Company Profile

Passion to create better communities, together.

Passion to create better communities, together.

B&A is one of Western Canada’s leading and fastest growing professional community and land development planning firms. We bring a twenty-five year track record of success in providing professional consulting services to a diverse range of public and private sector clients including individual landowners, developers, municipalities and leading players in the aggregate and energy industry.

Our award-winning team has earned a reputation for having the strategic leadership necessary to achieve success on complex planning projects.

We help you manage every step of the planning process from project conceptualization through to project approval.

B&A Planning Group

Active in the markets of ALBERTA, SASKATCHEWAN & BRITISH COLUMBIA

Experience from over 2000 PROJECTS

Servicing more than 200 CLIENTS

Over 40 Great Employees

Our Vision

Passion to Create Better Communities, Together.

Our MissionWe are catalysts for change. We work together to provide innovative, customized and balanced solutions to shape our communities in a sustainable way.

Our ApproachAt B&A, we take a strategic and customized approach to every assignment and advocate on your behalf to achieve project success. Our strategic lens involves finding triple-win solutions which benefit your organization, approving authorities and the broader community. This strategic approach and belief in finding optimal solutions is the cornerstone of our practice.

Our Core ValuesSTRATEGIC We view each assignment through a strategic lens. This approach, supplemented by visionary planning, lays the foundation for project success.

CREATIVE We work collaboratively with our project teams and clients to foster innovation and creative approaches to each planning assignment.

PASSIONATE Passion for community, passion for people and passion for the places that we design and live is at the core of who we are.

SOLUTIONS DRIVEN We find solutions which embody a “triple win”, balancing the needs of our clients, regulatory bodies and stakeholders.

Our Service Areas

MASTER PLANNING & URBAN DESIGN

MUNICIPAL PLANNING

LAND USE & DEVELOPMENT APPROVALS

ENERGY & RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

SPECIAL PROJECTS

COMMUNICATIONS & ENGAGEMENT

GIS, 3D & TECHNICAL SERVICES

Our TeamWe are not a large firm of generalists. We are a customized, award-winning team with the expertise and strategic leadership necessary to achieve project success. Our family is made up of over 40 in-house experts with diverse backgrounds and experience in project management, urban and rural planning, community and neighbourhood design and communications & engagement. Our team is supported by unparalleled technical services in design and drafting, GIS, and 3D visualization.

When you engage B&A, you work directly with principals and associates to help you successfully navigate complex planning projects. We never take a blanket approach. At B&A, we assemble the most qualified, customized and multi-disciplinary team for each and every project.

Visioning, design and planning for new urban and rural communities are key services we provide. Led by our award winning planning and design team and supported by cutting edge technologies, we take an innovative and customized approach to creating built environments that strive for functionality, beauty and a rich quality of life.

Master Planning & Urban Design

Services Include

Community & neighbourhood design

Redevelopment & intensification

Transit oriented development

Design policy & guidelines

Site development planning

Public realm design & place-making

We provide a broad range of municipal planning services including the preparation of statutory and non-statutory plans as well as specialized analysis, studies and support for municipal growth and annexation initiatives.

Our highly specialized municipal team has extensive experience in working both with and for urban and rural municipalities. This experience, coupled with the sound knowledge of the ever evolving provincial, regional and municipal regulatory framework, gives us the ability to quickly understand and respond to municipal planning needs.

Services Include

Municipal growth studies & annexation reports and negotiations

Municipal & inter-municipal development plans

Land use bylaws

Area structure plans & area redevelopment plans

Expert witness testimony & advisory and training services

Regional context plans & growth management strategies

Municipal Planning

Supported by visionary master plans and leading edge urban design, we are adept at securing land use and development approvals to support project implementation.

Our expertise in this area stems from our ability and experience in working with local jurisdictions to find optimal solutions to issues and challenges which may arise during the planning process.

Services Include

Master site development plans

Land use amendments

Subdivision approvals

Development permits

Road closures & appeal submissions

Outline plans

Land Use & Development Approvals

Our firm excels at preparing conceptual design for aggregate operations, mineral quarries, landfill sites, sour gas wells and power generation facilities. We have in-depth experience in managing multi-jurisdictional regulatory approvals while working with operating and reclamation experts from a wide variety of disciplines

In addition to securing approvals, we also provide expert testimony and reports for proponents or intervenor appearing before the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board, the Natural Resources Conservation Board and the Municipal Government Board.

Services Include

Aggregate operations

Mineral quarries

Landfill sites

Oil & gas facilities

Power plants

Expert witness testimony

Energy & Resource Development

Aside from traditional planning assignments, we define and prepare special studies to support land acquisition or disposition matters, explore development scenarios or to assess long term land requirements. These special studies often help inform decision making relative to land matters and support subsequent planning assignments.

Services Include

Municipal Growth Studies

Policy analysis & regulatory reviews

Site identification

Due diligence reporting

Land acquisition & disposition support

Regional / municipal land evaluation & identification

Special Projects

We value communication and engagement and believe it is an integral component of the planning process. We design and manage these programs to reflect the context and scale of a project and the requirements of our clients, approval authorities and stakeholders. We also excel at developing compelling brands, visions & identities for developers and projects that help support approvals and long-term business objectives.

Services Include

Developer & project visioning and branding

Market entry strategies

Print, radio & electronic communications

Summary engagement reports

Integrated communications & engagement strategies

Social media strategies

Communications & Engagement

Our GIS, 3D and technical services team is well versed in the leading edge technologies and software applications used to inform and support planning assignments. The team possesses a diverse range of expertise in AutoCAD, GIS, 3D and graphic design software and plays an integral role in supporting a wide range of planning initiatives. Our 3D model making can help in evaluating development alternatives and communicating finalized plans in a visually effective and clear manner.

Services Include

Specialized mapping

Data acquisition & management

Digital elevation models

Spatial analysis

Slope analysis

3D visualization & animation

GIS, 3D & Technical Services

Discover how we can help you achieve project success at www.bapg.ca

Suite 600

940 6th Ave SW

Calgary, Alberta

T2P 3T1

403.269.4733

info@bapg.ca

403.262.4480