Surface water is both an opportunity and risk to many projects. Flooding affects more people globally than any other natural hazard, and causes significant damage to property and infrastructure. Climate change threatens to increase this risk.
Through understanding and quantifying the risk to people, infrastructure, or property, we can take appropriate steps to mitigate or adapt to the risk, avoiding major business disruption. Opportunities to manage surface water that are sensitive to the natural environment offer our clients a sustainable solution.
While understanding the opportunities and risks of surface water is important, GHD also delivers solutions to realize the opportunities and mitigate the risks. Our integrated approach involves:
- Adding value through early involvement, and providing services through the life of a project
- Applying innovative solutions while implementing quality, safety and sustainability
- Combining local and global knowledge and experience
- Understanding project objectives and challenges
- Utilizing leading commercial and in-house software, tools and processes
With a depth of resources, we are able to offer teams of globally connected professionals with a broad range of skills, including:
- Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
- Dam failure studies and impact assessment
- Erosion, scour and sediment control
- Flood risk mapping and management
- Flow forecasting, flood warning systems, and/or evacuation planning
- Fluvial geomorphology, sediment transport, landform evolution
- Hydraulic structures design and optimization (dams, levees, weirs)
- Hydrologic and hydraulic numerical modelling
- Hydrologic and watershed/catchment studies
- Receiving water assimilative capacity and/or mixing studies
- River/stream/waterway monitoring and/or management
- Spill modelling, planning and response
- Stormwater management and design
- Stormwater quality analysis and management, including WSUD/SuDS/LID/BMP
- Water balance and/or yield studies
- Water resource assessments, planning and management
Below are your key contacts for Waterways and Coastal
GHD was able to complete the proposed work [Sackville Rivers Floodplain Study - Phase 1] on time and on budget. GHD also managed a relatively major change in the proposed technical approach with no additional costs or schedule impacts.
Cameron Deacoff
Environmental Performance Officer, Halifax Regional Municipality, Canada
