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China-Canada Cooperation Project in Cleaner Production  

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Participating Organizations

Chinese Agencies | Factories | Demonstration Sites | Canadian Contractors

Donor

The project has been financed by a grant of $Cdn. 15.43 million from the The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).

Chinese Participants

Agencies

The main Chinese executing agency is the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) in association with the following ministries and organizations:

Factories

Demonstration factories were selected at Fuyang and Huainan in Anhui province. Details on the factories are available at The Fuyang General Chemical Factory which manufactures fertilizer and The Anhui Pulp and Paper Mill.

Following the demonstration phase a number of other factories were included in the project including:

Pulp and Paper Mills

Chemical Plants - Fertilizer

Chemical Plants - Chlor-Aklali/PVC

Breweries

Non-Ferrous Metals

Demonstration Sites

Petroleum 

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Canadian Contractors

Main Contractors

IBM Business Consulting Services (BCS) -- http://www-1.ibm.com/services/bcs/ 

IBM Business Consulting Services (BCS) refers to the management consulting services business of the worldwide IBM organization. IBM Canada Limited refers to the wholly-owned Canadian subsidiary of IBM Corporation.

IBM Canada Ltd., part of the IBM Corporation, has been in business for over 80 years is the largest information technology services provider in Canada with approximately 12,500 employees. The IBM Canada Ltd. organization has 88 facilities in 26 locations in all major Canadian centers, including a manufacturing complex, and a technology development laboratory.

IBM Business Consulting Services, the consulting arm of IBM, delivers the integrated e-business solutions clients need to perform in the Internet economy. One of IBM Business Consulting Services' core strengths is the ability to integrate strategic advice with business and technology skills and services to help clients achieve measurable results through online transformations. IBM BCS professionals combine extensive global industry-specific and solution area expertise with local knowledge and experience with our key clients. This integrated approach provides clients with strategies and solutions that are designed to achieve well-defined, specific objectives. With expertise across 21 industries, including e-government transformations, IBM's consultants help governments in many countries capitalize on new operational models, reengineer core processes, integrate new technologies and create citizen-centric government portals that enable governments to serve their clients, their citizens, better. 

SNC-LAVALIN Environment --http://www.snc-lavalin.com

SNC-LAVALIN Environment Inc. (SLEI) is one of the leading fully integrated Canadian companies in the field of environmental sciences, environmental snc_lav3.gif (2104 bytes)engineering and geotechnical engineering. It is part of the SNC- LAVALIN Group, the largest engineering company in Canada and a world leader with $Can 1 Billion annual revenues, 6500 employees, and thousands of projects in Canada and world-wide.

SNC- LAVALIN Environment has a wealth of experience dating from 1937 in the field of geotechnical engineering and from 1973 in the field of environmental sciences. SNCw LAVALIN Environment has a strong and enviable track record and serves a diverse clientele including small, medium and large companies, all levels of government, domestic and international financial institutions and development banks.

SNC- LAVALIN Environment’s multidisciplinary team of professionals includes engineers, chemists, biologists, geologists, geographers, meteorologists, oceanographers and specialists in hydrogeology, social sciences and law.

Focusing on consulting services, the main fields of experience of SNC- LAVALIN Environment are:

  • environmental impact assessments: of industrial projects, of linear infrastructures, of marine projects, of resource management projects, permit acquisition assistance;

  • environmental audits: transaction and conformity audits, management audits;

  • geology and geotechnical studies: studies, laboratory tests and analyses, cold regions engineering, design, plans and specifications, pile foundations;

  • contaminated sites: site characterization, site restoration;

  • groundwater: hydrogeological studies, contaminant hydrogeology;

  • solid and hazardous waste: professional services related to municipal, commercial, industrial, hazardous wastes, design of facilities (landfills, incinerators, etc.) ;

  • mine sites: project impact assessments, site development plans, site closure plans, mine waste disposal

  • construction and materials quality control: large works, structural steels, laboratory tests and analyses, inspection and supervision of construction, concrete and building materials;

  • training and technical assistance: training courses in environment, institution strengthening, environment management systems, environmental technical assistance.

