Sustainable Development Report 2010 [pdf, 2.13 MB] - Hatch

METALS • ENERGY • INFRASTRUCTURE 

SUSTAINABLE 

DEVELOPMENT REPORT 

2010

Chairman's Message................................... 4 

Director's Message...................................... 5 

Environmental Services............................... 6 

Environment and Sustainability................. 7 

Carbon Management................................ 9 

Successful Global Projects......................... 12 

Global.................................................. 13 

North America....................................... 14 

South America...................................... 19 

Africa................................................... 21 

Australia............................................... 23 

Walking the Talk....................................... 24 

Hatch Policies and Guidelines................. 24 

Safety.................................................. 24 

Certification for Management Systems...... 25 

Sustainable Procurement........................ 26 

Project LifeCycle Process........................ 26 

Our Environmental Performance.............. 27 

Our People............................................ 30 

Community Involvement............................ 34 

Principal Offices....................................... 38 

Health, Safety, Environment and 

Community (HSEC) Policy......................... 39 

Further inquiries about the content of this 

report can be made to: 

Corinne Boone 

Global Director, Environmental Services Group 

Hatch Mississauga 

2800 Speakman Drive 

Mississauga, Ontario L5K 2R7 

Canada 

cboone@hatch.ca

About Hatch 

Hatch is an employee-owned multidiscipline firm that 

provides consulting, design engineering, technology, 

environmental services, operational services and project 

and construction management to the global mining, 

metallurgy, energy and infrastructure sectors from 

65 offices around the world. Programs and projects 

under management by Hatch have an aggregate value 

of $35 billion. 

For the past several years, Hatch has been selected as 

one of Canada’s 50 Best-Managed Companies and has 

won more than 30 project-excellence and safety awards 

in the past 10 years. In 2008 the Project Management 

Institute presented the prestigious International Project 

of the Year Award to Hatch. 

Our Vision 

To be the world's pre-eminent supplier of technical 

and strategic services including consulting, information 

technology, engineering, process development, and 

project and construction management to the mining, 

metallurgy, energy, and infrastructure industries.

CHAIRMAN'S MESSAGE 

Hatch’s Corporate 

Quality Policy was 

updated in 2008 

to include sustainable 

development. 

Both Hatch and 

clients recognize 

the importance 

of managing and 

tracking sustainability 

activities. This 

report represents a balance between our 

progress at Hatch and exemplary examples 

of the progress of many of our clients. 

Hatch is proud to report that for five years we 

have maintained a lost-time injury frequency rate 

of just 0.14 per 200,000 project hours worked, 

while doubling our annual hours worked from 

20 million to 40 million. And we have been 

recognized on several major projects for our 

attention to safety details, which has won for 

Hatch project teams more than 20 safety awards 

in Australia, Canada, Chile and South Africa. 

Safety has become second nature to Hatch 

employees and our integrated staff client teams. 

Since 1996 we have made safety the top priority 

and a critical need for providing a “No Harm” 

work environment for all Hatch employees 

and suppliers. 

We also consider sustainable development 

a top priority. We have designed systems that 

facilitate the integration of sustainability into 

project design and implementation to foster 

regular monitoring, recording and reporting of 

these aspects in our projects. 

Hatch’s Environmental Services Group provides 

support to our engineering and technical project 

work by incorporating social, environmental, 

carbon management and overall sustainabledevelopment 

design expertise and experience. 

This approach helps our clients to achieve 

successful project outcomes; meet the 

expectations and needs of communities; and 

manage sustainability. 

Our plans for next year and beyond include 

continuing to provide clients with quality 

technical and strategic services that include 

sustainable development components; engaging 

with our stakeholders on sustainability; 

increasing our current levels of monitoring and 

reporting of waste, recycling, and staff travel; 

increasing our work sharing IT initiatives in 

order to reduce travel; and assessing our supply 

chain and its impacts. 

We encourage our external stakeholders to 

review this copy of our 2010 Sustainable 

Development Report, assess our performance 

and provide feedback on how we can continue 

to improve our sustainable development record. 

Kurt Strobele 

Chairman & CEO 

4 METALS • ENERGY • INFRASTRUCTURE

We at Hatch are 

committed to 

providing valuable 

services to our 

clients to assist them 

in meeting their 

financial, environmental, 

social and 

overall sustainable 

development goals 

and objectives. 

Because we supply engineering, project and 

construction management services, process and 

“We hold high standards for ourselves. Looking 

inward and walking the talk requires continuous 

improvement on sustainability and to this, we are 

committed. We strive to work with our clients 

and internally to further our combined goals and 

objectives of sustainable development.” 

business consulting and operational services 

to the mining, metallurgical, energy and infrastructure 

industries, the scope of our sustainable 

development services is broad and robust 

in its offering. 

The Environmental Services Group (ESG), 

composed of two portfolios — Environment and 

Sustainability and Carbon Management 

Services — works with clients and integrated 

project teams on environmental, social and 

sustainable development design and implementation 

aspects of strategies and projects. We work 

closely with our technical experts across the 

company to develop efficient engineering and 

environmental solutions with our clients. 

Our clients face many issues related to project 

development that are often played out on the 

global stage, under ever-increasing public scrutiny. 

Aspects such as social license to operate, water 

use, environmental risk and climate change are 

key elements to successful projects. Our job is to 

assist our clients to develop successful 

projects with benefits for 

our client, their communities 

and the environment. The case 

studies included in this report 

highlight examples of client projects 

that integrate environment 

and sustainability principles 

into strategy, project conception, 

design and implementation. 

We hold high standards for 

ourselves. Looking inward and 

walking the talk requires 

continuous improvement on 

sustainability and to this, we are committed. 

We strive to work with our clients and internally 

to further our combined goals and objectives 

of sustainable development. 

Corinne Boone 

Managing Director, Environmental Services Group 

GLOBAL DIRECTOR'S MESSAGE 

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Environmental Services 

Hatch Wollongong improved the office aesthetic and 

indoor air quality by installing more than 180 plants 

Hatch understands the environmental and social issues involved with 

projects within the mining, energy and infrastructure sectors. Our 

Environmental Services Group (ESG) provides innovative solution-based 

services related to sustainability; environmental issues and processes; 

social-and-community interaction; and carbon-management issues and 

initiatives. ESG works with internal and client project teams to integrate 

environmental and social issues into projects in which Hatch is engaged. 


The Environmental Services Group also 

works with clients on issues of strategic importance 

such as embedding sustainability into 

client programs and initiatives and providing 

carbon management services including 

carbon footprinting. 

ESG is comprised of two portfolios: Environment 

and Sustainability; and Carbon Management. 

addressed and that the Owner’s environmental 

commitments are complied with to the 

highest standards. 

Social Impact Management 

Hatch’s Social Impact Management team 

offers innovative approaches and value-added 

services to respond to growing client needs 

and expectations. 

Environment and Sustainability 

Our approach is to integrate environmental, 

community, social and overall sustainable 

development issues into an assessment and 

management process that provides clients with 

the ability to manage issues in a cost-effective 

manner throughout the project life-cycle process. 

Integration begins in the concept phase 

when key issues are identified in the context of 

the project and a way forward is agreed to with 

the client. 

Environmental Management 

Hatch’s Environmental Management professionals 

provide services for diverse projects in the 

mining and metals, infrastructure, and energy 

sectors. In addition to environmental impact 

assessments, we provide services related to 

the development of environmental design criteria, 

risk management, planning and permitting, 

environmental management systems and 

environmental due diligence. 

We work with our clients to ensure that all 

environmental regulations and standards are 

 

Hatch works to integrate environmental 

and social issues in our client’s projects, 

and embed sustainability in client programs 

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We assist clients in securing and maintaining 

effective communications with stakeholders, 

access to land, and project security in order to 

obtain a ‘Social Licence to Operate’. We work 

with engineering, procurement and construction 

teams to create opportunities for sustainable 

community development, manage expectations, 

reduce the possibility of work stoppages, and 

support project execution. 

Hatch has developed particular expertise that 

can be delivered as stand-alone services to our 

clients or fully integrated into a project. These 

services include: 

• Stakeholder engagement and consultation 

• Local labor analysis and workforce planning 

• Site assessment and selection 

• Indigenous, Aboriginal, and 

First Nations relations 

• Equator Principles assessments 

• Due diligence. 

