May 21st - May 24th 2012
VISUAL IMPACT ANALYSIS WORKSHOP
Andrew Lewis is leading a workshop on Visual Impact Analysis prior to the National Association of Environmental Professionals conference in Portland, OR.
Truescape is working with a multidisciplinary team of visual experts to develop a one day curriculum on Visual Impact Analysis to be delivered as a workshop prior to the National Association of Environmental Professionals conference in Portland, OR on May 21st 2012. Attendees are aware of common scenery management and VIA procedures, including management framework and impact assessment procedures used by the BLM (VRM), USFS (VMS and SMS), USACE (VRAP), and FHWA. Attendees may also have applied non-federal procedures to projects sited on non-federal lands or outside the US. Andrew Lewis of Truescape will lead the discussion and present examples in the section regarding visual simulations.
May 15th - 17th, 2012
VISIT US AT BOOTH #1845 AT THE ELECTRIC POWER EXPO IN BALTIMORE
Truescape will be exhibiting in Booth #1768 at the Electric Power Expo in the Baltimore Conference Centre, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
1st February 2012
TRUESCAPE CANADA INC
Truescape is pleased to announce that we incorporated a Canadian subsidiary in October 2011. Truescape Canada Inc. is a Canadian federally incorporated company, provincially registered in Alberta with its base of operations in Calgary. Truescape has already created a significant market opportunity in Canada thanks to the support of our current Canadian clients. This is an exciting era for Truescape as we continue to develop our Canadian business, now from a local Canadian office.
23rd January 2012
NEW APPOINTMENT: BRIAN MURPHY
Truescape has appointed Brian Murphy (Jan 2012), our first Canadian employee. Brian is based in Calgary Alberta and will be responsible for supporting and building our Canadian business. Brian’s profile can be found in the executive team list under the ‘Our company’ link on this site. Welcome Brian.
20th December 2011
TRUESCAPE BRANDING
With the assistance of Houston based boutique agency Ttweak, Truescape has recently undergone an extensive rebranding excursive. We have strived to develop our messages to place a greater emphasis on the’ True’ in Truescape, than we have traditionally. This website is our most visible example of it. Our branding is designed to professionally support our market position as it is the ‘True’ aspect of our work, and our proven support of it, has been a fundamental part of Truescape since day one.
3rd October 2011
VRM TRAINING
Andrew Lewis, Business Leader of Truescape US West, recently completed the Bureau of Land Management’s Visual Resource Management (VRM) Training in Las Vegas, October 3-7, 2011. VRM certification will be required of consultants performing visual assessments on BLM sponsored projects. Truescape continues to strengthen its position as industry experts by obtaining this credential.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is entrusted with the care of 264 million acres of public lands containing many outstanding scenic landscapes. By law, BLM is responsible for managing these public lands for multiple uses. But BLM is also responsible for ensuring that the scenic values of these public lands are considered before allowing uses that may have negative visual impacts.
BLM accomplishes this through its Visual Resource Management (VRM) system, a system which involves inventorying scenic values and establishing management objectives for those values through the resource management planning process, and then evaluating proposed activities to determine whether they conform with the management objectives. BLM has established VRM coordinators in each state and provides training in VRM so that this system is implemented effectively throughout the Bureau.
The Bureau’s VRM system helps to ensure that the actions taken on the public lands today will benefit the landscape and adjacent communities in the future.