Site Selection and Approvals Management Services

Through the formal Environmental Impact Assessment process, WorleyParsons provides comprehensive environmental and social input into project design at the critical early conceptual phase that addresses:

• Water consumption and impact on aquatic ecology
• Air emissions and their potential effect on human health and the environment
• Project footprint and assessment of impacts to flora and fauna
• Social and economic impact assessment
• Reclamation planning and implementation

These services are integrated with our project delivery capability to optimize both environmental and project outcomes, helping to assure timely project delivery and streamlined project approval.

Our multidisciplinary team of experts with extensive experience in site selection can provide customers with supporting information and advice to ensure all significant issues are evaluated prior to settling on a site including:

• Environmental impact
• Dredging strategy
• Geotechnical issues
• Layouts and future expansion
• Metocean considerations
• Constructability

The requirements for regulatory approvals for major developments are often complex and may pre-determine the rate of progress of a development. Identification and timing of approvals is critical to ensure the project meets all statutory requirements and covers all aspects necessary for project completion.

WorleyParsons’ Select team are experienced in the liaison with statutory authorities. Services in this area include:

• Advice on administrative protocols for regulatory approvals
• Site selection based upon environmental and safety siting constraints
• Preparation of approvals documentation such as drilling permit applications, pipeline licenses, works approvals, environmental impact statements, and environmental management plans and reports
• Government liaison
• Community consultation and stakeholder liaison