Services

Strategy and advice for the points where a project can move forward or stall.

Land access strategy

Plan how a project gets onto the land: who holds rights, which approvals apply, and the order that protects the schedule.

Typical work

  • Land tenure and rights reviews
  • Authorization roadmaps
  • Access terms and conditions
  • Early risk reviews of sites and routes

Impact and benefit agreements

Strategy and support for negotiating, implementing and reviewing agreements between project owners and affected communities.

Typical work

  • Negotiation strategy and preparation
  • Benefit valuation
  • Implementation planning
  • Audits of benefits delivered against commitments

Regulatory and project review

A clear plan for impact assessment and permitting, from first filing to final decision.

Typical work

  • Process maps for federal, territorial and provincial regimes
  • Submission review
  • Hearing preparation
  • Tracking of project commitments

Community engagement and consent

Engagement planned around how communities make decisions, and early enough to change the project.

Typical work

  • Engagement plans
  • Mapping of local governance and decision-makers
  • Consent pathways
  • Support for community committees

Northern and Arctic defence projects

Advice for federal departments, defence contractors and their teams planning work in the Arctic, where land, community and regulatory requirements can decide the schedule.

Typical work

  • Site and access due diligence
  • Early engagement planning
  • Northern and Indigenous procurement requirements
  • Bid support on land and community sections

Who kaironos works with

Indigenous organizations and governments

Advice on agreements, land decisions and project review.

Project owners and investors

Advice on what a project needs from the land and the people around it.

Federal departments and defence contractors

Advice on delivering work in the Arctic.

kaironos provides strategy and advice. It does not provide engineering or construction services.

Is a decision coming up on your project?

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