ENVIRONMENT

Global Services
 Question the status quo
Staying curious While every human activity and development
is what drives us. exerts an impact on the natural world, we
2 Looking at challenges learn more every day about how to minimize
project footprints, apply better practices,
from fresh angles helps
and integrate more balanced approaches.
us deliver future-ready
WSP is one of the world’s leading engineering
solutions that break
professional services consulting firms.
paradigms. We are dedicated to our local communities
and propelled by international brainpower.
Our 6,000 multidisciplinary environmental
experts include scientists, management
consultants and engineers. We understand
clients’ business needs and provide real
solutions to real problems, whatever and
wherever they may be.
Future
Megatrends 1. Society
- Demographic change - population becomes
We know the future is going to be different. From larger and older
future climates to energy prices. From future customer - People are better connected but more lonely
expectations to new laws and policies. Understanding - Attitudes and expectations towards environmental
and acting on medium to long-term trends is key for all issues change
organizations.
In collaboration with IEMA, we have published a new 2. Policy and politics
guidance document designed to map, manage and mitigate - Impact of new regulations and policies?
the impacts of megatrends. Visit iema.net to read the - New regulators of the future?
complete publication. 3
3. Resources
Future Trend Checklist - Energy trends
The following checklist gives a practical guide to some - Water efficiency
of the key future trends that are likely to be relevant - Circular economy and resource efficiency
to many organizations. This list is not intended to be a - Trend to long life, flexible, modular solutions
comprehensive summary – every organization is different
after all – but is aimed to give a starting point for considering 4. Climate change
which future trends could be relevant to your supply chain,
operations and customers. - Seasons shift
- Extreme events and regional variability
We’ve designed this checklist to be copied and used as a
- Natural Environment and Ecosystem Services
simple checklist for management and key departmental
conversations. Some trends will be more important than 5. Technology
others. In all, consider what the design life of decisions are
and – practically – how future trends could impact on these - Smarter technology
in assessing relevance to your organisation. - New materials become available and mainstream
 Our Global
Environment
Services Include :
Acoustics, Noise and Vibration Environmental and Social Impact
Assessment and Planning
Air Quality
Geotechnical and Ground Engineering
Archaeology and Heritage
GIS, Mapping and Surveying
CDP Reporting
4 Land and Property
Compliance Monitoring
and Management Licensing and Permitting
Contaminated Land and Soil Materials Engineering,
Remediation Testing and Quality Management
Environmental Health and Safety Natural Environment and Ecology
Management, Due Diligence
and Compliance Sustainability, Energy
and Climate Change
Strategic Environmental Assessment
Waste Management and Landfill
Environmental Due Diligence
Water
Service for the Entire
Project Lifecycle,
Across all Sectors
Our Environmental experts contribute to client projects Advisory Services
in all sectors. A selection of projects for which we have provided
environmental and sustainability services:
Transportation and Infrastructure
A selection of projects for which we have provided • Congestion Charging (Sweden)
environmental and sustainability services:
Environmental Consultancy
• California High-Speed Rail (United States) A selection of projects for which the main services provided 5
• Eurasia Tunnels (Turkey) were Environmental and Sustainability:
• Moorebank Intermodal Yard (Australia) • Environmental Health and Safety Due Diligence (South Africa)
• Pacific Highway Upgrade – Woolgoolga to Ballina (Australia) • Songdo International Business District (South Korea)
• Woodrow Wilson Bridge Replacement (United States) • Surface Water Management & Public Environmental
Awareness Study (China)
Property and Buildings • Ten-Year Megatrends for the Board of Edrington (UK)
A selection of projects for which we have provided • Walmart Global Refrigeration Strategy (global)
environmental and sustainability services:
Mining
• Cape Town Stadium (South Africa)
A selection of projects for which we have provided
environmental and sustainability services:
• Gaspe Mine Rehabilitation (Canada)
 Moorebank
Intermodal
Yard/
Australia
6 The Australian federal government
undertook a three-year land transfer
program that included a planning and
feasibility study for the development of
a port-related intermodal terminal on
commonwealth land at Moorebank, in
Sydney. The proposed facility will be the
first and largest of its kind in Australia.

Services
Acoustics, Noise and Vibration / Air
Quality / Ecology / ESIA / Environmen-
tal Site Assessment / Geotechnical
and Ground Engineering / Contami-
nated Land and Soil Remediation
 Woodrow
Wilson Bridge
Replacement /
United States

This multi award-winning project replaced

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an obsolete bridge on the Capital Beltway
with two side-by-side 1.4–mile-long
structures with the world’s widest draw
spans carrying 12 lanes of traffic over
the Potomac River between the states
of Virginia and Maryland.

Services
Acoustics, Noise and Vibration / Air
Quality / ESIA / Environmental Mana-
gement Compliance and Monitoring /
© 2008 David Sailors

Geotechnical and Ground Engineering

/ Licensing and Permitting / EHS
Management / Planning / Environ-
mental and Design Management
 Pacific Highway
Upgrade /
Woolgoolga
to Ballina
Australia
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Australia’s largest regional infrastructure

project will duplicate 155 km of the
Pacific Highway to become a four-lane
divided road. The project is being
delivered under a Delivery Partner model.

