Environment

The Nippon Koei Group works closely with clients to ensure that environmental aspects of their operations can be planned and managed efficiently alongside all of their other corporate functions.
We are able to provide a complete service, with capabilities for carrying out the following:

Environmental Impact Assessment:
Nippon Koei continues to conduct traditional EIAs for all kinds of development project. However, as the interests of development assistance agencies and financial institutions move ‘upstream’, we are increasingly involved in the environmental assessment of policy issues, poverty reduction programmes and direct budget support. Our EIA service includes the following elements:

Above: Environmental Management Plan for
 Ha Long Bay, Vietnam

• Inputs to feasibility studies

• Project design, appraisal and monitoring

• Environmental science field studies

• Mathematical modelling in relation to air and water quality, noise and ecosystems

• Social assessment studies

• Preliminary EIAs

• Institutional strengthening & training

• Scoping Studies

• Design of mitigation measures

• Environmental Management Plan (EMP)

• Resettlement Action Plan (RAP)

• Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEA)

Poverty Reduction Initiatives:
As the focus of development has moved to poverty reduction, Nippon Koei has contributed to poverty –environment issues on behalf of the development community. NK has applied its environmental expertise to the following:

• Participatory Poverty Assessments (PPA)

• Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP)

• Poverty-environment indicators

• Sector Wide Action Plans (SWAP)

• Poverty Reduction Strategy Credits (PRSC)

• Plans for Modernisation of Agriculture (PMA)

Environmental Management Systems:
Environmental Management Systems (EMS) have rapidly become an important part of commercial and industrial business management, and certification to ISO 14001 is becoming the norm (Nippon Koei Overseas Consulting Administration was certified on 1st April 2000). NK can provide services in:

• Capacity-building

• Environmental Audits (compliance, acquisition, divestment, management etc.)

• System development

• Training

• Due diligence

Environmental Monitoring: 
The implementation of environmental management measures requires the monitoring of environmental and social issues in the field, usually as part of an Environmental Management Plan (EMP). Nippon Koei is involved in the following monitoring activities:

• Programme design and specification  

• Baseline studies

• Data management

• Statistical analyses

• Performance verification

• Programme monitoring and audit

Solid Waste Management:
The ever-increasing growth of cities generates more and more solid waste.  These wastes can cause water pollution, contamination of land, and environmental health problems. Nippon Koei has been involved in the improvement of waste management practices, from planning through to implementation. The services provided include:

• Sustainable Waste Strategies  (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle)

• National Waste Management Planning

• Waste Minimisation Studies

• Waste Collection and Transport Systems

• Materials Recovery Facilities (MRF)

• Recycling Systems

• Waste to Energy Plant

• Transfer Stations

• Landfill Site Design

• Industrial Waste Management

• Clinical Waste Management

• Hazardous Waste Management

Name of Contact at NKUK: Dr Paul Driver   Director, Environment