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Issues have been addressed in a number of assignments in Argentina (noise and water quality), Azerbaijan (air quality - refinery), Bahrain (air quality), Botswana (water quality), Czech Republic (water quality), France (air and water quality), Finland (air and water quality), Japan (soil quality), Kuwait (noise, air and water quality), Libya (noise, air and water quality), Nigeria (noise, air and water quality), Qatar (air quality), Russian Federation (noise, air and water quality), Saudi Arabia (air quality), Serbia & Montenegro (noise, air and water quality), Singapore (noise, air and water quality), Trinidad & Tobago, United Arab Emirates (soil and air quality), United States (soil quality), Uruguay (noise, air and water quality) and the United Kingdom (noise, soil, air and water quality) within a number of sectors: governance, oil and gas, tourism & recreation, water resources, waste, dams & reservoirs, fossil-fuel & CHP plants, chemical, manufacturing, construction, quarrying & land reclamation, and urban development.
| Location | Agency/Sector | Assignment | Project Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | Ports (CARES) | Risk Assessment Expert | Jetty Risk Assessment: Quantitative Risk Assessment for operational safety of three Liquid Berths Facility using a mix of different methodologies to identify operational risk and mitigation plans (HAZID, HAZOP and SWIFT etc.); Controlled Zones Assessment and Dimensioning: to determine the dos and don’ts within identified zones of the port; and IMDG Handling: Hazardous Cargo Compatibility Study to assess the risks of having any of the IMDG classes of cargo in the container terminal close to handling of the different cargo identified for the Liquid Berth. |
| St Helena | FCDO (DT Global) | Peer Review | Quality Review: Of a condition assessment and process hazard analysis of the ageing bulk fuel installation on the UK overseas territory of St Helena. The QR reviewed a condition survey and hazard analysis undertaken by a third party to ensure the Bulk Fuel Installation could continue to be safely operated until new fuel facilities were in service. |
| Egypt | EU (Cowater) | Team Leader | Mid Term Evaluation: of the Egyptian Pollution Abatement Project (III) which is designed to establish funding mechanisms, with the help of international donors’ community, to support industrial companies that are willing to invest in pollution abatement. The evaluation assesses against six standard DAC evaluation criteria: relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and impact, in addition to the EU-specific evaluation criterion: EU Added Value. |
| Kuwait | KOC (ECO) | Expert | Waste Management: Development of a Long Term Waste Management Strategy involving several stages: Review of Existing waste management documentation; Waste and economic forecasts; Establishing a strategic planning framework; Identification and evaluation of options; and Strategy formulation and implementation plan. |
| Lebanon | EU (Transtec) | Team Leader | Ex-post Evaluation: Support to Reforms Environmental Governance: to provide the relevant services of the European Union Delegation, the Ministry of Environment and the Programme Assistance Office with: an overall independent assessment of the past performance of the Action Support to Reforms – Environmental Governance paying particular attention to its results measured against its expected objectives; and the reasons underpinning such results; key lessons learned, conclusions and related recommendations in order to improve future Actions; more particularly the design of a new action in the area of environmental crimes and a follow-up action on air pollution. |
| Palestine | EC, EIB (Acciona) | Institutional Assessment and Training | Institutional Assessment and Training: Preparation and delivery of a training course on environmental law to Palestinian institutions applying to desalination plants (construction and operations) ~ Local laws, Israeli and MENA regulations, EU regulations, Equator principles, World Bank Safeguards and IFC performance standards. |
| Mauritania | COMASUD (Sopex) | Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment | A Front End Engineering Design for the construction of an integrated sugar complex is being undertaken and requires an ESIA. The main goal of the industrial project is to produce about 145,000 tonnes of white sugar per year from sugar cane, produced locally, to supply the local market. To optimise revenues, a second goal is to transform the by-products of sugar cane, such as molasses, bagasse and so on into value-added products such as ethanol, electricity, fertilisers, cattle feed and so on. |
| Mozambique | World Bank (Cardno US) | Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment | Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment: to provide a strategic framework for strengthening environmental and social sustainability of the mineral, coal, gas, LNG, artisanal and small-scale mining sectors, and for strengthening the addressing of health and safety in these sectors. |