Sustainable Development Design 

and Implementation 

Profitable, innovative solutions result by integrating 

the principles of sustainable development 

as early in the project life cycle as possible 

and throughout all project phases. In addition 

to helping reduce operating costs, this approach 

looks beyond the capital expenses of a project 

by examining change aspects in the design (via 

innovation) that lead to efficiency improvements 

and value-added solutions. We adopt a coupled 

approach with our clients and contribute innovative 

design practices to minimize project 

impacts while supporting the social growth 

of neighboring communities. 

Our approach involves achieving stakeholder 

consensus around sustainable development 

aspects, quantifying the value of these aspects, 

identifying areas of value within the scope of 

the project, and incorporating SD aspects and 

indicators into the design process, implementation 

and operation of projects. 

 

Hatch established “Suitcase 

for Seniors,” a clothing 

donation program for elderly 

patrons of the seniors’ cafeteria 

in El Estor, Guatemala, site of 

the Fenix ferronickel project 


Clients’ ’ Sustainable Development Principles 

Conceptual FEL 1Study Prefeasibility FEL 2 Study Feasibility FEL 3Study FEL 4 

Conceptual Study 

SD principles become SD procedures 

4-Quadrant Analysis 

Options are analyzed for cost versus social and 

environmental footprint 

SD decisions are documented and transparent 

SOHO 

Sustainability Opportunities and Hazards are identified 

Risks are identified and mitigated 

FutureWatch 

Footprint is measured in detail 

Areas in need of improvement are identified 

SD improvements are documented and transparent 

Pre Feasibility Study 

Feasibility Study 

Execution 

Sustainable 

Plant Design 

Best design 

options are 

implemented 

Execution 

FEL 1 FEL 2 FEL 3 FEL 4 

Regulatory compliance is augmented by innovative, cost-effective and 

technically-viable solutions 

Clients’ ’ Sustainable Development Procedures 

Hatch uses its leading-edge suite of tools to 

assess risk and identify opportunities by linking 

sustainability objectives to project development 

outcomes. Our implementation approach supports 

decision-making initiatives, especially for 

long-term projects that are faced with regulatory 

uncertainty. 

The application of Hatch’s sustainability tools 

and approach assists companies to increase 

the environmental and social value of projects, 

achieve project outcomes on time and enable 

the monitoring of the project’s sustainable development 

footprint throughout its life. 

Carbon Management 

Global warming is high on the agenda of industry, 

government and the public globally. We 

are faced with a carbon-constrained future, and 

industry response in this regard has become core 

to business. Innovative solutions are a must if 

climate change is to be effectively managed in 

the long term. 

Hatch carbon management professionals have 

the depth of skills and experience to assist clients 

in this regard. We have a proven track-record 

of integrating strategic, engineering and environmental 

issues to seek win-win-win solutions 

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for the environment, economy and society. We 

combine our expertise in four areas to provide 

our clients with integrated management and a 

technical approach to solving climate change 

challenges, including: 

• Carbon management and 

climate change services 

• Energy efficiency and demand management 

• Carbon capture and storage 

• Renewable and alternative 

energy technologies. 

Carbon Management and Climate Change 

The overall approach to carbon management 

and climate change services is broad and covers 

a variety of subjects for our clients. 

We are involved in regulatory monitoring to 

understand ever-changing climate change 

regulations and policies and turn them into opportunities 

for clients. We are also involved in 

emission-reduction project development and 

implementation, and we help our clients to identify 

and implement initiatives that lead to emission 

reductions at the project level. In addition, 

Hatch conducts carbon footprinting and reporting 

for clients to help them better understand 

and manage their carbon emissions. Finally, we 

have a proprietary in-house tool to strategically 

prioritize greenhouse gas reduction opportunities 

to develop realistic abatement plans, targets, 

growth plans and goals. 

Energy Efficiency/Demand Management 

In today’s increasing carbon-constrained environment, 

businesses face significant pressure to 

reduce energy consumption and improve energy 

efficiency. Hatch has extensive expertise in 

helping clients achieve long-term energy reductions 

by providing management and technical 

solutions that will achieve sustained energyreduction 

targets. 

Hatch’s ‘Energy Demand Management’ solutions 

can result in measurable savings of between 

5% and 20% in site energy usage. Hatch has a 

proven track-record in helping clients integrate 

energy management solutions into their business 

plans and operations. 

Hatch also has extensive experience in designing 

plants to achieve the most energy-efficient 

solutions by conducting process simulations and 

using logistical models. Hatch’s Technologies 

business units owns more than 100 patents in 40 

technology areas, and Hatch’s professional process 

engineers are knowledgeable in the latest 

available technologies. 

Carbon Capture and Storage 

A promising technology to help combat greenhouse 

gas emissions is carbon capture and 

storage (CCS). Although often thought to be in 

developmental stages, CCS technology is similar 

to well-proven conventional technologies such 

as sour natural gas processing and enhanced oil 

recovery. Hatch’s combined experience in these 

commercial fields and our project experience 

are unmatched in the industry, and can provide 

clients with practical solutions to reducing their 

CO 2 

emissions. Hatch’s experience with carbon 

capture is broad and ranges sequentially from 

the conceptualization of a project to feasibility 

studies, front-end engineering design and complete 

engineering, procurement and construction 

management (EPCM) of projects. 

Renewable and Alternative Energy 

Technologies 

Hatch is an internationally recognized leader in 

the renewable energy sector and has designed 

more than 40,000 MW of hydropower and 

10,000 MW of wind power in projects ranging in 

size from micro-installations to stations of several 

thousand megawatts. These projects have been 


Hatch can conduct environmental constraint assessments for solar energy facilities to identify issues 

that could stop project development or necessitate modifications to the layout of the solar panels 

undertaken in more than 125 countries and 

have included all project phases. We are one of 

the few companies with hands-on construction 

management experience for wind projects, and 

have designed more than 50% of the installed 

wind power capacity in Canada. Hatch has also 

worked on solar projects since the inception of 

the technology and provides a comprehensive 

suite of services for photovoltaic and concentrating 

solar thermal plants. 

Use of biomass as an energy source for new developments 

and retrofits offers our clients security 

from the uncertainty of future carbon taxes 

and the tightening regulations on other fugitive 

emissions, while presenting new development 

and investment opportunities in the developing 

bio-fuels market. Hatch has a team of experts 

and technologists to assist clients in the application 

and design of bio-energy facilities in the 

fields of renewable power and fuel production. 

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Successful Global Projects 

Hatch designed two water power facilities for the 

Welland Canal, converting previously spilled 

water into green, renewable energy and offsetting 

16,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year 

Hatch provides a diverse set of skills, tools and approaches to support 

our clients’ projects. Our approach is built on the world’s best practices, 

our awareness of emerging issues, and innovation through thought 

leadership and years of experience. 


The following case studies highlight examples 

of client projects that integrate environment 

and sustainability principles into strategy, project 

conception, design, implementation and 

ongoing monitoring. 

Global 

Asia Pacific Partnership on Clean 

Development and Climate 

Hatch’s Environmental Services and Iron and 

Steel groups provide technical assistance to the 

Steel Task Force (STF) of the Asia Pacific Partnership 

(APP) on Clean Development & Climate, 

a multinational industry-led group focused 

on improving the environmental performance 

of the steel industry in the seven member 

countries responsible for the majority of global 

steel production. 

curve analysis as well as a survey for integrated, 

electric arc furnace and hybrid steel plants. The 

barrier survey polls obstacles to the implementation 

of energy reduction technologies based on 

a rigorous study Hatch conducted to identify 

possible barriers to adoption. Hatch also identified 

additional improvement technologies for air 

emissions control equipment, energy reduction 

and GHG reduction for the APP-STF for consideration 

in APP’s state-of-the-art Clean Technology 

Handbook. 

International Manganese Institute 

Sustainability Strategy 

The International Manganese Institute (IMnI) is 

developing a sustainability strategy and implementation 

program to fit within IMnI’s five-year 

Hatch’s work has focused 

on the establishment of 

energy and environmental 

baselines and the identification 

of energy reduction 

and environmental improvement 

opportunities. 

