Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
Mannvit has been in the forefront of the consulting firms that work on Environmental Impact Assessments, and Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEA). The main activities related to EIA are in the field of heavy industry, hydropower and geothermal power plants, transmission lines, quarrying and infrastructure. The emphasis is to find solutions that reduce or compensate for the potential impacts of construction, both in construction phases and operational phases.
Mannvit possesses extensive experience with Environmental Impact Assessments. This experience is reflected in the diversity of the projects that have been completed in this field. These include:
- Aluminium plants
- Geothermal power plants
- Hydropower plants
- Transmission lines
- Transport projects
- Land reclamation
- Harbors
- Diatomite production
- Avalanche defenses
- Waste disposal
- Quarrying on land and sea
- Silicon production
Mannvit has completed the Environmental Impact Assessments for several major construction projects in Iceland. In fact, the company has carriedout about one third of all such projects conducted in Iceland – both large and small.