Associate to lead drive to best practice

Edited by the Manufacturingtalk editorial team Oct 3, 2003

Golder Associatessays that with the appointment of Chris McDonald as an Associate he will immediately assume the lead role in helping organisations achieve legislative compliance and best practice.

Golder Associates, a leading ground engineering and environmental services company, has announced the appointment of Chris McDonald as an Associate to the organisation.

As an Associate, McDonald will immediately assume the lead role in helping organisations achieve legislative compliance and best practice, particularly in the area of waste and environmental management.

"An increasingly demanding regulatory environment, such as that related to the PPC and Landfill Regulations, is placing an increasing burden on manufacturers.

My aim is not only to help businesses comply in the most cost effective and beneficial way, but to look beyond compliance such that in assisting examination of their own manufacturing processes and procedures, we add value to the business and open new opportunities," said McDonald.

McDonald joined Golder in 1995 with a background in engineering geology.

He worked primarily in the waste management team, initially on landfill design, construction and restoration, then on waste management licensing.

With the implementation of European Integrated Pollution, Prevention and Control (IPPC) and Landfill Directives, McDonald has assisted clients with strategic waste advice, PPC permitting and planning applications in the waste, cement and lime, metals, textile and food sectors.

Chris is currently Golder's market sector leader for manufacturing in the UK.

McDonald graduated from the University of Bristol with PhD investigating the impact of decalcification on the residual sheer strength of Fuller's Earth clay.

He then stayed at the university undertaking research, teaching and consultancy with Professor Brian Hawkins in a range of engineering geological topics including slopes, site investigation, mines, tunnels and hydrogeological studies until 1995 when he joined Golder.

About Golder Associates - Golder Associates is a premier global group of consulting companies, specialising in ground engineering and environmental science.

Operating as an employee-owned group since its formation in 1960, Golder Associates has created a unique culture with pride in ownership and a commitment to providing technically sound and cost-effective consulting and contracting services.

It develops close working relationships with its clients to understand the specifics of the complex environments in which they operate.

Golder Associates has experienced steady growth for more than four decades and has more than 3,000 dedicated people operating in local companies, with offices across Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America.

Its growth and diversity of services have paralleled the needs of its clients as they operate in an ever-changing and complex global environment.