The scope included validating 

and analyzing data 

collected by APP to establish 

an emissions baseline 

for each APP country, 

and assessing barriers to 

implementing state-of-theart 

technologies in each APP country. Data filters 

were developed to identify anomalous data for 

the integrated steelmaking and electric arc furnace 

(EAF) routes. 

“Hatch did an outstanding job of interviewing our member 

companies to draw out the critical information needed to 

create a high-priority road map for a sustainability-action 

plan that would address the urgent needs of all members, 

irrespective of size, location or regulatory environment.” 

– Anne Tremblay, Secretary General 

International Manganese Institute 

plan. IMnI believes that a shared understanding 

of sustainability will be achieved and responsible 

business practices will be ensured through 

implementation of the sustainability program. 

New survey questionnaires, as well as a survey 

methodology, were developed for the APP based 

on Hatch recommendations. As part of the study, 

a novel barrier analysis technique was developed 

that incorporated a marginal abatement 

Hatch was retained by IMnI to develop and 

implement a global sustainability strategy and 

program for IMnI that, through extensive consultations, 

could be endorsed by all IMnI members. 

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Hatch was able to create consensus among the 

IMnI membership who all had varying degrees of 

understanding and appreciation of sustainability. 

Hatch identified key risks and opportunities that 

the manganese industry could relate to in order 

to shape their vision and definition of sustainability. 

Hatch developed a clear path forward 

that received unanimous consent from the entire 

membership, and, as a result of their engagement 

and enthusiasm for the strategy and the value 

that it will add to the business, IMnI was able to 

raise more funds from the membership for the 

implementation of these sustainability initiatives. 

IMnI’s first key milestone, to conduct a preliminary 

life-cycle assessment (LCA) and determine 

the industry’s carbon footprint, has been completed. 

Future milestones in the strategy include 

for a more comprehensive LCA with more 

member coverage, understanding how climate 

change legislation works and how it affects the 

industry, and to institutionalize the sharing of 

best practices. 

GCCSI — Supporting Carbon Capture 

and Sequestration 

The Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute 

(GCCSI), founded in Australia, aims to accelerate 

the commercialization of carbon capture and 

storage (CCS) technology in accordance with the 

commitment of the G8 countries to develop 20 

large-scale CCS projects, to be in operation by 

2020. Hatch became a member of the GCCSI 

in December 2009. At that time there were 190 

members including most of the world's major energy 

producers and many national governments. 

GCCSI provides A$50 million per year in funding 

for CCS projects. GCCSI received more than 

50 applications for the first year’s $50M project 

FEED-study funding. Hatch was appointed by 

GCCSI as part of a consortium to provide technical, 

environmental and social assessments of the 

carbon-capture and storage projects. 

Hatch conducted toll gate reviews on the Front 

End Engineering Design (FEED) studies to advise 

the GCCSI of the appropriateness and potential 

benefits derived from the studies. Our work 

focused on environmental, social and technical 

aspects of the projects was critical to ensuring 

that GCCSI selects the projects that best contribute 

to its strategic objectives. 

Our assessment was completed in March 2010. 

Many of the FEED studies will be completed 

within 12 months and some of the CCS projects 

are likely to be operational between 2015 

and 2020. 

North America 

Recurrent Energy Solar Energy Developments 

Recurrent Energy is developing several solar 

power facilities in southern and eastern Ontario, 

Canada, and retained Hatch to help with preliminary 

assessments and to manage the environmental 

review process as mandated by the 

Renewable Energy Approvals process. 

Hatch completed environmental constraints 

assessments that involved the review of existing 

databases of natural features, including provincially 

significant wetlands, creeks, known species 

at risk, areas of natural and scientific interest, 

and First Nation's land claims on or in the area of 

subject properties. 

Recurrent Energy was able to use the information 

to provide more accurate layouts and avoid 

sensitive environmental features. 

BC Hydro Site C Clean Energy Project 

The Site C Clean Energy Project is a proposed 

900+ MW hydropower development, and will 

be the third hydropower project on the Peace 

River in northeast British Columbia, Canada. BC 

Hydro enlisted the services of Hatch to provide 

strategic advice on the environmental assessment 

and regulatory and permitting processes. Hatch 


Hatch provided strategic advice on the environmental assessment for BC Hydro’s proposed 

Peace River hydropower development 

is also involved with providing environmental 

and social (sustainability) input associated with 

optimizing the design for the project. Hatch's 

proprietary 4-Quadrant Analysis (4QA) sustainability 

tool was used to evaluate options for a 

refined and updated design that meets current 

seismic, safety and environmental guidelines. 

In combination with property owner input, the 

4QA model was also used to assess a series of 

options for relocating portions of Highway 29 

that will be affected by the proposed reservoir. 

Hatch facilitated a series of workshops as part of 

the 4QA process. 

Hatch will help BC Hydro to identify sustainability 

opportunities aimed at reducing the 

overall project footprint as impacts become 

fully defined. 

Alberta Saline Aquifer Project — 

Carbon Capture and Sequestration 

The Alberta Saline Aquifer Project (ASAP) is an 

initiative by the energy transportation company 

Enbridge Inc. of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Industry 

participants, government agencies, academic 

organizations and consultants will collaborate in 

an effort to design and demonstrate the safe and 

reliable long-term sequestration of CO 2 

. Hatch 

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has been appointed as one of only two EPCM 

consultants participating in ASAP, and Hatch’s 

representatives are also part of the project steering 

committee. This project is comprised of three 

development phases with the objective being a 

3,000-tonnes per day injection facility. 

The project is examining the technical, economic 

and public policy issues surrounding 

underground sequestration of CO 2 

. ASAP is the 

first project of its kind in Canada, and will play 

a major role in advancing industry and government 

knowledge of CO 2 

sequestration. Other 

members of the ASAP group include ATCO 

Power, BP Canada, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, 

Enbridge Inc, EnCana, EPCOR, TransCanada and 

UTS Energy Corporation, among others. 

bitumen production 

solvent injection 

N-Solv — Sustainable Development 

Technology for Oil Sands 

Hatch, Nenninger, and Enbridge are developing 

a revolutionary method to extract bitumen in-situ 

from the Alberta oil sands — N-Solv. The underlying 

principle behind the process is the use of 

a recyclable solvent. Similar to steam-assisted 

gravity drainage (SAGD), heat is transferred from 

the working solvent to the bitumen reservoir. 

However, the use of a solvent negates the need 

for water, natural gas and resultant steam. N-Solv 

capitalizes on existing well recovery techniques 

while eliminating the need for ancillary equipment 

such as chemical water treatment and 

steam turbines. 

The use of a solvent is the most energy efficient 

method of injecting heat into a bitumen 

reservoir, offering significant opportunity for 

energy and cost savings in addition to a reduced 

environmental footprint per barrel of bitumen 

produced. N-Solv's carbon footprint is less 

than 1/7th that of currently practiced extraction 

techniques. In addition, bitumen produced 

carries a premium such that it leaves heavier 

hydrocarbons and ashphaltenes behind in the 

reservoir and does not suffer from upgrading 

losses. N-Solv is in the process of implementing 

a field pilot. 

Evergreen Line Rapid Transit Project — 

Sustainable Transport 

The Evergreen Line Rapid Transit Project is an 

11-km addition to Metro Vancouver's automated 

SkyTrain advanced light rapid transit system to 

connect the existing Millennium Line in Burnaby, 

British Columbia, to the northeast Metro 

Vancouver municipalities of Port Moody and 

Coquitlam. 

 

The N-solv process uses no water and 85% less energy 

than steam-assisted gravity drainage 

The project will contribute to a net reduction in 

regional greenhouse gas emissions of 9.3 kilotonnes 

per year by 2021. Up to 70,000 travellers 

per day who rely on single-occupancy vehicles 


will make the shift to the electric-powered 

Evergreen Line. 

As the Owner's Environmental Managers for 

the project, Hatch was 

responsible for preparing 

an application for an 

environmental assessment 

certificate (EAC), which 

involved identifying the 

baseline environmental, 

social, economic, heritage 

and health resources; 

assessing potential benefits 

and adverse impacts 

on these resources; and 

developing mitigation 

measures to enhance 

benefits and avoid or 

reduce adverse impacts. Hatch was also responsible 

for consulting with First Nations who have 

an interest in the project. Moving forward, 

Hatch will advance the EAC application through 

the formal agency, First Nations and public 

review processes. 