| Nigeria | Oil & Gas (Environ) | Due Diligence | Identify potential liabilities in oil and gas concessions related to potential environmental or social issues that could have a material impact on the value of the assets assessed; the number and magnitude of oil spills and the remedial work and measures that has been carried out and measures taken to prevent oil spills in the future; current environmental non-compliance with local laws and regulations and actions being taken; facility requirements and cost estimates required to meet current and reasonably foreseeable; environmental regulations; past and current environmental liabilities and penalties including any on-site and off-site contaminated land liabilities; and site remediation, closure and monitoring; past and current gas flaring volumes and penalties and measures taken to reduce gas flaring in the future; past and current security issues and disruptions (bunkering) and measures in place to improve security and reduce oil losses; threatened or actual third party or regulatory action or claims; past and current relationships with the local communities. |
| Sierra Leone | MacAlister Elliott & Partners | EIA ~ Minerals Terminal | An EIA is being undertaken of a new tank farm to support terminal development for offloading of fuel for mining operations in hinterland. |
| Nigeria | CARES Limited | Risk Assessment | A risk assessment carried out to confirm that an oil products jetty could be operated safely given other port activities at this location. |
| Belize, Global | EC (MWH) | Climate Change | Key Expert advising the Global Climate Change Alliance which provides a platform for dialogue and exchange among the EU and target countries and provides support in five priority areas: Adaptation to climate change; Reducing emissions from deforestation; Enhancing participation in the Clean Development Mechanism ; Promoting Disaster Risk Reduction; and, Integrating climate change into poverty reduction efforts. Specified and organised identification and formulation missions to Benin, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Samoa, Laos and Bhutan and facilitated regional climate change conference for Caribbean. |
| Caribbean | DFID | Climate Change | Rapid Climate Change screening of the DFID Caribbean portfolio of programmes/projects and assessment of priorities for interventions. |
| Nigeria | Oil & Gas | Training ~ Hazard and Incident Investigation | Development of training materials for the in-house continual professional development of oil and gas operational staff in hazard and incident investigation. |
| Malawi | EC | SEA - Sugar | SEA: Carried out for the implementation of the National Adaptation Strategy of the Sugar Industry and the relevant EC Multi-Annual support. Overall objective ~ describe, identify and assess the likely significant environmental challenges, considerations and effects of implementing the NAS with regard to the environmental impact of the sugar restructuring. |
| Fiji | EC | SEA - Sugar | SEA: Carried out for the implementation of the National Adaptation Strategy for the Sugar Industry. Overall objective ~ describe, identify and assess the likely significant environmental challenges, considerations and effects of implementing the NAS with regard to the environmental impact of the sugar restructuring. Involved a Scoping Study and the SEA Study itself with some emphasis on co-generation, biofuels and carbon sequestration. |
| Nigeria | Chemicals | HSE Audit | HSE audit of chemical manufacturing facility. |
| Nigeria | Ports | HSSE specification ~ ports | Specification and implementation of Health, Safety, Security and Environment in a port and dredging context to comply with ISO 14001, 18001 and 28000. |
| Kuwait | Oil & Gas | Implementation ~ ISO 14001 | Peer review of ISO 14001 implementation including assessment of environmental aspects, site visits (pipelines, tank farms, contractor sites) and risk methodology. |
| Belize | EC | SEA - Sugar | SEA: Carried out for the implementation of the Belize Country Strategy for the Adaptation of the Sugar Industry 2006-2015 and the relevant EC Multi-Annual Support. Overall objective ~ describe, identify and assess the likely significant environmental challenges, considerations and effects of implementing the BCS with regard to the environmental impact of the sugar restructuring. Involved a Scoping Study and the SEA Study itself. |
| Nigeria | Ports | Training ~ EIA, EMS and security management | Contributions to a five-day course in Nigeria on EIA, EMS and security management were prepared and delivered to delegates from all the major ports of Nigeria and to key dredging operators, specifically focussing on the Delta ports and best practice. |
| Qatar, Syria | Manufacturing | Due diligence ~ asbestos | Due diligence of asbestos in products in Qatar and Syria was undertaken - potential liability issue identified, concerning the supply of products to customers worldwide that contained asbestos. Assignment required identification of relevant in-country regulations, principal controls and restrictions on use/sale of asbestos and asbestos-containing products, implications for previously-sold products and disclosure obligations under jurisdiction. |
| Cyprus TR | Tourism | Due diligence ~ tourism | Newly opened dive training facilities were inspected at a leisure complex on the northern coast of in the Turkish Republic of Cyprus. Review and testing was undertaken of the facilities, equipment and staff. |
| Russian Federation | Oil & Gas | Training ~ laboratory procedures | Discussions were held with regulatory officials in the Russian Federation concerning the evaluation of a potential laboratory for in-country analysis of soil and water samples. A detailed tour of the facilities was made, during which the equipment was inventoried and procedures discussed with senior laboratory personnel. A preliminary list was made concerning requirements for high-grade analytical chemicals and spare parts for some of the equipment. Training needs were identified and a proposed programme of US-based training, followed by in-country technical support and transfer, was discussed and developed. |