The company
Established in 1972, The S.M. Group International Inc. is a consulting firm active in the engineering, quality management, environment and information technology fields. The firm is a multidisciplinary network of specialized firms uniquely equipped to manage the multifaceted realities of the projects, clients and communities which they serve. Three important specialized firms of The S.M. Group International Inc. work in the environmental sector : Aménatech Inc., Laboratoire d’environnement S.M. Inc. and S.M. Environment. The group is accredited ISO 9001.
Aménatech Inc. is an advisor in the fields of land and environmental management and an integrator using geomatic tools and models for developing information systems. We can count on a team of specialists in agronomy, geography, economics, biology, town planning, geology, engineering, computer programming, geomatics and modeling who can provide advise in regional and urban planning, flood studies and dam safety management, environmental impact assessment, environmental audit, soils conservation, modeling, environmental management system and training. This team can develop original solutions to information management problems in the land use planning and environmental fields.
Laboratoire d’environnement S.M. Inc. offers a complete range of microbiological and chemical analyses for any type of matrix in the environmental field. Our laboratories include a team of thirty chemists, microbiologists and technicians. We have access to the state-of-the-art technology for characterizing and treating wastewater and for carrying out chemical and microbiological analyses. We are accredited ISO Guide 25 by Quebec Ministry of Environment in our fields of expertise as well as ISO 9001.
S.M. Environment was founded to respond to the increasing demand for remediation solutions in drinking water treatment, wastewater treatment, groundwater and contaminated soil rehabilitation, and valorization of industrial, farming and domestic waste. Our team of engineering, hydrogeological and chemical specialists follow the most recent developments in biotechnologies used in environmental remediation. In addition, the team leads technology demonstration projects in contaminated soils remediation, mines tailings remediation and pig slurry treatment system.
Commercial activities
Services
- Regional and Urban Planning
- Risk Assessment
- Water Soil and Sediment Characterization
- Environmental Economic
- Elaboration of environmental policies and programs
- Dam break analysis and emergency preparedness plans
- Environmental Impact Assessment
- Training
- Environmental Geomatics and Modeling
- Waste management
- Watershed Management
- Remediation Site (contaminated soils and mines tailings)
- Environmental Management System (ISO 14000 and Responsible Care TM)
- Environmental information system
- Environmental monitoring and follow-up
- Beneficial use of waste
- Environmental audit
Products
- Environmental Assessment Decision Support System
- DecisionGrid Software
- Environmental Information Planning System
- Pig Slurry Treatment System
Achievements
- Environmental and Sanitary Management Master Plan for Sepetiba Bay Basin, State of Rio de Janiero, Brazil (World Bank Project)
- Urban Land-Use Plans for the municipalities of Usulutan and Santa Maria, Oficina de lanificacion Estrategica of El Salvador and Fondo Salvadoreno para Estudios de Preinversion, El Salvador
- Environmental impact assessments of drinking water supply projects for the regions of Agadir and Safi in Morocco
- Impact assessment of an energy connector line of 220 kV, Mantaro-Socabaya in Peru (Consorcio Trans Matero S.A.) with the collaboration of Hydro-Québec
- Environmental impact assessment for the construction of lagoon and retaining dike managing gold mine cyanide sludges, Dominican Republic
- Dam safety monitoring et management project in China
- Impact study of a biomass energy co-generation project, Dolbeau, Quebec, Produits Forestiers Alliance inc.
- Environmental impact study of the Gentilly II thermal out flow by remote sensing
- Implementation of the environmental management system Responsible CareTM Program at the Windsor Business Center of Domtar Papers
- Environmental training program for all employees of the Norkraft Quévillon mill, Lebel-sur-Quévillon and the Windsor Business Center, Domtar Papers
- Development of an Environmental Information Management System for an Industrial Setting, Air Liquide Canada
- Development of an Environmental Information Planning System for the Huai River Basin, Anhui Province, China
- Organizational Structure Study of the VLTAVA Basin Agency in Prague, Czech Republic and VAH Basin in Slovakia
- Design of the wastewater treatment plant of the Sherbrooke Metropolitan Area
- Siting and permitting of hazardous waste treatment complex for a rivate Promoter in Mexico
- Design of the recycling plant for the Eastern Township Area
- Design and construction management of the biogas recuperation system at Sherbrooke sanitary landfill
- Studies on domestic waste management of domestic waste, Town of Vlasim, Czech Republic
- Design of eleven specifications on soil and groundwater treatment, a technical guide on characterization and alternative soil treatment methods for project managers, and environmental guidelines for base officers of Defense Canada
- Contaminated soil treatment in situ by biocomposting and bioventilation on Ingersoll Rand site.
- Environmental monitoring of the Solbec-Cupra Mine Tailings Pond
- Pulp and paper effluent monitoring of environmental effects for various customers.
Markets
- Argentina
- Brazil
- China
- Cuba
- Czech Republic
- Dominican Republic
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Haiti
- India
- Lebanon
- Morocco
- Mexico
- Peru
- Philippines
- Senegal
- Slovakia
- Thailand
- Tunisia
- Ukraine
- Vietnam