Sea-to-Sky Highway Expansion 

Peter Kiewit Infrastructure Co. was contracted to 

undertake the $500-million Sea-to-Sky Highway 

Improvement Project; the highway links West 

Vancouver, British Columbia with the resort 

municipality of Whistler. In sub-contract to 

Kiewit, Hatch Mott McDonald (HMM) was lead 

designer for the work which involved improving 

the safety, capacity, and reliability of the 

highway over 60 kilometres of the Sea-to-Sky 

corridor, through re-alignment, widening, and 

new highway segments. 

both respected and enhanced and full compliance 

with the terms of the project Environmental 

Assessment Certificate was achieved. 

“It has been a pleasure working with Scott Hanna [of Hatch] 

on the Evergreen Line Rapid Transit Project for the past year. 

His professionalism and dedication were much appreciated.” 

– David Chang, Associate Project Director 

British Columbia Ministry of Transportation 

and Infrastructure 

Sustainability Opportunities and Hazards 

Review for plant expansion 

In 2008, a refined mineral producer started an 

expansion project to increase the capacity of its 

ore preparation plant by 30%. This expansion 

covered the ore pre-treatment plant, comprising 

a wet beneficiation section and rotary kilns. 

The work was started in 2005 and was completed 

in time and on budget for the 2010 Winter 

Games. Existing natural resources and sensitive 

habitat within the highway corridor have been 

The safety, capacity and reliability of the 

Sea-to-Sky Highway in Canada were improved 

with minimal environmental impacts 

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Hatch helped integrate social and environmental considerations in the design and implementation 

of Codelco’s Mina Ministro Hales brownfield copper concentration plant 

From the prefeasibility stage, the client wanted to 

incorporate sustainable development principles 

into the design of the project. Hatch conducted 

a Sustainability Opportunities and Hazards 

Overview (SOHO) to identify sustainability risks 

and opportunities associated with the project 

and integrate them in the project design. 

The review involved 12 representatives from 

several departments: project management, 

engineering, process, operations, environment, 

occupational hygiene and human resources. 

Participants found that while the project would 

enhance the economic performance of the company 

and provide positive economic impacts 

on the region, it would also change on-site and 

off-site road and rail traffic; increase plant utilization; 

require higher productivity; and increase 

air emissions, fuel consumption and fresh water 

consumption. 

As a result of the reviews, several opportunities 

were identified such as improving kiln energy 

efficiency and reducing coal losses. The project 

scope was also changed to account for an additional 

objective: to maintain the company’s present 

global fresh water consumption by reducing 

fresh water consumption by 1000 US gallons per 

minute in the wet beneficiation plant. This was 

accomplished by modifying equipment to use 

recycled water instead of fresh water, and installing 

flowmeters to monitor the wet beneficiation 

plant’s fresh water consumption. 


The results of the review were also used to 

define the project's sustainability strategy. Hatch 

provided the tools for this review, trained the 

facilitator and transferred experience of such 

reviews from other projects. 

Development of GHG inventory methodology 

As the Province of Québec, Canada, has committed 

to the Western Climate Initiative (WCI), its 

industries will have to report their GHG emissions 

from 2010 onwards. A large industrial complex 

has mandated Hatch to adapt WCI guidelines 

and the related Québec regulation to the 

specifics of their process and develop a GHG 

inventory methodology (including a spreadsheet 

tool and a detailed procedure) that would 

comply with these requirements. 

Hatch's Environmental Services Group is contributing 

by providing the project team with expertise 

in WCI requirements and GHG inventories. 

South America 

Codelco Mina Ministro Hales Project 

Codelco’s Mina Ministro Hales (MMH) is a 

mining project located at an altitude of 

2,400 metres, near Calama City and Codelco’s 

Chuquicamata mine in Antofagasta, Chile. Hatch 

was retained to provide basic engineering for 

a brownfield copper concentration plant that 

will increase the treatment capacity of Ministro 

Hales from 182,000 tonnes per day (tpd) to 

232,000 tpd. 

Included in the scope was an increase in smelter 

capacity from 1,500 kilotonnes per annum (ktpa) 

to 1,650 ktpa. This capacity increase was to be 

achieved by the addition of a fifth CPS, upgrading 

smelter gas handling systems and sizing 

the MMH acid plant to handle three blowing 

converters. 

Hatch’s Environmental Services Group worked 

to ensure the project encompassed a proactive 

 

A meteorological tower at the Calama site records 

wind velocity and direction 

and holistic approach to both community and 

environmental sustainability while minimizing 

potential risk. The team integrated social and 

environmental considerations in the design and 

implementation to reduce risk and increase 

competitive advantage. 

Calama Wind Farm 

The Calama wind farm project is a proposed 

50-MW to 100-MW wind farm located at an 

altitude of 2,400 metres near Calama City and 

Codelco’s Chuquicamata mine in Antofagasta, 

Chile. The project is part of Codelco’s drive to 

overcome energy shortages and incorporate 

clean and renewable energy sources for its new 

copper mining projects. 

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In April 2008 a change was enacted in Chile’s 

electricity law to encourage the development 

of renewable forms of energy, including small 

hydro, solar, biomass, geothermal and wind. 

Codelco commissioned a study to examine the 

wind energy potential of the Calama site with 

the goal of ensuring access to a source of clean 

renewable energy. 

Hatch completed a two-phased engineering 

study for the proposed Calama wind farm project. 

Hatch reviewed earlier stages of work, made 

an independent assessment of energy potential, 

and assessed construction costs and the business 

model for different potential project sizes, ranging 

from 50 MW to 250 MW. 

Hatch carried out a wind resource analysis 

for the site to optimize the turbine layout and 

provide a reliable estimate of annual energy 

production so that different business models 

could be developed. Hatch also prepared the 

project’s “Environmental Impact Declaration” 

for submission to government authorities for 

project approval. 

Clean Development Mechanism — 

Landfill Gas Management Projects 

KDM builds and operates landfills that use stateof-the-art 

technology in landfill gas management. 

Loma Los Colorados is the largest landfill 

in Chile and it was the first landfill gas project in 

the country to be registered as a Clean Development 

Mechanism (CDM) project activity to the 

Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework 

Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). 

A CDM project must demonstrate that it will 

reduce greenhouse gas emissions beyond those 

levels expected in the absence of the project, 

and that it will contribute to sustainable development 

in the host country. 

Hatch personnel assisted KDM to develop the 

CDM aspects of its projects and Hatch continues 

to assist the company during the development of 

new and more efficient ways of using the potential 

energy from waste, with a focus on implementing 

technologies that reduce GHG emissions. 

Hatch is also assisting KDM to coordinate 

the annual verification of the Certified Emission 

Reductions (CERs). 

KDM is currently replicating the Loma Los Colorados 

CDM project structure in two new smaller 

landfills in southern Chile. For both projects 

Hatch is coordinating and/or developing the 

documentation required to seek approval and 

registration of the projects as CDM provisions. 

Hatch is helping KDM maximize its GHG emission 

reductions by facilitating innovation within 

its CDM projects. 


Strict monitoring protocols 

were put in place at the 

Port of Ngqura to ensure 

that the impacts of dredging 

and dumping activities 

remained within agreed 

parameters 

Africa 

Transnet Rail and Ports Expansion Program 

In January 2006 the HMG Joint Venture (comprising 

Hatch, Mott MacDonald and Goba) was 

engaged as the EPCM contractor by Transnet, a 

state-owned enterprise, for a five-year contract 

to manage the major infrastructure development 

program encompassing all the major ports and 

rail corridors in South Africa. The program was 

made up of 27 projects with a combined capital 

value of R80 billion. 

Planning for South Africa’s future 

port and rail requirements 

To support Transnet’s preparation of the Transnet 

Infrastructure Plan, sustainable development criteria 

were developed to provide a framework to 

guide development decisions. The environmental 

team conducted high-level screening studies of 

the environment in and around the country’s 

eight commercial ports. The planning team then 

developed layout options for future developments 

in each port, looking for ways to achieve 

the best operational layout while avoiding or 

minimizing impacts on the sensitive areas. 

