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Chemical-free super-oxygenated water that is affordable and sustainable ... it sounds like a health or sports drink marketing dream. But this isn’t bottled for human consumption. Instead, super-oxygenated water is a bioremediation solution to clean up contaminated groundwater and... -
No one wants an expensive surprise on a construction project. While it’s well known that ground movements can occur during construction, it’s another matter to accurately predict when the earth will move and by how much. Despite proper planning and...
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How many engineers does it take to make a pavlova*? It sounds like the start of a joke – but bear with me. A recipe is made up of ingredients and method. If the ingredients are the same each time,...
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Public and regulatory concern about risks to surface water and groundwater is causing coal-fired power producers to look for better ways to manage their waste products. Golder is working on a solution, through an innovative application of a technology...
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Recent regulations in Canada have refocused the mining industry’s attention on ammonia treatment in mining waters. When the “end-of-pipe” effluent limit for un-ionized ammonia was introduced last year, many mining companies began hunting for new, innovative approaches to achieve...
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If you are about to embark on planning or delivering an underground infrastructure project such as a metro system, road tunnel, hydroelectric development or water transfer scheme, what key actions can you take at each project stage to proactively...
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As the world looks for viable alternative supplies of energy, does geothermal energy have a future? Possibly, if some of geothermal energy’s limitations are addressed. When it comes to the pure advantage of scale, geothermal may be one of...
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As cities become more and more congested, pressure increases on accommodation and parking. For an owner or developer to extract the most from the limited land footprint – and reap the greatest profit – the trend is toward taller...
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Every year at Golder, we take one day to put down our ‘tools’ to talk about health, safety, security and environment. This year, we are focusing on the state of the planet and what we can do as consumers,...
