WSP Walmsley becomes WSP Environmental

April 2005 News

WSP Walmsley has announced that it has changed its name to WSP Environmental. This gives WSP Environmental in South Africa an even closer branding affiliation with its parent company in the United Kingdom, WSP Environmental.

The MD of WSP Environmental, Brent Ridgard, says, "We are one of the bigger environmental consultancies in South Africa in terms of both annual turnover and staff members. We are well represented in the mining, industrial, manufacturing and infrastructure sectors. Our aim is to become the leading supplier of environmental and contaminated land services in southern Africa. We are planning to establish a remediation contracting business in the next few months that will offer a turnkey service, from site investigation, to design, costing and implementation of remediation solutions."

WSP Environmental offers a spectrum of environmental and contaminated land services, including: air quality management services, asbestos surveys, contaminated land and remediation, corporate social responsibility, due diligence compliance and liability audits, environmental management systems (based on ISO14001: 2004). Then there is environmental project management, environmental risk assessment, environmental toxicology, environmental training, geotechnical investigations, groundwater monitoring and modelling integrated environmental management (EIAs, Scoping, EMPs, EMPRs, Closure Plans), integrated systems (based on OSHAS18000), public participation, surface water hydrology, sustainability reporting, sustainability management systems, waste management, waste characterisation and delisting.

WSP Environmental has offices in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape. Its Namibian subsidiary, Eco Plan, offers the full range of environmental solutions to clients in that region.

For more information contact Brent Ridgard, WSP Environmental, 011 233 7800, [email protected], www.wspgroup.co.za

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