In the ports of Richards Bay, Durban and Saldanha, 

the potential change in the economic value 

of ecosystem’s goods and services were determined 

using environmental valuation techniques 

and following the United Nations Millennium 

Assessment protocol. 

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New major rail corridors were also identified and 

assessed in several provinces. The planning and 

environmental teams worked closely together to 

identify route options and social and ecological 

issues that would have to be considered. 

Rail routing options 

Where rail expansion was prioritized for immediate 

development, more detailed environmental 

studies were undertaken. These included 

screening and routing studies, the identification 

and planning of environmental permitting 

requirements, and coordination of environmental 

impact assessments. 

Port developments 

South Africa’s ports are all in ecologically-sensitive 

areas. The ports of Richards Bay and Durban 

are especially sensitive as they contain fish 

breeding areas of coastal pelagic fish and other 

locally important ecosystems such as mangroves. 

These areas were considered in the design of 

new port facilities. 

Dredging to deepen channels and berths was 

a requirement in the ports of Durban, Ngqura, 

Cape Town and Saldanha. Environmental studies 

were undertaken to plan the dredging activities 

and identify offshore disposal sites in accordance 

with the requirements of the London Dumping 

Convention. These studies were also required to 

obtain the necessary permits. 

The environmental team managed several environmental 

impact assessments (EIA) consultancies 

during the program and used their extensive 

knowledge of the ecological and social environments, 

as well as Hatch’s Project LifeCycle 

Process, to ensure integration of the EIAs with 

project design. 

Developing a permitting strategy 

The environmental team worked closely with the 

project managers to ensure that the EIA and permitting 

processes were fully integrated with the 

 

New rail corridors were identified as part of 

South Africa's Transnet expansion program. Hatch's 

environmental team identified social and ecological 

issues to be considered as part of the expansion 

life cycle of the project. This facilitated the cross 

pollination of information and ideas between the 

engineers developing designs and the environmental 

team identifying impacts and options and 

both groups together looking at mitigation. The 

process ensured the successful completion of 

projects in harmony with the sustainable development 

objectives of the program and Transnet 

while meeting legal, best practice and community 

requirements, reducing environmental risk. 

MeerKAT Radio Telescope Project 

MeerKAT is a radio telescope project that is 

being established in the Karoo Desert in South 

Africa. It is a national project and a demonstration 

of South Africa’s capacity to host the 

international Square Kilometre Array (SKA), a 

revolutionary radio telescope with one square 

kilometre of collecting area allowing up to 50 

times the sensitivity and 10,000 times the survey 

speed of the best current-day telescopes. 


In order to develop a competitive bid for the 

SKA, the MeerKAT project is investigating the 

use of solar energy to provide sustainable power 

to the project’s facilities. Various systems are being 

considered for the project, including: 

• A photovoltaic (PV) system to supply energy to 

the MeerKAT support base and demonstrate 

the capability of PV facilities to power future 

remote telescope stations 

• A concentrating solar-thermal (CST) system 

intended to supply electricity to the 

MeerKAT core. 

Hatch conducted a pre-feasibility study investigating 

the use of solar power systems to power 

the MeerKAT project facilities. The scope included 

a technology review of PV technologies, 

preliminary resource assessment, water requirements 

and infrastructure analysis, site selection 

support, electrical grid capacity and conceptual 

layout designs for the PV array. Project schedules 

and cost estimates were developed for both a 

PV and CST system in order to comment on the 

overall feasibility of the projects. 

Australia 

INPEX Accommodation Strategy and 

Stakeholder Engagement 

INPEX, an international oil and gas company, 

engaged Hatch to develop an accommodation 

strategy to address accommodation needs for the 

onshore construction workforce required for the 

construction of the proposed liquefied natural 

gas (LNG) processing plant in Darwin. Hatch's 

Environmental Services Group consulted a range 

of key local, state and federal government stakeholders, 

peak business organizations, Indigenous 

organizations and local residents to help identify 

the most appropriate accommodation site and 

gather key stakeholder and community attitudes 

towards the preferred site. This information was 

then incorporated into engineering the accommodation 

facility design. 

Feedback by the client, key stakeholders and 

the communities involved in the consultation 

process has been positive. The process was 

viewed as transparent and well orchestrated by 

stakeholders involved. 

CSRP — Innovative in Sustainable 

Development Design and Implementation 

Hatch has contributed to the Center for Sustainable 

Resource Processing (CSRP), a collaborative 

research centre in the Australian Federal Government’s 

scheme since 2003. Our contribution 

to the Centre has been providing funding for 

projects and research capabilities. A member of 

Hatch Brisbane’s Environmental Services Group 

has been a member of the CSRP’s technical 

advisory panel since its inception. 

In terms of thought-leadership, the most important 

aspect of the CSRP is the development of 

Sustainable Operations (SUSOP®), incorporating 

sustainable development principles into the 

design and operation of industrial processing 

plants. SUSOP® is a leading industry standard 

approach to sustainability. A large portion of the 

theoretical development of the framework was 

contributed by Hatch and has been tested on a 

series of projects since 2007. 

 

Solar panels could provide renewable power to the 

MeerKAT radio telescope facilities in South Africa 

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Walking the Talk 

A solar hot water system was installed at Hatch's 

office in Wollongong, Australia. The system reduces 

energy consumption by 50% 

Hatch Policies and Guidelines 

Our Health, Safety, Environment and Community 

Policy is aligned with the world’s best practices, 

including ISO 14000 (Environmental) and 

OHSAS 18000 (Health & Safety). Sustainable 

development is included within the policy as a 

core value within Hatch. 

Safety 

Safety is paramount to Hatch and is a priority on 

all Hatch projects. Our health and safety goal is 

“No Harm” to the people, plant, equipment, and 

the environment and the communities in which 

Hatch works. 

Hatch has developed three tools to ensure that 

safety principles and training are given the priority 

they need to provide a “No-Harm” environment 

on projects, in the office, and at home. 

Working Together Safely is Hatch’s main tool for 

training staff and partners in how to deliver ‘The 

Hatch Way’ of safety to our people and projects. 

This program is designed to increase safety 

knowledge and skills, safety management, and 


safety leadership at Hatch. The program reinforces 

what we need to do to effectively achieve our 

common purpose of ensuring that our people, 

our contractors' people, and our clients' people 

go home every day free of occupational 

injury or illness. 

Hatch iPas Safety Management is the primary 

tool used to access safety information such as 

policies, procedures, references and guidelines. 

In addition to continually delivering our Working 

Together Safely (WTS) programs globally, Hatch’s 

Visible Felt Leadership (VFL), Construction Safety 

Leadership Program (CSLP) and Hatch Incident 

Management Process (HIMP) provide a robust 

foundation of project delivery with an embedded 

safety culture. 

Certification for 

Management Systems 

At Hatch we focus on exceeding client expectations, 

achieving client satisfaction and continuous 

improvement. We deliver quality project 

outcomes to our clients by empowering 

Hatch's two most important resources: people 

and knowledge. 

Hatch is certified for ISO 9001 Quality Management 

Systems and there are ongoing initiatives 

to develop and implement environmental 

management systems consistent with the ISO 

14001:2004 Standard. We also have ongoing 

efforts to develop and implement occupational 

health and safety management systems consistent 

with the OHSAS 18001:2007 standard. 

ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management Systems 

Our clients and other stakeholders have 

high expectations of how projects should be 

developed to ensure a sustainable future. 

At Hatch we have the people, methodology, 

systems and tools to meet and exceed these 

expectations. We operate within the Hatch 

Quality Management System, which is certified 

to ISO 9001:2008, the international standard 

for quality management systems. 

Adherence to this standard provides clients and 

other stakeholders with assurance that Hatch is 

capable of delivering quality results consistently. 

Currently, 15 of our global offices have ISO 

9001:2008 certificates with more offices scheduled 

to be certified in 2010–2011. 

ISO 14001:2004 Environmental 

Management Systems (EMS) 

Hatch is developing a corporate building and 

project-based environmental management system 

(EMS) consistent with the ISO 14001:2004 

standard 

We have revised our Health, Safety, Environment 

and Community (HSEC) Policy to ensure 

it meets the ISO 14001:2004 requirements. Our 

HSEC Policy is communicated to the employees 

through our intranet and included in induction 

training for new employees. 

