Services
LBS/RAC-Cimab offers the following services, for which it has more than 25 years of experience:
Quality of coastal and marine ecosystems:
- Evaluation of marine water and sediment quality ( including chemical indicators, toxic organic and inorganic matter, hydrocarbons, oils and greases, pesticides, heavy metals)
- Biological studies to determine quantitative and qualitative concentrations of phytoplankton and chlorophyll-a
- Sanitary studies of water and sediments (Total and faecal coliforms, faecal streptococcus and Clostridium perfringes).
- Geo-chemical compositions of sediments (total organic matter, total organic carbon, total organic nitrogen, total phosphorous, granulometric studies)
- Ecotoxicology tests to study the impacts of effluents on the environment
- Studies of bio-accumulation of organic and inorganic toxic matter in marine species
- T-90 tests for the design of marine outfall
Management and treatment of wastes
- Characterization of domestic and industrial waste
- Identification and characterization of oil spills from ships and coastal industries
- Management of land-based sources of marine pollution (including industrial discharges in coastal zones, management of waste generated in ports and urban development)
- Management of hazardous waste
Environmental management
- Audits in the industrial sector.
- Environmental Permits for industrial construction and restoration
- Environmental Impacts Assessments (EIAs)
Development of ports
- Management of maritime and port waste
- Structural inspections of ports (including the verification of actual state of facilities and projects related to restoration and/or reconstruction)
- Studies of feasibility of the infrastructure for tourism development and port facilities: breakwater, piers, buildings.
- Planning and development of ports
- Contingency plans for oil spills
Management of beaches and coastal zones
- Studies for the regeneration of beaches and coastal zones
- Design of artificial beaches based on dynamics of sediments and marine environment
- Projects for the management of beach erosion
- Dredging projects in coastal zones
- Hydrographical studies by means of changing bathymetries at different scales
- Oceanographic studies (currents, tides, winds, waves, storms)
- Coastal protection from waves and storm surges
