Cardno TEC services

Cardno’s highly-experienced consulting experts and litigation support team includes scientists, engineers, economists and other skilled environmental professionals who deliver multidisciplinary expertise that helps clients address liabilities, risks and opportunities across the range of regulatory, business and social drivers.

Climate change is acknowledged to be the biggest challenge facing our generation. Cardno’s climate change specialists work with our infrastructure, buildings, development, transport planning and environmental specialists to provide a total solution for addressing climate change. Our highly-qualified staff conduct both regional and site specific assessments and identify proposed mitigation and adaptation actions to meet legislative and corporate requirements. This includes seeking more carbon-efficient operations and pursuing renewable energy options. Our economics team contributes to the assessments in cost:benefit evaluation of all of these types of actions.

Coastal and ocean environments contain powerful forces, yet at the same time are fragile and vulnerable. Our management of this environment needs to be understood and our knowledge applied sensitively. Cardno has actively contributed to the delivery of landmark coast projects and offers: Coastal Zone Management Plans (including Emergency Action Plans), Coastal Hazard Definition Assessments, Estuary Processes Studies and Estuary Management Plans, numerical modeling of water quality and ecological processes. We also specialize in environmental monitoring of waves, winds, water levels, currents, water temperature and water quality either on campaign basis or through to fully-integrated, real-time, web-linked data acquisition, analysis, distribution and display systems. Our related services cover the full gamut of engineering and environmental disciplines.

Cardno’s coastal engineering specialists partner with private and public clients, consultants and regulatory authorities to provide engineering solutions that acknowledge a full understanding of the complexity of coastal and estuarine environments. We assist clients to develop ports, terminals, wharves, ocean outfalls, and on-shore and off-shore structures. Cardno’s expertise includes waterway, harbor and foreshore planning, design of coastal protection facilities, numerical modeling of coastal, ocean and estuarine processes as well as navigation, design criteria establishment/identification, provision of expert witness services, port and marina layout design, breakwater analysis and hydraulic design.

Cardno’s international development portfolio spans significant geographic and cultural regions. Working amidst this diversity, our professionals are acutely aware of the importance of cultural heritage for current and future generations. Cardno helps communities to preserve their cultural heritage and, as needed, helps protect cultural heritage from the adverse impacts of project activities so that indigenous communities remain strong. When conducting environmental and social impact assessments, Cardno’s team often includes anthropologists or sociologists with a background in local cultural heritage issues. In Afghanistan, Cardno created a dialog to build support for activities, which included integrating women into project interventions.

Protecting the natural environment is of primary importance to Cardno. Helping our clients to solve challenges in natural resource planning, restoration and environmental management is an important part of our business. Our professional ecologists, biologists, geologists, ecotoxicologists, statisticians, water quality specialists, engineers, regulatory experts and natural resource economists work in partnership with clients to achieve their objectives and, ultimately, to maximize the ecological value of our natural resources. We conduct comprehensive ecological, site and species assessments and design, restore, implement and maintain natural areas including wetlands, streams, native prairies, woodlands, parks and sensitive habitats.

Cardno offers integrated environmental consulting services with specialties in natural resources, cultural resources, environmental permitting and compliance and environmental liability. We develop cost-efficient solutions that satisfy regulatory requirements while maintaining project goals.
We have expertise in environmental sciences, engineering, economics, regulatory compliance and litigation, and our multifaceted approach allows us to identify alternatives that bring real value to your operations and the environment. We serve public and private clients across a wide range of industries and have delivered high profile projects using environmental experience, strategic planning and sustainable solutions.

Cardno has considerable experience in preparing environmental assessments and impact statements for a variety of important and potentially contentious projects. We work closely with lead and cooperating government agencies to identify stakeholders and key issues of concern, develop strategies to successfully address those issues, identify major permitting and legal requirements, and ultimately meet federal, state and local environmental policy. Cardno professionals prepare strong, defensible documents to address your project’s specific requirements. We offer valuable insights that reduce the schedule to complete documents and provide innovative approaches that meet your project’s needs.

Cardno’s epidemiology work has clarified health risk issues, guided regulatory decision-making, and improved the safety and sustainability of products and operations. Epidemiology, the study of the distribution and determinants (risk factors) of diseases in human populations, is considered the gold standard for assessing the relationship between toxicants and diseases or other health effects. Cardno epidemiologists have conducted a wide variety of epidemiology studies in both community and occupational settings, using proven methodologies and state-of-the-art techniques. We specialize in understanding the epidemiologic literature for many chemicals, and are experienced at characterizing hazards using a weight-of-the-evidence approach, or meta-analysis. We also design and conduct studies, and analyze data to identify trends and patterns related to exposure levels. We always consider the impact of other potential exposures in any given situation.

Cardno’s Geological Logging Systems (GLS) offers the latest technology and methodology to produce highly advanced borehole geophysical logs. This provides the information needed to make sound technical and cost-effective decisions for your business. Our geophysical logs provide unbiased, continuous in-situ measurements.