Services
Acoustics, Noise and Vibration /
Air Quality / EHS Management and
Compliance / ESIA / Environmental
Due Diligence / Environmental Site
Assessment Phase 1, 2, and 3 /
Sustainability / Planning, Environ-
mental and Design Management
Congestion
Charging /
Sweden
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Both Stockholm and Gothenburg have

implemented congestion charging with
substantial effects on traffic flows, travel
time improvements and GHG emission
reductions. Beyond effectively reducing
congestion and emissions, congestion
charging also generates a revenue stream
that can be used to strengthen sustainable
modes of transportation with additional
investments.

Services
Air Quality / ESIA
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Cape Town
Stadium /
South Africa

The Cape Town Stadium was

constructed as a multipurpose
68,000-seater stadium for the 2010
FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

Services
Geotechnical and Ground Enginee-
ring / Contaminated Land and Soil
Remediation / Air Quality
 Eurasia Tunnels /
Turkey
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The Eurasia Tunnel provides a new

strategic transport link between Europe
© 2015 Courtesy of Yapi Merkezi and SK E&C

and Asia. Reducing the travel time

between the Turkish regions of Kazlicesme
and Goztepe from 100 to 15 minutes, the
project also increases safety and reduces
GHG emissions and noise pollution.

Services
Acoustics, Noise and Vibration / Air
Quality / Planning, Environmental
and Design Management / Geotech-
nical and Ground Engineering
 Gaspe Mine
Rehabilitation /
Canada

The CAN$116 million site rehabilitation

program was the first mining operation and
copper smelter decommissioning project
in Canada and involved handling over
1,000,000 m3 of materials. We provided
complete engineering, procurement and
construction management services on
the rehabilitation project and were the
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main environmental consultants for both
the rehabilitation of the mine and the
residential properties that were affected.
The project won the Schreyer Award, one
of the most coveted engineering awards
in Canada.

Services
Contaminated Land and Soil Remedia-
tion / Mine environmental / Mine Water
Management / Licensing and Permitting

Image courtesy of NACO

/ Hydrogeology / Hazardous Substances
Management / Environmental Site
Assessment / Stakeholder Management
/ Environmental Demolition QVQC
California
High-Speed
Rail /
United States

We have been helping shape high-speed

rail in California since the earliest
feasibility studies in the 1990s, through
to our current role as Rail Delivery
Partner to the California High-Speed Rail 13
Authority. Under our present contract,
our fully integrated team has been
providing comprehensive early-phase
program and engineering management
services, engineering design services,
environmental and sustainability overview
and review services, covering initial
funding through to the business case
development. Environmental Planning
activities include addressing both federal
(NEPA) and state (CEQA) requirements on
a statewide programmatic level and also
developing individual documents for each
project section.
 Executive Insights: Environmental
Helping the Board Health and Safety
of Edrington Understand
Due Diligence /
14 10-year Megatrends /
South Africa
UK
We were contracted to undertake an environmental
We advised the board of Scotland’s largest distiller health and safety due diligence assessment
on key trends including the impact of climate of Libstar, comprising 22 manufacturing
change on barley production, customer attitude operations across South Africa, focusing on
to environmental issues, availability of water food and beverages, consumer chemicals and the
on Speyside and long-term energy prices. The production of consumer hygiene products.
project was led by our environmental business’ The assessment was undertaken in line with local
management consultants. We convened an expert legislation, the IFC Performance Standards and
team to research the issues and provide the board WBG EHS Guidelines. Our reporting resulted
with a clear and practical briefing together with in material changes to the structuring of the
practical insights into how these could affect deal, as a result of specific liabilities identified -
Edrington’s business as usual plans. improving the deal outcome for our client.
Songdo
International
Business 15

District /
South Korea

This six million sq.m. private

development is a LEED-ND
(Neighborhood Development) Pilot
Project and the first LEED project of its
kind in Korea.

Services
Sustainability Consulting
and Project Management
 Surface Water
Walmart Global
Management & Public Refrigeration
Environmental Strategy /
16 Awareness Study / Global
China We worked with Walmart to develop the firm’s
global refrigeration strategy covering 27 countries
WSP was consultant to the Asian Development and 12,000 stores. For most retailers, leaks of
Bank prior to the rehabilitation of three feeder- chilling gas from stores have a larger greenhouse
lakes and water channels within Wuhan’s urban gas footprint than their distribution fleets. Our
areas. strategy cuts 1 million tons of CO2 emissions and
saves $250m a year by 2020.
Services
Assessment of Surface Water and Services
Lake-Water Quality / Quantitative Management Consultancy / Technical
Simulations / Forecasts and Analysis / Refrigeration Engineering / Ecodegradation
Input to Public Information and Education Analysis / Cost Analysis / Program
Program Management
Contact

André-Martin Bouchard Sean Doel Jenny MacMahon

Global Lead – Environment South Africa Australia
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andre.martin.bouchard@wsp.com sean.doel@wsp.com jenny.macmahon@wsp.com

Carole Smith Kristina Englund Steven Paquette

New Zealand Sweden USA
carole.smith@wsp.com kristina.englund@wsp.com steven.paquette@wsp.com

Manuel Sanchez Carril Mark Hurley James Xiong

Latin America UK China
mas@wsp.com mark.hurley@wsp.com james.xiong@wsp.com

Sarah Huskie Olivier Joyal

Middle East Canada
sarah.huskie@wsp.com olivier.joyal@wsp.com
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firms. We are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by
international brainpower. We are technical experts and strategic
advisors including engineers, technicians, scientists, architects,
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