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The Practice
Envirogulf Consulting (EGC) was originally established as an Australian, Melbourne-based environmental consulting practice (formerly, David Balloch & Associates Pty. Ltd.) on April 1991. In July 2006, the practice was translocated to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and renamed EnviroGulf Consulting.
The practice was formed as an individual consultancy based on the Principal's local and international experience over a period of 36 years (see Principal's CV). The Principal of EGC has carried out environmental consulting assignments in the following countries: Australia, Denmark, Ghana, Malaysia, Norway, Papua New Guinea, The Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
EGC is committed to providing professional, cost-effective services that are tailored to meet the specific needs of clients. The main objectives of the practice are to provide environmental management planning and specialised forms of consulting and technical services to private and public sector clients in the following fields: oil and gas industry, mining and minerals industry, pulp and paper industry, HVDC electric transmission industry, offshore wind energy, forestry, port and resort developments, consulting engineers, other environmental consultants, and government departments.
General Services
Resource-based projects requiring environmental impact analyses of wastes and wastewaters on receiving water environments, water quality and biological surveys, or environmental management system (EMS) implementation to international standards, or planning and monitoring are the mainstream of the firm's consulting practice.
EGC can undertake all environmental assignments associated with the feasibility and development of projects. The types of studies prepared by EGC focus primarily on baseline/inventory studies and environmental impact assessments, reports, and statements prepared in accordance with local, state and national legislation and statutory regulations.
EGC integrates environmental planning with other aspects of project planning, development, and implementation leading to specific environmental approvals for clients'projects. EGC's in-house expertise and use of specialist sub-consultants possess the full range of capabilities needed to prepare comprehensive and specific environmental studies.
The firm practices strict management controls in scheduling, critical path analysis, quality control and assurance, and costing in review of final environmental documents (the product).
EGC is dedicated to maintaining an up-to-date scientific and technical information base, and has on-line access to the world's leading environmental and toxicological databases located in the Middle East, Australia, the United States and Europe.
Consulting Services
EGC offers the following services to clients:
- Environmental impact assessment.
- Environmental review.
- Environmental audit.
- Environmental biology - water quality and aquatic biological sampling planning and implementation.
- Ecotoxicological assessments of the effects of mining waste and wastewater disposal in aquatic environments.
- Design, planning and implementation of environmental monitoring programs to measure the significant environmental effects of mine wastes and wastewaters.
- Environmental aspects of potentially harmful and/or toxic elements:
- sediments
- cyanides
- arsenic
- mercury
- other metals
- chlorinated organic compounds and derivatives
- polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
- microbiological contaminants
Specialist Areas and Expertise
The Principal of EGC has expertise in the following areas:
- Marine impacts of offshore oil & gas exploration and operations.
- Aquatic biological impacts of mining wastes and wastewaters, including cyanides, arsenic, mercury and sediments.
- Marine biological impacts of ac and dc electromagnetic fields (see Electric Industry and offshore windfarms webpages)
- Aquatic ecotoxicological impacts of waterborne wastes and wastewaters.
- Marine biological impacts of seismic surveying and other sources of underwater noise (see oil & gas webpage).
- Peer reviews and critical reviews of Environmental Impact Assessments documents (EISs, EAs, etc)
Please see the Principal's CV for experience and projects carried out.