1. cardno@cardno.com
www.cardno.com
Food & Beverage
Qualifications
About Cardno
Cardno is an ASX200 professional infrastructure and environmental services
company, with expertise in the development and improvement of physical and social
infrastructure for communities around the world. Cardno’s team includes leading
professionals who plan, design, manage and deliver sustainable projects and
community programs. Cardno is an international company listed on the Australian
Securities Exchange [ASX:CDD].
Cardno’s Commitment to Zero Harm
Cardno’s goal is to always conduct our business in
a way that protects our people, clients, visitors and
members of the public from harm. In an effort to
move toward the ultimate objective of zero harm,
we are committed to implementing safety systems
and awareness throughout our operations globally.
Cardno’s Zero Harm leading actions include:
> Take responsibility.
> Always be risk aware.
> Everyone is involved.
> Communicate.
> Report incidents and concerns.

2. Cardno employs over 8,000
professionals working across 300
offices on projects in more than
100 countries. This includes over
4,500 professionals in more than
200 offices in the Americas.
Market Recognition
>> 2014 Engineering News-Record Top 500
Design Firms
–– 27th
largest firm
–– 17th
largest petroleum and industrial firm
–– 10th
largest pure design firm
–– 18th
largest hazardous waste firm
Our presence both locally and globally
allows us to provide the responsive service
and local expertise expected from a small
local firm, along with the wide array of
integrated, multidisciplinary services
expected from a large international firm.
We have over 200 clients in the food and
beverage industry. This includes projects
from small-scale agricultural land use
planning to integrated industrial hygiene,
environmental management, design-
build and sustainability services for
large processing facilities, retailers and
distributors.
Cardno is a partner that adds value to your
projects and organization. Our professionals
listen to you to understand your objectives,
and then integrate the right services and
solutions to meet your needs from project
concept to completion.
Seamlessly Integrated
Services
We are engineers, scientists, geologists,
planners, architects, construction
administrators, economists, and environmental
specialists that serve you with technical
excellence, strategic vision, and quality advice.
Our diverse expertise and industry experience
combine to provide a holistic perspective on
your challenges and deliver safe, sustainable,
cost-effective solutions.
Environmental permitting/compliance
Today’s regulatory climate means you face
ever-changing regulations from a multitude
of agencies. Maintaining compliance can
be overwhelming, and failure to comply
expensive. Our teams help permit projects
in a timely, economic fashion, and efficiently
maintain compliance.
>> Air quality
>> Auditing
>> Ecological
>> Environmental, health & safety training
>> Environmental management systems
>> Hazardous materials and waste
>> Monitoring, sampling and analysis
>> Product safety
>> Water
Industrial hygiene
We help our clients meet sustainability
objectives and resolve health and safety
challenges. The experience of our industrial
hygienists, chemists, safety professionals,
trainers, and technicians combine to make
Cardno a one-stop resource for:
>> Asbestos and lead-based paint consulting
and management
>> Hazardous material management
>> Indoor air quality assessments
>> OSHA compliance audits
>> Spill and emergency response planning
Water Resources/Stormwater
Cardno can balance environmental needs
with human use demands for ground,
surface and stormwater resources. From
analysis to sustainable design solutions,
Cardno helps you make sound water
management decisions.
>> Data collection, monitoring & analysis
>> Design
>> Green infrastructure
>> Modeling
>> Permitting and compliance
>> Planning
>> Remediation and restoration
Survey & subsurface utility
engineering
Our survey teams deliver detailed information
that streamlines projects and delivers
cost-savings through construction. We
manage utility relocations, avoid utility and
construction conflicts, and provide subsurface
utility engineering services in accordance with
the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Standard Guideline for the Collection and
Depiction of Existing Subsurface Utility Data
(CI/ASCE 38-02). With the largest subsurface
utility engineering fleet in the world, we can
quickly mobilize in the U.S.
Water/Wastewater
Finding to treating water can be a complex
challenge and affects investments in
infrastructure development and operating
costs. Cardno has hydrogeological, water
resource engineering, process engineering,
design, construction services and regulatory
experience for a holistic approach to
developing cost-effective solutions for water
supply, process wastewater treatment and
reuse.
>> Water supply evaluations and treatment
system design-build
>> Process and sanitary wastewater
evaluations and treatment system
design-build
>> Sustainable and beneficial reuse
Brownfields
From due diligence to remediation to site
development, we transform contaminated
sites into useable modern facilities.
>> Grant development and planning services
>> Environmental permitting, compliance
and remediation
>> Planning
>> Design
>> Construction administration and oversight
Consumer product evaluations
We use state-of-the-art toxicology and risk
assessment approaches to understand health
risks through a product lifecycle. We conduct
product quantitative health risk assessments
using specific sampling and quantification
methods. Our experience with evaluating
chemical hazards allows us to anticipate
what regulatory agencies and the public
expect from producers of consumer products.
Remediation
With the comprehensive knowledge needed
to bridge the gap between legal semantics
and the hard science of remediation, our
experts simplify remediation and save you
time and money.
>> Excavation and removal
>> Legal support
>> Operations and maintenance (O&M)
>> Remediation systems
>> Site assessments
Global Reach, Local Service
With big-firm capabilities and responsive, local
delivery of services, Cardno lets you concentrate
on your operations.
For a multinational beverage manufacturer in China, Cardno carried out a sampling
campaign and determined that their bottling facility was not the source of mercury
related to two poisoning allegations.
We performed a Property Condition Assessment
(PCA) and Seismic Risk Assessment of a canned
food facility for a potential purchaser.
We assessed and remediated petroleum releases from underground
storage tanks (USTs) for a large producer of packaged baked goods,
sucessfully obtaining “No Further Action” letters for 12 bakery sites.
For one of the world’s largest beverage manufacturers,
we created Storm Water Pollution Control Plans
(SWPCP) for numerous facilities around the US.