  • air and acoustics: air quality control, noise and vibration control;

  • fisheries and the aquatic environment: physical oceanography and marine geophysics, chemistry and biology of fresh and salt water, sedimentology, coastal management, fisheries.

SNC- LAVALIN Environment is ISO 9001 certified.

SNC- LAVALIN Environment has been active on the international scene since the mid-seventies. It has successfully completed projects in North and South America, Western and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

When it undertakes a project outside Canada, SNC- LAVALIN Environment usually hires local specialists or enters into joint venture agreements with local firms to ensure that its team, which is always headed by a senior Canadian professional with international experience, benefits from a full understanding of the local context. This approach also minimizes the cost of its services.


ESSA Technologies--http://www.essa.com

ESSA Technologies Limited is an industry leader in international environmental consulting. ESSA essa.gif (2451 bytes)provides environmental services to governmental agencies, international funding institutions, the private sector and non-governmental organizations. ESSA has its headquarters in Vancouver, Canada with offices Toronto, Canada and Ha Noi, Vietnam.

ESSA has conducted more than 1,000 projects, including environmental assessments, aquatic and terrestrial ecosystem management, ecological modeling and computer systems, coastal and marine environmental protection, institutional strengthening, master plans and feasibility studies.

ESSA's areas of expert services include:

  • state of the environment reporting

  • terrestrial ecology and forestry

  • EIA, EIA tools, methodologies and approaches

  • environmental capacity building, training and technology transfer

  • cumulative effects assessment

  • environmental monitoring

  • coastal environmental management

  • computer modeling and decision support systems

  • geographic information systems

  • pollution abatement and management

  • project management

  • aquatic ecosystem management and water resource management

Throughout its 18-year history, ESSA has developed computer-based tools to assist in solving complex environmental problems. ESSA uses computerized models and expert systems to help clarify environmental issues, manage environmental information, predict the behaviour of ecological systems, and provide decision support for environmental impact assessment. ESSA has built and used EIA expert systems, simulation models, geographic information systems, and database management software throughout the world. ESSA also has expertise in training, mediation, and in facilitating the involvement of the public and other stakeholders in environmental management.
 

Sub Contractors

HIG Environmental Consultants--HIG Environmental Consultants is a sole proprietorship established by its principal, Mr. Peter M. Higgins in 1996. Mr. Higgins was for many years a senior administrator in the Canadian Department of the Environment. His experience spans more than 30 years, and includes public service at all three levels of government in Canada, municipal, provincial and federal, as well as private sector experience as an environmental consultant. His consultancy is focused on environmental policy, environmental law and regulations, institutional strengthening and capacity building. Mr. Higgins has worked in Brazil, Pakistan, Chile, Nepal, the People's Republic of China, Turkey and Romania. In his private sector experience he has worked with environmental agencies in Pakistan, China, Chile and Nepal. His clients have included the International Finance Corporation (the private sector arm of the World Bank), the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, Industry Canada, Environment Canada, Coopers & Lybrand, and the Canadian Environmental Industry Association. Peter Higgins can be reached by email at higenvcons@aol.com .
 

Jacques Whitford--http://www.jacqueswhitford.com --Jacques Whitford is an employee owned multi-disciplinary firm of consulting engineers, environmental scientists and information technology consultants. The company offers services in Environmental Engineering, Environmental Sciences and Planning, Hydrogeology/Hydrology, Geotechnical Engineering, Materials Testing & Research, Air Quality/Noise Assessment, Agriculture and Agri-food Sector Services and Corporate Environmental Management.
 

Grand River Informatics Inc. (GRI) .--http://www.gri.ca-- GRI is a Canadian consulting company based in Fergus, Ontario.  GRI concentrates on the implementation of Information Technology in developing countries and has recently worked in Jordan, India, Pakistan, Rwanda and Burundi as well as in China. GRI also does system consulting and develops applications for multilateral and bilateral aid agencies and NGOs.  GRI's activities include general systems consulting, Internet and Web Site Development, database application design and implementation and data analysis.  GRI can be reached by email at jgordon@gri.ca

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