Sarafinchin Associates

Since the parent firm was founded in 1979, SARAFINCHIN Associates Ltd. has expanded into a group of specialist engineering companies providing consulting engineering services in geotechnical and geological engineering, geoenvironmental engineering and hydrogeology, geophysics and geochemistry, instrumentation and monitoring, construction quality assurance, certified testing laboratories, mining, computer modelling and analyses, and earth science management.

Our Environmental Site Assessments are performed in a phased approach to identify and quantify actual or potential risks associated with land transfer, development, financing or technical audits. We provide clients with a full range of advanced remediation solutions to manage liabilities associated with contaminated soil and/or groundwater.

Our senior engineering staff have worked at various mining development projects across Canada and worldwide such as Kidd Creek Mine in Timmins, Klimax Coal Mine in Saskatchewan, BMS Mine Tailings Dam in New Brunswick, Denison Mines in Elliot Lake, Syncrude Oil Sands in Alberta, Pierina in Peru, Molycorp in California, Masbate in the Philippines, Golden Giant Mine in Ontario, Rio Algom, Inco in Sudbury, Pamour Mine in Timmins, Heath Steele Mines and Mine No.12 in New Brunswick.

Our clients recognize the importance and benefit of selecting proper materials and providing quality assurance, construction inspection and materials testing services to assist in the successful performance of civil engineering and mining projects.

This requires an understanding of the properties and behaviour of construction materials, expertise of current quality control test apparatus and methods, and field and management experience with various site and environmental conditions and construction practices.

Our engineering offices and CCIL certified testing laboratories are located near Toronto International Airport with affiliate testing laboratories worldwide. Our laboratories use modern gauge and digital readout equipment to test air, water, soil, rock, aggregates, concrete, asphalt, building materials and contaminants and they are supported by highly qualified technicians and specialized computer hardware and software programs.