Service: Land Use Consulting
Streamline Your Land Use Planning, Without The Roadblocks
Cut through red tape with smarter site planning
Getting stuck in planning delays costs time and money. We keep your project moving forward with expert studies and practical solutions for soil, water, and land development. From smart regulatory guidance and technical studies to site analysis, feasibility insights, and seamless support with permits, rezoning, and public consultations—we handle the complexity so you can move fast, stay compliant, and build with confidence.
How our land use consulting services can benefit your project
Land development that gets the green light
We don’t just check boxes—we help get your project approved faster. By working closely with planners and developers, we design smart, efficient investigation and monitoring strategies tailored to each site. Backed by deep technical expertise and real-world know-how, our team helps you stay compliant, build credibility, and move forward with confidence.
Managing excess soil can be costly and complicated without the right approach. We help you characterize excess soil quality, explore reuse options, and prepare all the necessary documentation for smooth, compliant soil movement. This reduces delays and cuts costs while keeping your project on track.
Dewatering projects often face strict regulations and environmental risks. Our expert analysis of groundwater resources and environmental impacts, backed by trusted fieldwork, ensures you meet all requirements to secure a Permit to Take Water (PTTW) and manage ongoing monitoring.
Undetected hazardous materials can create serious safety and legal issues on site. By conducting thorough building material surveys, we identify harmful substances like lead, mercury, and asbestos—helping you protect workers, reduce liability, and satisfy regulators.
Inefficient waste handling can disrupt your project and increase costs. We analyze solid waste generation and craft effective strategies for storage and collection that keep your site clean, compliant, and operating smoothly. Save time and avoid fines with a plan that works.
How we help
We power successful land development and land use planning with expert services that keep you compliant, from development to occupancy and tenancy.
Permits to take water
Access to reliable, sustainable water is critical for agriculture, industry, and municipal supply. We help you identify and develop the right water source while navigating all water-taking and environmental regulations, so you get what you need, hassle-free.
Backed by deep expertise in soil science, geology, hydrogeology, geochemistry, and hydrology, we tackle even the toughest, most complex projects with confidence.
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Increasing government regulations are making excess soil management more complex than ever. We simplify the process with expert land use assessments and soil characterization reports, helping you stay ahead of evolving rules at every level. RWDI’s deep regulatory knowledge cuts through the complexity, keeping your projects compliant and on schedule.
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Environmental site assessments
Unknown subsurface risks can derail property deals and trigger costly surprises. Whether you’re dealing with brownfield or greenfield sites, we help you uncover and manage environmental risks through expert assessment, remediation planning, monitoring, and Records of Site Condition.
Whether it’s for a property acquisition or corporate due diligence, our technical expertise and regulatory know-how ensures your Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) is done right, reducing risk and keeping your project moving.
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Environmental compliance and monitoring
Staying compliant in complex operations isn’t optional—it’s critical. But navigating evolving regulations while optimizing performance takes more than routine testing. RWDI delivers the technical expertise and regulatory insight you need to stay ahead. From groundwater and surface water monitoring to permits like PTTW, ECA, and EASR, we handle the details so you can focus on your operations. We also provide expert witness testimony and litigation support when it matters most.
With RWDI, you get clear guidance, trusted data, and peace of mind, every step of the way.
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FAQs about our land use consulting services
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Every assessment we carry out is overseen by a senior professional with experience in identifying unusual or complex issues, and our staff have both the credentials (P.Geo., P.Eng., Qualified Person) and the experience to engage effectively with regulators.
If an assessment process identifies a problem, we can draw on a wide range of technical expertise from across RWDI to develop a mitigation strategy. For example, our experts in ventilation can advise on dealing with accumulated or migrating vapor. We excel in solving complex issues such as contamination from multiple sources or devising remedial action plans to address multiple contaminants.
Yes, we support clients during litigation through investigative services, peer reviews, and providing expert witness testimony. We also help protect owners from possible future claims by investigating and documenting site conditions at specific points in time. For new owners, we can conduct internal due diligence investigations to determine past land use impacts and potential environmental risks.
Ontario has been one of the leading provinces moving legislation forward regarding the management of on-Site and excess soil. Ontario Regulation 406/19 describes the province’s new rules for beneficial reuse of excess soils, which includes assessment of past uses, development of sampling and analysis plans, soil characterization and reporting, as well as the tracking of soil movement.
Specifically related to O. Reg. 406/19, we can support your project’s excess soil requirements:
- Our Qualified Persons (QPs, as defined by O. Reg. 406/19), can assess the soil quality and provide the required source and/or destination site documentation.
- Identifying an appropriate beneficial reuse in accordance with O. Reg. 406/19 and helping to streamline the registration and reporting requirements for those soils for transportation to the reuse sitehe movement of excess soil.
- Develop a Fill Management Plan for Reuse Sites, Storage Depots or Soil Management Sites to ensure compliance with O. Reg. 406/19.
Phase One Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs) are used to determine whether the potential for an environmental problem exists at a site. They include a review of available historical documents for the site and surrounding properties, a thorough site reconnaissance to evaluate existing conditions, and interviews with knowledgeable site representatives and/or past owners.
Phase Two ESAs build on the results of a Phase One ESA to confirm whether a problem exists at a site. They can include both nonintrusive and intrusive sampling programs to address potential contaminating activities (PCAs) noted within the Phase One ESA. Nonintrusive sampling is typically pre–screening with electromagnetic or ground penetrating surveys. Intrusive sampling can include drilling, test pit advancement, and sampling of soil/groundwater/surface water/soil vapor, as appropriate. An analytical testing program is typically carried out to verify concentrations of contaminants of concern and compare them to regulatory criteria.
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