Introduction

SDS starts with a knowledge-based understanding at the onset of all our client assignments, building on our staff's strong technical and interdisciplinary foundations in natural and physical sciences. This strength allows us to effectively define, evaluate and recommend potential solutions to our clients' problems, from a straightforward design solution, to some of the most challenging issues related to international development.

We can support our clients through the entire project life cycle by providing consulting, assurance and training (CAT), design and engineering (DE), project and construction management (PCM), operations and maintenance (OM), and information technology (IT) services. We offer these services individually or as part of our full-service approach

To logically and seamlessly manage and deliver our services to clients, we have grouped our service offerings into three major categories. These are: i) consulting and technical services (this category take care of consulting, assurance, and training, operations and maintenance, and information technology), ii) design and engineering, and iii) project and construction management.

1. Consulting and Technical Services

a) Assessment and Audit

SDS ‘s scientists and engineers have performed thousands of assessments and scoping studies at the outset of projects to optimize solutions based on factors such as cost, schedule, and human health and environmental benefit. In addition, we have conducted various audits on existing projects and businesses; these audits have focused on safety, health, environment, energy, quality and security (SHEEQS), governance, risk and compliance (GRC), corporate sustainability (CS), climate change (CC) and compliance with international management systems, among others.

Our front-end services help our clients meet regulatory and international standards requirements, obtain necessary permits/licenses, and identify the most cost-effective solutions for a project or business. SDS conducts assessments and scoping studies for all media, including air, water, infrastructure, and soils. Our scientists use a combination of field data and computer models to accurately characterize the project environment.

Audits/Assessments that we conduct for our clients include:

• Environmental Audit (EA)
• Fire Safety Audit
• Occupational Health & Safety Audit
• Energy Audit
• Equipment and Machinery Calibration and Testing
• International Management System Audit
• Planning, Coordinating and Conducting Fire Drills
• Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
• Social Impact Assessment (SIA)
• Ecological and human health risk assessments
• Feasibility studies
• Scoping studies
• Socioeconomic analyses

b) Advisory Services

SDS do offer a range of advisory services in a variety of disciplines covering sustainability, climate change, safety-health-environment-energy-quality-security(SHEEQS) , governance, risk and compliance (GRC) and international management systems in associated areas. We also specialize in the integration of management systems which can only be achieved if the consultants are experienced and have a deep knowledge of the effects of combining systems in differing disciplines.

SDS’s highly experienced staff collectively has over 80 years of advisory experience, hence providing our clients with an abundance of knowledge.

Our approach to relationships and client interactions allow us to implement management systems or mentor organizations on Quality, Environment, Energy, Health and Safety issues to improve performance, compliance, exploit new opportunities and achieve overall organizational objectives.

Areas that we provide advisory services include:

• Global Good Agricultural Practices (Global Gap): EurepGap, UTZ Kapeh and Organic Farming.
• ISO 9001: 2008
• ISO 14001: 2004
• OHSAS 18001: 2007
• HACCP-ISO 22000: 2005
• ISO/IEC 17025 NABL
• IMS (combining ISO 9001,ISO 18001, ISO 14001, ISO 22000 and ISO 27001 in order to avoid redundancy and duplication of efforts)
• ISO 27001:2013ISMS
• SA8000/ISO 26000
• ISO 10001: 2007
• ISO 28000: 2007
• BS/EN 16001-ISO 50001
• Sustainability Reporting and Assurance
• Formulation of Sustainability Strategy
• Entrenching Sustainability Operational Excellence
• Energy and Resource Optimization
• Green/Intelligent Infrastructure and Cities
• Business Continuity Management
• Environmental Management and Planning Plus many other areas
• Resettlement Action Plan
• Master plans
• Source water protection plans
• Storm-water plans
• Transportation plans
• Watershed plans
• Data management and analytics
• Program management
• Mobile computing
• Business intelligence
• Cloud computing
• Infrastructure solutions
• High-performance computing
• System administration
• Information security
• End user support
• Agriculture and Economic Growth
• Democracy and Governance
• International Energy Services
• Environment and Natural Resources
• Land Tenure and Property Rights
• Rule of Law
• Water Resources and Infrastructure
• Security and Stabilization
• Surveying and Mapping

c) Training and Knowledge Transfer

SDS offers technical training on wide-ranging topics including water, environmental/safety/quality/health issues, emergency preparedness, and public-private partnerships among others.