Engagement Strategies for Environmental Compliance: Owner and Prime Contractor Perspectives

Sean M. Daly

There can be a lot of environmental requirements for a project, but what about those you aren’t directly responsible for implementing? What steps can you take to work with your project team and manage contractors to achieve environmental compliance during both design and construction? Effective engagement strategies can help ensure that your projects are in compliance from day one. Our discussion with industry professionals will provide you with some methods that you can implement on your project. Types of engagement strategies to be discussed include contractual, financial, educational, oversight, regulatory, and more. Come join the conversation and maybe even offer some strategies you already utilize.

• Identify strategies to engage their project teams and contractors in environmental compliance during project development.
• Identify strategies to engage their project teams and contractors in environmental compliance during project construction.
• Evaluate their own engagement strategies currently being implemented for success or improvement.

Presented by Sean M. Daly, n/a – Senior Environmental Scientist/Manager, Burns & McDonnell Engineering, Inc.

Sean is a senior environmental scientist focused on permitting and compliance related aspects of linear and non-linear projects of all sizes, in both the United States and Canada. Sean’s experience during the pre-construction permitting/design phase, as well as transitioning projects into construction, offers him the ability to understand a projects intricacies and identify innovative solutions that work to preserve project schedules and budgets. He has gained valuable experience onsite during construction of wind farms, electric transmission lines and substations, oil and gas processing facilities, and pipelines. Sean serves as a key point of contact for other Burns & McDonnell Global Practices on environmental components of Engineer/Procure/Construct (EPC) projects, especially on electric transmission, distribution, and substation projects.