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NEWS FROM GOLDER ACCOLADES Ron Barsi, a Senior Mining Specialist in our Saskatoon, Canada office has been asked by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to chair and participate in a consultancy to prepare a Technical Document on uranium mine/mill site decommissioning and reclamation.
The Consulting Engineers of Saskatchewan have recognized Golder for exceptional planning and design for the site remediation at the Bushell Public Port Facility Site. The award recognized the planning challenges as a result of the site’s remote location and the diverse nature of the remediation, which called upon a number of Golder’s core skills. Golder France has received accreditation in Health and Safety with the Union des Industries Chimique (UIC), a nationwide organization to which most of the petrochemical and chemical companies belong. For certification, organizations must have an effective health and safety management system in place, with third-party audits to be sure that standards are followed. Golder Associates (UK) Ltd has successfully gained ‘Registered Environmental Impact Assessor’ status with the Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment. It is a status which reflects our expertise in EIA work. Contact Neil Pert, tel +44 115 937 1112.
For our work at the former Nitchequon meteorological station in a remote part of Québec, Canada, Golder has received an award of excellence from the Association of Consulting Engineers of Canada. Golder Associates Inc., our U.S. operating company, was recently recognized by the Environmental Business Journal for our sustained geographic growth throughout the U.S. and for the expansion of our environmental health and safety services worldwide. Senior Golder industrial hygiene and environmental management professionals have been particularly active in Asia through the delivery of educational programs to many local and multinational companies in the region.
GROWTH & GEOGRAPHIC EXPANSION We have acquired an equity stake in Clean Land Air Water Environmental Services Inc. (CLAW) of Ottawa, Canada. This Aboriginal environmental consulting services company has strengths in liaison and business development with various Governments and First Nations Communities and has access to an Aboriginal workforce. Golder Europe has opened a new office in Germany’s financial capital city of Frankfurt. Tobias Meyer is the manager of the office and he can be reached at tel. +49 69 5068 4953 A satellite of our Ottawa, Canada office has been established in Gatineau, Québec. This office will supply environmental sciences and geotechnical engineering services to the Federal Government and nearby municipal and private clients. Contact Gino Dalla Coletta, tel. +1 819 576 1010. To serve clients in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, we have opened an office in the growing city of Terrace. Contact Jeff Bailey, tel. +1 250 635 3444.
A group of four senior engineers recently joined Golder and opened a new office in Lund, Sweden. The team has been involved in large underground gas storage and nuclear waste projects.
NEW RELATIONSHIPS Golder and Earth Appraisal Co. Limited of Tokyo, Japan have established a working relationship to provide to our clients local knowledge in Japan. Earth Appraisal has a well established reputation with Japanese and international corporations, financial institutions and law firms in EHS, remediation and due diligence. Contact John Fahey, tel +1 905 723 2727. PROJECT AWARDS Golder was awarded a coal combustion product disposal facility siting, design and permitting for six existing coal-fired power plants in North and South Carolina for Progress Energy. The project will convert a wet transport/disposal process to dry, increase storage capacity and enable potential reuse if market conditions dictate. Golder Associates EEIG was awarded an Environmental Impact Assessment for a new Slovakian Nuclear Power Plant.
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Becky Heilman (picture on the right) of our Jacksonville, USA office received the Clair Fancy Leadership Award by the Florida Section of the International Air and Waste Management Association. 
Three Sisters Development Corp., a Golder client, has won a 2006 Canadian brownfield award (known as the “Brownie”) from the Canadian Urban Institute for excellence in sustainable design and technological innovation for the development of a former coal mine near Canmore, Alberta, Canada. 
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We have opened a new office in Raleigh, NC, USA. The new team offers services in the areas of air quality and multidisciplinary permitting, compliance and project management services. They can be reached at Golder Associates NC, Inc., tel. +1 919 313 4813.