Our corporate-level EMS manuals have been 

adjusted to be consistent with ISO 14001:2004 

and EMS procedures have been developed for 

the corporate level. 

Hatch has also developed environmental gapanalysis 

guidelines and checklists to develop and 

implement environmental management systems 

at the projects level. We use these guidelines in 

projects where the scope of work involves EMS 

development and implementation. They are used 

to conduct analyses of projects and to outline 

actions needed to meet the requirements of the 

ISO 14001:2004 standard. 

OHSAS 18001:2007 Occupational Health 

and Safety Management Systems 

We continue to work to align our health and 

safety system with OHSAS 18001:2007. We have 

reviewed and structured the Hatch health and 

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safety system and it is now aligned and complies 

with the OHSAS 18001 Management Standard. 

Our Brisbane and Woodmead offices are certified 

to the OHSAS 18001 Management Standard 

and recently achieved compliance awards in 

external audits. 

Sustainable Procurement 

We encourage the purchase and use of products 

and services that adhere to sustainable development 

practices and contribute to an overall 

reduction in our ecological footprint. 

Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment 

Hatch, in its desire to work globally but act 

locally, and be a responsible South African corporate 

citizen, complies with the requirements 

of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment 

(B-BBEE) Act. 

Hatch Africa has been accredited Level Four 

B-BBEE contributor as per the requirements 

of the B-BBEE Act of 2003, the codes of good 

practice and the subsequent published government 

gazette. We are committed to B-BBEE 

and have full continuous improvement plans 

to ensure that we strive to become a superior 

B-BBEE contributor. 

We have a range of socio-economic development 

investments and are proud to be associated 

with these causes that enable economic 

development of individuals and the country. 

The investments range from general corporate 

social investments to true socio-economic development 

that grow education and empower 

the individuals for the future in the areas of 

health, arts, culture, education and society. 

The Hatch Global Procurement Intelligence System 

(GPI) contains a database to support decision-making 

processes within Hatch’s procurement 

team. Suppliers for projects are required 

to provide information regarding their corporate 

social responsibility initiatives, safety, health and 

labor practices. This enables Hatch’s procurement 

professionals to make sourcing recommendations 

to clients about suppliers, therefore 

supporting suppliers with strong sustainable 

development credentials and acceptable labor 

and community practices. Work to fully develop 

our sustainable procurement systems is ongoing 

Project LifeCycle Process 

Hatch has successfully delivered predictable 

results on client projects for more than 55 years. 

There are four major project phases — conceptualization, 

prefeasibility, feasibility and execution—that 

are implemented through the Project 

LifeCycle Process. This process has proven to 

minimize the risk of anomalies. 

In each phase of project execution, Hatch plans 

carefully for four quality outcomes and zero 

harm to employees and contractors. The four 

outcomes are adherence to schedule, careful 

budget control, quick ramp-up to full production 

and an excellent safety record. 

Hatch is in the process of a Project LifeCycle 

Process Advancement (PLPA) program designed 

to reinforce our engineering, procurement and 

construction management (EPCM) projectdelivery 

capabilities and performance globally. It 

intends to enhance our integrated EPCM projectdelivery 

framework of standard tools, processes, 

procedures and best practices for environmental, 

sustainability and community issues on projects. 

In parallel to this PLPA effort, we have developed 

the Environmental Services Project Management 

Framework. This framework addresses environmental, 

sustainability and community issues 


Hatch’s Project LifeCycle Process is 

a phased approach to program 

and project execution that features 

cost and schedule controls and 

quality performance 

 

in our projects and integrates ESG in project 

management by identifying the list of major ESG 

deliverables required to achieve best practice 

standards. We have used the philosophy behind 

the ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems 

to develop the fundamental structure of the 

ESG Project Management framework. 

Our Environmental Performance 

Being a service industry, our corporate-level 

major environmental impacts are indirect air 

emissions (electricity use, office consumables, 

and travel), water consumption, and waste 

production. As part of our goal to minimize our 

environmental footprint, we are implementing 

green ideas to reduce our resource consumption 

and are continually developing systems to record 

and report our performance. 

We completed a Global Reporting Initiative 

(GRI)-compliant report pilot in our Perth office in 

2008. We plan to expand this type of reporting 

to our global operations in the future. 

Greenhouse Gas Emissions 

One of our current initiatives, led by the Environmental 

Services Group, is the development 

of a global corporate carbon footprint for Hatch. 

Hatch’s carbon footprint includes the amount of 

carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions 

associated with corporate activities and 

ventures, both direct and indirect. 

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At part of Sustainable 

Development Week, Hatch 

employees volunteer their 

time to help clean up their 

local communities 

The main objective is to develop a clear understanding 

of the impact our operations have on 

climate change and what areas we can target for 

the greatest emissions abatement. Strategies can 

then be devised to minimize our impact through 

improved office practices, project management 

strategies, and sensible air travel. 

The footprint will use standardized approaches 

to data collection and emissions calculations, 

and will include emissions from travel (road, air), 

paper use, water use, office energy consumption 

(heating, electricity), and other relevant emission 

sources. The Environmental Services Group will 

work closely with other Hatch business groups 

to develop automated systems and procedures to 

update the inventory on an ongoing basis. 

Many Hatch offices also have initiatives to reduce 

employee-generated GHG emissions generated 

through workplace commuting. For example, 

Hatch Mississauga has an online “Smart 

Commute” program to encourage carpooling, 

and provides incentives (monetary and preferred 

parking) for carpoolers. The CO 2 

savings from 

this program are quantified every month and 

circulated internally. 

We have also established a work sharing program 

that enables us to access expertise across 

the company who may not necessarily be located 

in the region of the project, which enables 

us to bring our full breadth of experience to each 

project while at the same time reduce employee 

travel requirements and related GHG emissions. 

In addition, we continue to implement IT solutions 

where possible as a method of offsetting 

employee travel and subsequent GHG emissions. 

Waste 

We understand our offices impact our communities. 

Part of this impact is through the waste 


we generate through the daily operations of our 

business locations. Green Office Teams in major 

offices continually work to provide programs and 

services to reduce, recycle and reuse the waste 

generated by our offices. 

To facilitate the reduction of waste, we provide 

in-office recycling programs where possible. 

Water 

Water is a precious resource and we are working 

to implement water savings plans and practices 

across Hatch offices. 

Conservation is the most important step in 

lowering our water consumption. Many Hatch 

offices have standard features such as dual-low 

flush toilets, motion sensor activated taps, and 

smart irrigation systems. We continue to implement 

solutions where possible. 

An important step towards better understanding 

our water usage is to track it. We have upgraded 

some facility water meters to facilitate better 

tracking and contracted third-party monitoring 

where needed. 

Green Office Teams 

Green Office Teams, comprised of concerned 

employees wanting to lessen Hatch’s impacts 

on the environment, have been established in 

each of our major offices. The Green Office 

Teams are self-organized by volunteers who are 

dedicated leaders within their offices, and are 

responsible for implementing many initiatives to 

raise awareness within Hatch. 

Sustainable Development Week 

Hatch annually observes a Sustainable Development 

Week globally by designating the week of 

Earth Day to organize events in each major office. 

The goal of SD Week is to raise awareness 

about sustainable development principles and to 

encourage behavior, both at home and at work, 

that reduces the harmful effects of unsustainable 

practices on us and on our planet. SD Week 

2010 was focused on raising awareness on social 

impact management. 

Each office hosted guest speakers that presented 

on a wide range of topics: InterfaceFLOR’s journey 

towards sustainability; global warming from 

a Grade 2 student’s perspective; Hatch’s disaster 

relief efforts in Haiti; social impact in the mining 

industry; ethical farming; community impacts of 

wind farming; and sustainable investing. 

Social events featured eco and hybrid car 

displays, fair trade food, organic beer and wine 

tasting, sustainability quiz nights, local neighborhood 

clean ups, and the presentation of internal 

recognition awards. 

