WARDELL ARMSTRONG INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

Wardell Armstrong is a multi-disciplined consultancy, operating as an independent partnership. We offer services in minerals management, geology, geotechnics, mining engineering, civil and structural engineering, land reclamation, waste management and landfill engineering, renewable energy, environmental assessment and pollution control, and health and safety engineering.



The Firm has eight regional offices that are variously located in the industrial areas of Great Britain. The firm employs 343 people of which 263 are Technical Staff. The Firm has a London office at Sutherland House, 5-6 Argyll Street, London, W1F 7TE. Tel 0207 287 2872

ACTIVITIES
Feasibility & Due Diligence Studies, Mine Planning, Project Management:
Feasibility studies for underground and openpit mines and detailed mine design. Specification and costing of mine equipment and services. Scheduling of construction and production. Financial and economic analysis. Preparation of tender documentation and the assessment of bids for construction and supply of equipment. Procurement assistance and construction supervision.

Resource Appraisals:
Geological, geophysical and hydrogeological appraisals. Design and supervision of exploration programmes and resource/reserve assessments.

Waste Management & Disposal:
Evaluation and design of waste disposal facilities. Investigation, monitoring and control of gas and leachate from landfill sites. Groundwater and soil pollution studies.

Land Regeneration:
Site investigation and pollution in characterisation. Design and supervision of reclamation and remediation schemes for derelict/contaminated land. Stabilisation of shallow mineworkings, shafts, mine entries and waste tips. Backfilling and compaction of openpit and quarry operations. Advice on future land usage.

Renewable Energy:
Technical support for investigation, design and implementation of aquifer geothermal, wind, waste-to-energy and biomass projects

Environmental Services:
Environmental assessment, impact, monitoring, management and audits. Pollution control of mining and metal-forming industries and design of protection measures. Mine closure and restoration programmes and landscaping.

Geotechnics:
Slope stability assessments and rock mechanics studies. Advice on mining subsidence and ground stabilisation.

Mineral Estate Management:
Lease and licence advice and negotiations. Advice on mineral portfolio development. Mineral asset valuations for internal accounting, loan security, stock exchange listing, acquisition and disposal.

Civil & Structural Engineering:
Investigation and design of highways, bridges, structures, tunnels, services and infrastructure. Structural appraisals and damage assessments.

Health & Safety:
Expert advice on safe working practices and implications of legislation changes. Accident and personal injury investigations, arbitration and provision of expert witness. Monitoring of working environments.

TYPICAL PROJECTS
UK - Feasibility, technical and environmental studies of Nirex UK's underground rock laboratory (RCF). Project management, preparation of tender documentation and procurement assistance for the construction and equipping of the RCF. Outline design for the construction of the underground radioactive waste repository (DWR).
EIRE - Procurement assistance and construction supervision services for the mechanical and electrical systems for the underground Lisheen lead-zinc mine.
EIRE - Mine closure and rehabilitation planning for the underground lead-zinc mine at Galmoy
THAILAND - Design and supervision of geotechnical site investigations for inclined shafts accessing a potash deposit. Preparation of tender documentation for the incline drivage and trial stopes.
GHANA - Mine planning, stope design, costing and scheduling of the Ashanti mine's expansion project.
WORLDWIDE - Assessment of the technical, environmental, social, legal and economic issues of small scale mining for the UK's Department for International Development (DfID).
AUSTRALIA - Review of pollution abatement technologies at an aluminium smelter.
ZAMBIA - Due diligence studies in preparation for privatisation, to confirm limestone reserves belonging to a state-owned cement company
BULGARIA - EU Phare programme to develop a systematic framework of best practices for the closure of coal mines.
EUROPE - Review of gas emission problems from abandoned coal mines in the European Community..
CANADA - Workshop on: Stabilising ground over shallow coal mine workings on steep and shallow dipping seams.
INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT - Advice on constructional problems and a contractual claim in the construction of a deep coal mine beneath a major aquifer.
MONGOLIA - Preparation of an environmental management plan and establishing an environmental cell in a openpit coal mine belonging to Baganur Joint Stockholding Company
TANZANIA - Compilation of a legal land register for an environmental impact assessment of a new nickel sulphide mine and metallurgical plant.
UKRAINE - Pre-feasibility studies of a thin seam, deep underground coking coal mine.
INDIA - Due diligence studies of a 4 million tonne/year openpit coal mine for a 1,000 MW power station.
HONG KONG - Development of codes of practice for site safety management and a review of international practices. Study of systems for addressing building defects. Assessment of the stability of slopes and retaining walls near built-up areas.
CHINA - Feasibility and outline design for the restoration of a 35 million m3 landfill site.
LIBYA - Mineral exploration and evaluation of ceramic clays, sands and limestone for new tile, sanitaryware and dimension stone industries.
OMAN - Review of health and safety legislation for the mining industry.
CHINA - Environmental impact assessment for a gold mine.
KHAZAKHSTAN - Due diligence studies of an openpit lignite mine.
HONG KONG - Detailed design of a conceptual scheme to rehabilitate the Anderson Road quarry. Advice on preparation of tender documentation for the rehabilitation work.
GUYANA - Provision of geotechnical and environmental expert advice following the failure of a tailings dam at major openpit gold mine.
BURKINA FASO - Environmental audit and management plan for the Poura underground gold mine.
UK - Management of inherited liabilities in the Coal Authority's southern region, arising from the privatisation of the British Coal Corporation.
TANZANIA - Establishment of an environmental management framework for the mineral sector, as part of the country's revised mining legislation.
ROMANIA - Assistance in the restructuring of the state-owned mining industry, including the monitoring and supervision of mine closures, a sectoral environmental assessment and a hazards and risks mitigation project to protect the River Danube from the effects of mining.
CZECH REPUBLIC - Study of the country's renewable energy resources, including the potential for using wind, geothermal, biomass and solar energies.
ROMANIA - a social and environmental audit of the Rosia Montana gold mine as part of the due diligence studies required to raise finance for the mine's construction.
EUROPE - Development and testing of a 1.5MW direct drive generator for wind turbines, funded by the the EU's CRAFT programme
CHINA - Management of the UK-China technology transfer project on the capture and utilisation of gas in working coal mines.
HONG KONG - Stability assessment and engineering inspection of the SENT landfill.

EXPERIENCE IN
EUROPE & CIS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belguim, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom

MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA: Libya, Morocco, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Yemen

AFRICA: Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

SOUTH ASIA: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

EAST ASIA: China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Thailand

PACIFIC: Australia, New Zealand

NORTH AMERICA: Canada, USA

SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

OFFICES ABROAD
Wardell-Armstrong China Ltd

ASSOCIATIONS
Wardell Armstrong International Ltd
CSMA Consultants Ltd, England

SECTORS AND DISCIPLINES
Architecture: Structural and building services
Construction: Civil & specialist engineering
Construction: Project management
Construction: Structural engineering
Energy: Coal
Engineering: Civil
Engineering: Consulting
Environment: Clean up
Environment: Contamination
Environment: Impact assessment
Environment: Waste management
Industry: Engineering
Industry: Mining and minerals
Infrastructure: Bridges
Infrastructure: Engineers
Infrastructure: Road
Infrastructure: Tunnels
Transport: Bridges
Transport: Research
Transport: Roads
Transport: Tunnels

SECTORS AND DISCIPLINES

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