RSK Middle East

RSK Middle East is a leading provider of environmental and geotechnical services, facilitating projects in the region through environmental due diligence services and technical acumen. It provides inclusive consultancy and contracting services in engineering, environmental management, geosciences and sustainability. It works and operates to ISO 45001, ISO 14001 and ISO 9001 certifications to achieve high technical, managerial and commercial performance, with a strong emphasis on occupational health and safety.

Its environmental and social services can include preparing comprehensive environmental, social and health impact assessments (ESHIA), environmental baseline surveys and socio-economic baseline surveys. It can also offer services relating to terrestrial ecology, including scoping, critical habitat assessments, habitat mapping, surveying (habitats, flora, fauna and avifauna), ecological impact assessments, management planning, monitoring, programme development, stakeholder engagement and capacity building.

Marine surveys can be conducted in environments such as oceans, seas, coastal areas and inland waterbodies. Environmental modelling services provide an understanding of the environment and can help to predict future scenarios, assessing the behaviour of environmental systems, including air, noise and water, and supporting client decision-making processes. The company’s air quality specialists offer varied services and engineering solutions for client needs. Hydrodynamic modelling services are offered to simulate fluid behaviour in various environments.

Environmental monitoring services, crucial in assessing the health and resilience of ecosystems, are provided with significant experience of the host country’s regulatory authority and existing environmental permits. Services may include marine ecology surveys, soil and sediment sampling, surface water monitoring and sampling and noise monitoring. Environmental and social management plans, social due diligence and audit services are also available.

Ground investigation and remediation services offered include multidisciplinary and integrated geotechnical and geoenvironmental investigation services, soil and groundwater assessments, topographical and bathymetric services and naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM) assessment and management. Other services include oil spill response, developing oil spill response plans and tactical response plans, training and competency, as well as utility mapping, vacuum excavation, waste management services, structural investigation and a wide range of remediation services.

RSK Middle East can also provide laboratory services, in Iraq, for requirements such as soil sampling and geotechnical, construction material and chemical testing, with a complete suite of organic testing.

It also offers an extensive range of climate change services to empower businesses and communities to achieve climate resilience. These services include greenhouse gas identification, assessment and mitigation, climate change risk assessment and strategy development and offsetting services.