Putting it into Practice: Focus on 

Hatch Wollongong 

Hatch’s Wollongong office is a flagship project 

that sets an example for the future of building 

development and illustrates how landlords and 

tenants can work together to maximize benefits 

for both parties as well as the environment. The 

design of the office reduces the ecological footprint 

and operating costs, fosters innovation and 

improves communication. Some of the defining 

features of this new office include: 

Reduced Energy Consumption: 

• More than $4,000 per year on electricity 

costs are saved by installing a double glazed 

building façade 

• Installation of a solar hot water system reduces 

energy consumption by 50% 

• 17,400 kWh of electricity saved by choosing 

metal-backed reflective blinds 

• Low energy lighting fixtures controlled by 

occupancy detectors and photo sensors 

in Hatch meeting rooms save more than 

4.5 tonnes CO 2 

e emissions and $750 per year 

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Hatch’s Wollongong, Australia office showcases sustainable design features including solar 

hot water systems, rainwater harvesting systems, and office products made from recycled materials 

• Electrical sub-metering enables Hatch to 

manage and reduce electricity consumption 

for lighting, power, server rooms and 

air-conditioning. 

Reduced Water Consumption: 

• Hatch saves more than 840 kL per year by 

installing a rainwater harvesting system for 

toilets and irrigation 

• More than 229 kL of water saved per year 

by installing three WELS-rated faucets and 

showerheads. 

Selecting Environmental Products: 

• Recycled hardwood timber floor 

• Catfia office chairs have a 100% 

recyclable shell 

• Eames tables by Herman Miller use up 

to 82% recyclable materials. 

Our PEOPLE 

Hatch is committed to supporting employees to 

achieve high quality work while maintaining a 

healthy work-life balance. To fulfil this commit- 


health care initiatives, giving employees opportunities 

to test and enhance their health. 

Our employees are offered flexible health benefits 

and insurance coverage that are designed 

and implemented globally to best suit their 

needs. Our benefits are consistent with industry 

standards and are funded in accordance with 

government regulations. Where appropriate, 

retirement plans are offered in accordance with 

local regulations and standards. 

Employee Assistance Program (EAP) 

As part of our commitment to our employees, 

we offer access to the Employee Assistance 

Program (EAP). The EAP is a service to all 

employees and their immediate families. These 

programs are provided to assist employees in 

dealing with personal, family and work issues 

that affect the quality and enjoyment of their 

lives. Hatch uses these services to provide confidential 

assistance, 24 hour a day, 365 days per 

year, to employees and managers. Counselling 

by telephone, email and in-person is provided 

by professional external service providers with 

qualified, experienced counsellors, psychologists 

and social workers. 

ment, we offer our employees various options 

for personal development, career advancement, 

both locally and internationally, along with a 

clear focus on providing an environment of stability 

and diversity. Hatch is committed to equal 

opportunity as well as remuneration packages. 

We also promote key themes in our business and 

have developed certain policies and guidelines 

to strengthen our approach. 

Health 

We value the health of our employees. In addition 

to continually providing a strong safety 

culture and ethics in our daily operations and on 

projects, we encourage and promote personal 

Hatch Africa is currently in the process of enhancing 

their EAP to include alternative, holistic 

health solutions in the form of energy and vitality 

seminars and workshops, including ‘Stress 

Blaster’ seminars, tai chi classes, yoga classes 

and ‘Stop Smoking’ workshops. 

Fitness 

Some of our Hatch offices offer subsidized gym 

memberships with 24-hour access to a fullyequipped 

gym, as well as instructor-led fitness 

classes. 

Many offices are equipped with change rooms, 

showers and lockers for those interested in using 

the gym facilities, as well as for those who cycle 

to work or run during lunch or after work hours. 

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Hatch regularly sponsors 

and coordinates a variety 

of sports teams for Hatch 

employees, including 

dragon boating, basketball, 

golf, hockey and volleyball 

Hatch regularly sponsors and coordinates Hatch 

sports teams for basketball, cricket, dragon 

boating, golf, hockey, soccer, softball, squash, 

table tennis, and volleyball. All employees are 

welcome to join and sports team seasons are 

throughout the year. Hatch also sponsors and 

participates in fundraising fitness activities for 

local causes. 

Developing Talent 

We seek to hire, promote and retain the most 

qualified people. We are committed to developing 

talent in Hatch. We assist our employees to 

develop their skills and abilities relative to their 

business and project roles. Formal and informal 

career development discussions occur between 

employees and their direct managers where a 

review of their current roles and responsibilities, 

their short- and long-term career goals, opportunities 

and learning requirements are discussed. 

Our learning and talent management initiatives 

are aligned with the business and strategic goals 

of the company and focus on the development 

of employees. We use a multi-faceted approach 

to learning and the Hatch Corporate Learning 

Centre (HCLC) defines the most appropriate 

way for an individual or group to learn, which 

can include classroom learning, virtual learning, 

e-learning, mentoring, coaching, reference 

materials and on-the-job training. Our target for 

employee development is 40 hours per person 

per year, which includes formal and on-the-job 

training. 

Across the globe, we partner with top engineering 

schools by providing donations for scholarships, 

research, program development and 

engineering design projects. Additionally, Hatch 

provides co-operatives, internships and bursary 

programs to students at colleges and universities, 

to gain engineering experience toward their 

educational degrees. 

In addition, in order to develop strong employees 

early, we offer a global Professional Development 

Program (PDP) for new graduates. 

This multi-year program focuses on technical 

and personal leadership skills to develop recent 

graduates into the leaders of tomorrow. The program 

has a strong focus on knowledge sharing 

and mentorship. 

Scholarships 

The annual Dr. Gerald G. Hatch Scholarship 

was created in 1990 in honor of the company’s 

founder, a strong supporter of continuing education. 

Each year applications are accepted from 


the children of full-time employees. These students 

must be in their final year of high school 

and commencing undergraduate engineering 

studies at a university or college for the 

next year. 

Hatch also recently pledged $1 million in 

support of sustainable energy research at the 

University of Toronto’s Faculty of Applied Science 

and Engineering. The donation will endow 

scholarships for engineering graduate students 

engaged in sustainable energy research. 

This fund is in addition to the Bert Wasmund 

Graduate Fellowship for Sustainable Energy Research, 

which was established at the University 

of Toronto in 2005 through a generous gift from 

Bert Wasmund, Executive Director, Hatch. Hatch 

and Wasmund scholars are active in a range of 

research initiatives involving efficient utilization 

of energy derived from the sun, which include 

the development of organic solar cells, advances 

in fuel cell technology and exploring opportunities 

for wind power. 

In February 2009, the Ron Nolan/Hatch Sustainable 

Energy and Mineral Processing Technologies 

Chair was established at The Faculty of Engineering 

at the University of Alberta to pursue the 

research and development of affordable energy 

to meet today's needs without compromising the 

possibility of future generations enjoying ample 

supplies of reasonably priced energy. 

Skills Development Act in South Africa 

The Skills Development Act was implemented by 

the South African government in 1998. The main 

objective is to address two main priorities: the 

need to improve skills in South Africa, and to increase 

productivity in order to compete globally. 

Hatch has demonstrated its skills development 

and skills transfer capability both internally and 

externally through a variety of initiatives that reflect 

Hatch’s commitment to achieving the goals 

of the Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative 

for South Africa Broad-Based Black Economic 

Empowerment (B-BBEE). Over the past five 

years, Hatch has sponsored more than 60 graduate 

students for a six-month training program 

on completion of their studies at the African 

Academy. Most of these graduates are still with 

Hatch today. 

Currently Hatch Africa has approximately 

100 employees actively participating in our 

Professional Development Program to become 

accredited with the Engineering Council of 

South Africa (ECSA). 

Along with other major contributors Hatch has 

recently donated R2 million to ensure that industry 

receives a steady supply of trained personnel. 

Minerals Education Trust Fund 

Hatch is a key contributor to the Minerals Education 

Trust Fund (METF). METF provides sustainability 

in the mining and minerals industry by: 

• Pooling industry resources for the support 

of tertiary education in the South African 

minerals industry 

• Jointly seeking solutions to tertiary 

education challenges 

• Achieving a cohesive approach to the 

provision of industry support. 

African Academy of Draughting 

Hatch supports the development and employment 

of draughting personnel and designers 

through the joint industry initiative in the African 

Academy of Draughting. We contribute to 

the academy financially and provide operational 

assistance. Designed to reduce the carbon 

footprint of the academy and increase energy 

efficiency, one of the current initiatives is to 

move to a central server system, therefore reducing 

the number of physical computers needed 

at the academy. 

