Environment

Nelson Slipway Remediation, New Zealand

Port Nelson, in partnership with the Ministry for the Environment, engaged our team to investigate the nature and extent of historic contamination at the Calwell Slipway. We worked closely with Port Nelson to prepare a dredging and remediation strategy, obtain resource consents and prepare construction documents. We have also maintained an ongoing role as Engineer to the Contract.

Harbour facility decommissioning, Canada

This facility – formerly a fish processing and cold storage warehouse with land and shipping operations – is located on federal land and was under the jurisdiction of the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority. Our team was engaged to help manage the decommissioning and demolition works to meet the tenant’s exit requirements. We successfully completed the project in June 2017, on time and within budget.

Gold mine permitting, Canada

Atlantic Gold Corporation retained our team to conduct engineering and environmental studies to help secure operating permits for various gold projects in Nova Scotia, Canada. This includes permitting and compliance monitoring of one gold mine in operation, another mine at the permitting stage after successful feasibility studies, and two projects in the feasibility phase, with all the permitting work completed concurrently.

Habitat mitigation, USA

The Border Coast Regional Airport Authority engaged GHD to help meet congressionally mandated Runway Safety Area standards. Complying with the standards required filling 17 acres of wetlands and grading four acres of coastal dune habitat. Our team completed mitigation design, permitting, construction management, rare plant management, biological monitoring and post-construction mitigation site monitoring.