environmental engineering & laboratories
environmental engineering & laboratories
ambiente is a national leader in the field of environmental engineering and consulting. Strong of an experience of over 25 years in all environmental issues, we offer solutions that join the environmental sustainability with economic and operational needs of the market. ambiente draws up environment feasibility studies, performs environmental monitoring surveys, designs the impact mitigations, conducts analysis on emissions, characterizes waste, water and soil, and identifies the innovative solutions for the reclamation and requalification of industrial and urban areas.
Infrastructure and transports: roads - highways - harbours - railways underground - hub stations • Industry: chemicals - petrochemical pharmaceutical - mechanicals, mining and food •
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Public Administrations and Public Services’s Companies • Renewable energy • Estate manager • Banks and Insurance Companies •
ambiente is a reliable and skilled partner in all environmental engineering projects related with the major infrastructure both civilian that of transport. ambiente supports firms towards the realization of new plant, through the permitting process until the final approval, dealing also of the management and of the coordination project. ambiente boasts a workforce of over 130 units – engineers, chemists, geologists, biologists, agronomists, economists, ICT experts and lawyers – with interdisciplinary professional skills, so as to ensure the effectiveness of interventions, the quickness of execution, the deepening of the problems, the achievement of results.
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Waste management cycle Water management cycle Environmental planning Environmental reclamation
Geology- hydrogeologygeotechnical • Environmental matrices (water,air,soil) •
Activities RECLAMATION AND DISPOSAL
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING • Design of Environmental Monitoring Plans • Carrying out and managing of Environmental Monitoring Plan (ante–inter– post operam) • Geodatabase and WebGis implementation for the management and processing of environmental data
PERMITTING • Environmental due diligences • Environmental permits for wastewater discharge, atmosphere emission, wastes management, energy production • Integrated pollution prevention and control (IPPC) permits • Sanitary authorizations • IAFR qualifications
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT • • • • • • •
Specialised studies (noise, air, etc) Environmental Feasibility Studies Preliminary Environmental Studies Environmental Reports for SEE and IE Environmental Impact Studies Incidence Studies Landscape and environment inclusion studies
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Works Supervisor . Decommissioning. Design of Characterization’s Plan of Polluted Sites. Investigation, sampling and characterization on land, river and sea. Environmental Risk Analysis to estimate the remediation targets. Hydraulic modelling for pollutant’s transport. Design and implementation of safety interventions, reclamation and environmental rehabilitation. • Reclamation in-situ/on-site (AS / SVE, chemical oxidation, landfarming, phytoremediation) and off-site (removal, treatment plants). • Implementation of hydraulic barriers and systems for the management of polluted groundwater (pump & treat). • Management plans of soil and rock excavation.
POLLUTION CONTROL • Integrated prevention and control of industrial pollutions • Fallout studies of Dust and Chemical Pollutant • Consulting and risk analysis for companies at risk of a major accident
PLANNING • Waste management Plan and reclamation Plan • Management Plan on Site of Community Interest (S.I.C.) – Habitat Directive • Sustainable development • Acoustical planning • Energy planning • Strategic Environmental Assessment
HEALTH AND SAFETY • Risk evaluation in working places • Protection and Prevention Manager Role • Safety Manager for planning and execution • Creation of Safety and Coordination Plans, • Safety Coordination in temporary construction sites during planning and execution • Creation of Operative Plans, • Technical booklet of the construction
DESIGN ENVIROMENT SAFETY QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS • Quality Management System, complying with the regulation UNI EN ISO 9001:2008 • Environment Management Systems, complying with the regulation UNI EN ISO 14001:2004 and/or the regulation EMAS • Safety Management Systems, complying with the technical specification OHSAS 18001:2007 • Social responsibility certification systems SA 8000 • Safety Management Systems, complying with the technical specification UNI EN ISO 10617:2009 • Quality Systems in Laboratories UNI CEI EN ISO/IEC 17025 • Integrated Management systems for Quality – Environment – Safety • 09/08/2000
• Worksite activities • Environmental mitigation • Hydrogeological • Geotechnical • Design of conventional and renewable • energy plants
ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIC • Impact assessment and acoustic assessment • Electromagnetic Impact assessment - high and low frequency • Vibration’s Impact Assessment • Preliminary assessment of light pollution • Monitoring of ionizing radiation • Risk assessment of exposure to physical agents in work places • Assessment of the microclimatic indices • Light engineering • Energy Diagnosis and certification in buildings
TRAINING • Organization of training courses on Quality - Environment – Safety
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Chemical , biochemical and microbiological analysis and consulting service Chemical , biochemical and microbiological analysis and consulting service Laboratories of ambiente are an advanced technical division able to treat all environmental matrices, starting from the sampling to the analytical assess of data. Strength of the laboratories are highly qualified technicians, Strength of the laboratories are highly qualified technicians, the accuracy and quality of data, the research and development of new analytical methods, the continuous attention to customers and the continuous investment in new equipments and technologies. Laboratories are ACCREDIA certified (n. of certification 0510) in about 300 methods for environmental, industrial and agro-food hygiene analytical determinations.Laboratories is also part of “Research Laboratories of the Ministry of Innovation” and Research and part of “National Laboratories for R.E.A.C.H. of the Ministry of Health”.