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Community Involvement 

Hatch partnered with Methanex to deliver National 

Children's Day, an event for children affected by the 

earthquake and tsunami that hit Chile in February 2010. 

Hatch is committed to social and economic development and 

improvement of the quality of life of our workforce, their families and 

the communities in which we work. Hatch provides continuous 

community support through a number of activities including donations 

to various health and educational institutions, fundraising for global 

charities, and support to student programs and activities focused on 

related math, science and technology fields. 


Haiti Disaster Relief 

The January 2010 Haiti earthquake was of a 

magnitude seven with an epicentre near the 

town of Leogane, approximately 25 km west of 

Port-au-Prince. The earthquake caused extensive 

damage, killed an estimated 230,000 people, 

injured approximately 300,000 and resulted in 

1,000,000 homeless. An estimated 250,000 

residences and 30,000 commercial buildings 

collapsed or were severely damaged. 

Following the earthquake, Hatch donated money 

and mobilized volunteer staff to assist with the 

damage assessment at two hospitals in Portau-Prince, 

under the management of the St 

Joseph’s Health System (SJHS). The objective of 

the field visit was to provide engineering services 

and a preliminary damage assessment and 

observation for the La Paix (Peace) Hospital and 

the Children Hospital. 

A damage assessment report was produced and 

used by the Haitian Ministry of Health and other 

engineering organizations in order to commission 

demolition works of severely damaged 

structures and the rehabilitation of other assets, 

which were still semi-functional. 

Chile Earthquake Relief 

A magnitude 8.8 earthquake occurred off the 

coast of the Maule Region of Chile on February 

27, 2010. There were 521 deaths and many more 

seriously injured. There was catastrophic damage 

to infrastructure, destroying bridges, highways, 

apartment buildings, business and homes. 

The region also suffered a tsunami following 

the earthquake. 

Hatch personnel from around the world have 

come together to work on the development 

of a Master Plan for the reconstruction of the 

local communities of Iloca, Duao, and La Pesca, 

 

Architect's representation of the proposed future 

Civic Centre in the municipality of Licantén, Chile 

all of which were significantly affected by the 

tsunami. This work is being done in coordination 

with Universidad Mayor, the Chilean Ministry of 

Housing and the region of Licantén. 

The Master Plan will define the new urban 

image of Iloca, Duao and La Pesca, and integrate 

its urban structure and infrastructure to include 

necessary mitigation works to protect the homes 

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and equipment when possible from geological 

hazards, tsunamis and storm surges. Its focus 

is on the development of a civic centre, a 

number of emergency evacuation routes, potable 

water, waste water treatment systems and waste 

management. 

It is hoped that the execution of the Master Plan 

works will trigger the renewal of the towns, with 

strong emphasis on sustainability. 

As part of this initiative, Hatch recently partnered 

with Methanex and the municipality of Licantén 

for National Children's Day. 

Parkerville Child Advocacy Centre 

The Parkerville Child Advocacy Centre team 

was the winner of Hatch’s own 2009 John G. 

Wheeler Humanitarian Award. 

Hatch engineers volunteered their time to 

manage the design of the new Child Advocacy 

Centre near Perth, Australia. 

The Centre, the first of its kind in Australia, 

delivers all services needed to care for and treat 

abused children while supporting their families 

in a child-friendly environment. 

Hatch was responsible for the design of bulk 

earthworks and the car park; civil works; all 

external service connections (water, wastewater, 

firewater and electrical); and the internal electrical 

fit-out of the building. 

Siyakhula Education Foundation 

Hatch has supported the social benefit organization 

Siyakhula Education Foundation’s IkamvaYouth 

initiative for the last two years through 

an annual donation of R150,000. The initiative, 

based in Ivory Park, Johannesburg, targets township 

school students between grades 10-12 and 

offers them supplementary tutoring; career guidance 

and mentoring; e-literacy training; life-skills 

development; and creative expression programs. 

The Hatch Woodmead office is currently in 

the process of issuing IkamvaYouth another 

grant. The contribution is an extension of our 

earlier involvement with Siyakhula, having 

previously printed the foundation’s computer 

training manuals. 

African Academy 

The Hatch Woodmead health and safety team 

has developed and implemented a training program 

for draughting education and training institution 

African Academy. The program has been 

designed to target unit standard requirements for 

design qualifications at the academy and is developed 

against a Unit Standard registered with 

the South African Qualifications Authority. Hatch 

project delivery director, Peter Blake, sponsored 

the program, while Hatch facilitator, Geoff Lane, 

presented the program to 108 students at the 

academy in May. 

The program comprises several modules, one 

of which covers general corporate and on-site 

health and safety and legal requirements for 

designers, as well as the Occupational Health 

and Safety Act, the Mine Health and Safety Act, 

construction regulations and an introduction to 

common law and statute law. The program has 

now been handed over to the academy to run. 

Naletsana Development Programme (NSDP) 

Hatch Woodmead process engineer, Boy 

Matsetela was one of three people who established 

the Naletsana Development Program 

(NSDP) in late last 2009. This initiative is aimed 

at bridging the gap between secondary school 

and tertiary education, and between tertiary 

education and the working environment. The 


NSDP is divided into a pre-tertiary division, 

which runs a Saturday school program for grade 

11 and 12 learners, and a second division, which 

focuses on students already at a tertiary level. 

Hard-working learners who are financially disadvantaged 

are selected from schools in Tembisa 

and Soweto and are tutored in mathematics, 

physics and chemistry. The learners are taken 

to tertiary open days and guidance workshops, 

and have one-on-one sessions with tutors on 

potential career choices. Our Hatch Woodmead 

office serves as the Saturday school venue. 

The NSDP relies on individual and corporate 

sponsorship, while Hatch is currently negotiating 

partial sponsorship. 

 

Hatch engineers volunteered their time to design the earthworks, car park, civil works and external 

service connections for the new Parkerville Child Advocacy Centre near Perth, Australia. 

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PRINCIPAL OFFICES 

Asia 

Abu Dhabi 

Abu Dhabi, UAE 

Tel: +971 2 558 4661 ext. 11 

New Delhi 

Gurgaon, India 

Tel: +91 124 460 9200 

Shanghai 

Shanghai, China 

Tel: +86 21 6119 5900 

Beijing 

Beijing, China 

Tel: +86 10 8500 2288 

Australia 

Brisbane 

Brisbane, Australia 

Tel: +61 7 3166 7777 

Gladstone 

Gladstone, Australia 

Tel: +61 7 4976 6200 

Perth 

Perth, Australia 

Tel: +61 8 9428 5000 

Wollongong 

Wollongong, Australia 

Tel: +61 2 4231 7200 

NORTH AMERICA 

Mississauga 

(Corporate Office) 

Mississauga, Canada 

Tel: +1 905 855 7600 

Calgary 

Calgary, Canada 

Tel: +1 403 269 9555 

Millburn 

Millburn, USA 

Tel: +1 973 379 3400 

Montréal 

Montréal, Canada 

Tel: +1 514 861 0583 

Niagara Falls 

Niagara Falls, Canada 

Tel: +1 905 374 5200 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh, USA 

Tel: +1 412 497 2000 

San Francisco 

Pleasanton, USA 

Tel: +1 925 469 8010 

Saskatoon 

Saskatoon, Canada 

Tel: +1 306 657 7500 

Sudbury 

Sudbury, Canada 

Tel: +1 705 688 0250 

Vancouver 

Vancouver, Canada 

Tel: +1 604 689 5767 

Winnipeg 

Winnipeg, Canada 

Tel: +1 204 786 8751 

EUROPE 

London 

London, UK 

Tel: +44 207 906 5100 

Moscow 

Moscow, Russia 

Tel: +7 495 721 9040 

South Africa 

Johannesburg 

Woodmead, South Africa 

Tel: +27 11 239 5300 

South America 

Santiago 

Santiago, Chile 

Tel: +56 2 430 2600 

São Paulo 

São Paulo, Brazil 

Tel: +55 11 3195 8000 

Lima 

Lima, Peru 

Tel: +51 1 422 8380 

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