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EPA 2017 Stormwater Construction General Permit
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Issues 2017 Stormwater Construction General Permit (CGP) Water quality can be impacted from sediment, debris, or chemicals generated during construction activities and transported via stormwater to rivers, lakes, or coastal waters. Permits are required under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) stormwater program for discharges from construction activities that disturb one or more ...
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Lead in drinking water
In the wake of the contaminated drinking water crisis in Flint, Michigan, other schools across the United States are discovering evidence of high levels of lead and other heavy metals in their drinking water. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does not currently require schools that draw from public water supplies to test for lead at the point of use 1 , but concern in Congress is building. Legislation has been proposed to both require ...
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Filtering microplastics
Has the solution for filtering out microplastics been hiding in plain sight? They're in nearly everything: toothpaste, face wash, clothes, fertilisers. Microplastics have a way of sneaking through conventional treatment systems, but an engineer has found a novel way of removing them from wastewater using existing technology. Wilson Xu, a mechanical engineer with GHD, was investigating wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) sludge degritting technolog...
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Managing modern waste
Landfills are not just a “holes in the ground” anymore. Waste management has evolved over the decades to become highly engineered systems. The implementation of organics regulations, integrated waste networks, sophisticated processing facilities, and improved economics are all factors pushing the industry towards greater sustainability. We spoke with Stephanie Stolz, a recent addition to GHD’s Waste Management team, about exciting new industry tr...
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Bringing the construction industry back to life
With unprecedented impacts on the construction and contractor sector’s workforce and supply chain, how do construction companies and contractors get the industry up and running again? David Kinniburgh, our market lead at GHD, discusses what steps need to be taken now. Open external page https://player.vimeo.com/video/415683285?wmode=transparent Meet David David Kinniburgh leads GHD’s transportation practice across the northern hemisphere and prio...
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Protecting Critical Energy Infrastructure
Sunil Sharma shares his thoughts about cyber security in the energy sector as presented at Australian Energy Week. Digital transformation is on the rise within the energy sector. Smart grids and smart devices or Industrial Internet of Things (IoT), make the energy sector a highly attractive target for cyber-attacks aimed at disrupting operations. At the same time, the sector is still plagued with proprietary legacy technologies. There is also a r...
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Upgrade your approach to accessing real-time data with Live Asset Management Plans
Multi-billion dollar government infrastructure projects in Australia provide massive opportunities for using digital intelligence to drive down costs, increase efficiency and adhere to compliance standards. Asset Management Plans (AMPs) form the cornerstone of an effective asset management system and define the implementation of activities necessary to realise an organisation’s asset management objectives, translating to the strategic intent of t...
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Are you doing enough to protect your business from cyber-attacks?
Digital transformation is on the rise within the energy sector. Smart grids, smart devices and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) make the energy sector a highly attractive target for cyber-attacks aimed at disrupting operations. At the same time, proprietary legacy technologies plague the energy sector. While cyber and physical security has already converged, there is a rapid move towards convergence of IT and Operational Technology (OT). ...
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Asset recycling through a different lens
Asset recycling has almost been a taboo subject for the last few years, however it can lead to positive outcomes particularly when brought to life in structures that don’t simply equate to selling assets off to the private sector - there’s more than one solution to a problem and asset sales are no different. There are asset sales, partial sales and asset leases to name a few. Honing in on asset leases; one of the main benefits is governments ca...
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