2008 OU Tulsa Research Day
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University Politecnica Caralunya • Fund. Carolina Scholarship (2005) University of Sao Paulo
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• CAPES Scholarship (2004-2005) • FAPESP Scholarship (1996-2000)
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Examples from booklet developed for student’s trainning with step by step instructions about how to georeference and overlay the maps.
Ross McTaggart
Landscape Architectural Technologist
Ross McTaggart has over a decade of experience working in the graphic
Examples of GIS mapping created by Ross for the Beaver Hills Tourism
arts industry previous to his undertaking formal schooling to become
Development Opportunities Assessment, Beaver Hills, AB:
a Landscape Architect Technologist (LAT). He was born and raised in the Bow Valley Corridor section of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. This upbringing developed his love for nature and understanding of the need to preserve it. The expansion that occurred in the region due to the 1988 Olympic Winter Games was a clear indication to him that while development of these sensitive areas was necessary, it must be done in a sustainable manner. It was this wish to use his design skills toward forwarding environmentally smart design concepts which prompted him to seek out EIDOS as an employer. Ross has several years of construction field experience. Working for a variety of general contractors has given him the ability to create construction details with the understanding of where issues may arise in the implementation of the design in the field. Ross’s years of industry experience managing multi-location, multidisciplinary, multi-media projects for clients such as NASA , RCMP, DND/ CF brings expertise to EIDOS in many areas that are in keeping with his current duties as a Landscape Architectural Technologist. Ross has been directly involved in a number of large and multi-disciplined projects encompassing many facets of design and stages of development.
Geographic Information Systems: GIS technologies allow Ross to combine database design and manipulation experience with graphic art and multimedia knowledge. Using rigid data study design, collection and manipulation to ensure data integrity, Ross brings a unique perspective to the modeling methodology development process. Believing attainable sustainability is created through informed decision making, based on data driven scenario comparison. The ability to create target based data representations in static, interactive, or presentation media allows him to be conscious of the final portrayal of scenarios during the initial data design phases.
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GIS Based Planning Services - Contacts: Robert Gibbs - rgibbs@eidosconsultants.com, Heloisa Ceccato Mendes - hmendes@eidosconsultants.com