Environmental Analysis Sampling of all environmental matrices From industrial sites, commercial sites, and landfill. Sampling activities for the chemical, microbiological and toxicological characterization of the marine and river sediments Surface water, groundwater, drinking water and wastewater Analytical activities addressed to the specific requirements, to the type of facilities and sites (chemical plants, reclamation site, water treatment plants and landfills). Soil, subsoil and sediments Analytical activities in the field of environmental characterization, reclamation, requalification of polluted sites.
Waste Identification and quantification of substances contained in the waste in order to assess the waste’s eligibility in landfills or recovery. Compost, fanghi biologici e ammendanti Analytical activities including analysis of materials to be composted. Air emission Periodic analytical controls on industrial plants Assessment of Relative Accuracy Index (IAR) on combustion gases.Real-time Evaluation of the emissions flow using GC-FID and TCD.Continuous Analysis for testing the industrial process gases. Determination of the composition of landfill biogas Workplaces Evaluation of exposure to chemical agents. Identification of the indices of worker exposure. Monitoring and mapping to assess the asbestos risk.
laboratory
Chemical , biochemical and microbiological analysis and consulting service
FOOD ANALYSIS Complete analytical investigation for the agri-food sector, aimed at monitoring the safety and wholesomeness of food. Biological analysis Microbiological analysis and research of pathogenic microorganisms. Study of bacteria implicated in organoleptic defects. Chemical and biochemical analysis Multiresidual Analysis and detection of residues of contaminants. Searching for allergens and toxins. Analysis of food packaging Test suitability of containers for food packaging. Test of total migration and specific migration. Biomolecular analysis Quantification of genetically modified organisms. Technical support and advice Studies on shelf life, challenge testing, resolution of environmental contamination, assessment of the cleaning procedures. Design and implementation of HACCP systems. Support for the development and certification of management systems according to the standard FAMI-QS ISO 22000 and standard BRC / IFS.
HEALTH ANALYSIS Analytical investigations for research and quantification of microorganisms of hygienic, such as quality indicators, applied in the health sector, for the validation of the workplace. Specific surveys Central sterilization and cleanroom. Sterility checks on tissue, monitoring the cleaning of medical devices, sterility of medical devices. Industrial laundries Validation of cleaning cycles. Control of microbiological quality fabrics. Monitoring and controls analyticity. Surgery Bio-contamination control . Monitoring and determination of anesthetic gases. Consulting Activities Legionella Risk Assessment and implementation of management systems and risk control legionellosis. RABC system implementation for bio-contamination control in industrial laundries (ISO 14065).
Office in Carrara
Office in Florence
Office in Milan
Ambiente has 4 offices in Italy
environmental engineering & laboratories
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Main and legal office CARRARA Via Frassina, 21 Tel. +39 0585.855624 Fax +39 0585.855617
Milan Via Paullo, 11 20135 - Milano Tel. +39 02.45473370 Fax +39 02.45473371
FIRENZE Via di Soffiano, 15 Tel. +39 055.7399056 Fax +39 055.7134442
Rome Via Nizza, 92 00198 Roma (RM) tel. +39.06/85357725 fax +39.06/85385575