Chris Perrin: south studio
Shauna Bennett:
north studio
Chris Perrin and Shauna Bennett run Limnotek. Chris is in Vancouver, Canada and Shauna runs things out of Terrace, BC, Canada. We are water scientists with 60 years of combined experience. We design projects to answer complex questions. We implement studies in the field with amazing crews and latest instrumentation and gear. We use advanced data science and photography to visualize relationships in environmental data that we collect and is collected by others. We build models to support decisions being made by our clients and reduce environmental uncertainty. Clients are big (e.g. Rio Tinto, Jacobs, Newmont), medium (e.g. Ecofish Research), and a bit smaller (e.g. ESSA Technologies) as well as First Nations and all sizes of modern government. Sectors we work in are First Nations, power, mining and smelting, Ports, Municipal, and Regional Districts. Small thinks big.
Our Approach
We ask, what is the problem? That sets the tone and boundaries, also known as scope. We apply a W5+H principle that is a series of 6 design questions: What are the variables, why do we care about them, when will measurements be made, where will they be made, who will do the work. The "H" part is "How will the work be done?" We screen answers to all these questions and recommend latest and most appropriate scientific methods available. A field and analytical layout shows what the product will look like. No ambiguity. No uncertainties. We merge output with photography, where relevant, to provide visualization for clients. In a world big on text we like visuals to convey easily understood answers to complex questions. ​Design, implementation, visualization, client support, all in a small package that delivers big.
