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Jim Girvan, RPF, MBA

Phone: 250-714-4481
Email: jim.girvan@cedarbraelabs.ca
13689 Big Bear Terrace
Ladysmith
British Columbia
Canada
V9G 1C4


History of Firm Founded in 2002, MDT Ltd. provides strategic support for small business, corporations, and the forest industry.

Officers and Staff Jim Girvan, President and Secretary: is recognized as an authority in timber supply, economic and statistical analysis, forecasting and finance. As a professional forester, Jim has over 25 years of experience in small businesses, large corporations, and financial institutions. He has authored reports and articles ranging from supply analysis to tenure reform, Jim is an eloquent presenter that has addressed audiences from Oregon to New Zealand sharing his creative and innovative solutions to difficult forest industry issues.

Principal Fields
  • Forest Economics and Taxation
  • Forest Policy Analysis
  • Industry Feasability Studies
  • Timberland Valuation
  • Forest Education / Public Awareness
  • Forest Management & Planning

Special Services Strategic forest industry consulting specializing in fibre modelling, timber supply and economic analysis, business planning and advocacy. Jim Girvan is the co-developer of the “BC Fibre Model”. The Model was designed in order to provide regional assessments of log and chip availability at a strategic level over a planning horizon of 15 years. The Model incorporates the developer’s knowledge of the industry, including current data on all BC log consuming mills and softwood chip consuming mills. Together with estimates of AAC and harvest, it allows the user to assess log and chip availability over a planning horizon for strategic purposes

Operating Region
  • Entire Province


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