Impact Studies

SNC-Lavalin has in-depth experience in conducting multi-disciplinary environmental impact assessments for public and private sector clients in a variety of domestic and international jurisdictions. Our multi-disciplinary team of planners, scientists and engineers tailor their approach to meet the needs of the client in the following service areas:

· Comprehensive environmental baseline inventories and constraint analyses

· Site and corridor/route selection studies for power, pipeline and transportation facilities

· Public, stakeholder/interest group consultation programs

· Landowner/ government agency consultation and mediation

· First Nations consultation and facilitation services

· Coordination of projects involving a wide variety of international, federal, provincial, and municipal government agencies or authorities

· Locational analyses and facility planning appraisals for both public and private sector clients

· Qualitative and quantitative analyses, including numeric modeling applied to hydrogeological, hydrological, biological, air quality, and socio-economic studies

· Alternative analyses for feasibility studies and impact assessments

· Design, implementation, coordination and integration of multi-disciplinary scientific and engineering studies

· Environmental site audits, designated substance surveys, property transfer/compliance audits

· Geographic information systems (GIS) computer mapping for data management and land use analyses

· Comprehensive environmental impact assessment studies

· Socio-economic impact assessment and resettlement studies/plans

· Identification of remedial or mitigation measures and design options to reduce the significance of impacts

· Watercourse crossings - impact assessments, rehabilitation plans, and compensation proposals in support of permit approvals

· Pre-construction and post-construction inspection and monitoring programs

· Environmental inspection and environmental advisory services for construction projects

· Contingency, emergency preparedness and response planning

· Environmental management plans

· Environmental approvals, permitting, and expert testimony in any domestic or international jurisdiction

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Recent Projects

· Suroît Combined Cycle Power Plant -- Environmental Impact Assessment, Quebec, Canada.

· Alumina Refinery Project -- Environmental Impact Assessment, Guinea.

· Moosonee to Attawapiskat Electrical Transmission Line -- route selection, environmental impact assessment, environmental permitting for Omushkego Eshkotayo (Five Nations Energy Inc), Ontario, Canada.

· Mahaica to Rosignol Road Rehabilitation Project -- environmental assessment, environmental management plan, relocation/resettlement plan for the Government of Guyana.

· Highway 407 West and East Partial Extensions - Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) Screenings, environmental design and permitting, and environmental inspection services during construction, Ontario, Canada.

· Collingwood to Alliston Water Supply Pipeline -- (CEAA) Screening, environmental design, and environmental inspection during construction for the Town of New Tecumseth, Ontario, Canada

· CO2 removal model for Alberta Research Council - developed a conceptual design and computer model to simulate operation and economics of the surface facilities required to capture CO2 from coal-fired power plant flue gas, compress it, pipeline it and inject it into coal beds. The model includes facilities to recover and treat coal bed methane.

· Taldy Bulak Gold Project -- environmental assessment, environmental design, closure plan for Malaysia Mining Berhadt, Kyrgysztan.

· Millennium Bureau of Canada - CEAA screening of 21 Projects throughout Ontario, Canada for Public Works and Government Services Canada.

· Kapuskasing Phosphate Mine - environmental assessment, environmental design, public/agency and First Nations consultation, environmental permitting for Agrium Inc., Ontario, Canada

· Rosia Montana Gold Project -- preliminary environmental impact assessment, environmental design, preliminary closure plan, for Gabriel Resources, Romania.

· Toronto Lester B. Pearson International Airport Airside Expansion -- environmental assessment for Transport Canada, Toronto, Canada.

· Goro Nickel Mine -- environmental baseline and environmental impact assessment, for Inco, New Caledonia.

· Environmental Assessment of Military Air Operations in Labrador & Quebec for Department of National Defence, Canada

· Alloutte Aluminum Smelter Expansion - environmental assessment, Sept Îles, Quebec.

· Quebec City-Montreal-Ottawa-Toronto-Windsor High-Speed Rail Feasibility Study - corridor analysis and environmental assessment, for the governments of Canada, Quebec, and Ontario

· Various audits for Public Works and Government Services Canada, the Ontario Realty Corporation, and Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

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