SERVICES

Main services:

  • Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
  • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
  • Appropriate Assessment/Natura Impact Statements
  • Ecological Impact Assessment (EcIA)
  • Ecological Assessment
  • Phase 1 and Extended Phase 1 Habitat Surveys
  • Habitat Mapping
  • Preliminary Ecological Assessment (PEA)
  • Protected Species Surveys
  • Benthic Macroinvertebrate Survey
  • Ecological Surveys
  • Invasive Species Surveys
  • Site Assessment
  • Soak Pit Tests (BRE 365)
  • Septic Tank Capacity and Condition Reports
  • Discharge Licensing
  • IPC (IPPC) Licensing
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Waste Permits
  • River Corridor Surveys
  • River Restoration Design and Resident Engineer

 

Consultancy services:

1. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

In 1985, the E.U. Environmental Impact Assessment Directive (85/337/EEC) introduced the requirement for assessing the potential environmental impacts (positive and negative) of certain projects. The directive has been revised several times and transposed into national law. The Birds (79/409/EEC) and Habitats Directives (92/43/EEC) drive the conservation and sustainability of Natura 2000 sites across Europe.

Our specialist services include:

  • Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
  • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
  • Scoping and Screening
  • Appropriate Assessment/Natura Impact Statements
  • Ecological Impact Assessment (EcIA)
  • Preliminary Ecological Assessment (PEA)
  • Ecological Due Diligence
  • Expert Witness
  • Planning Appeal
  • Mitigation Design and Clerk of Works
  • Ecological Compensation, Enhancement and Management Planning
  • Compliance Reports

 

2. Ecology

  • Ecological Impact Assessments (EcIA)
  • Appropriate Assessment/Natura Impact Statements
  • Preliminary Ecological Assessment (PEA)
  • Protected species surveys (bats, otter, badger, newt/lizard, water vole, door mouse, red squirrel, pine martin, pygmy shrew, stoat, hares, deer species, the Natterjack toad, freshwater white-clawed crayfish, the Freshwater Pearl Mussel, the Kerry Slug)
  • Aquatic Ecology Surveys
  • Habitat Surveys and Mapping
  • Freshwater Pearl Mussel Surveys
  • Riparian Mammal Surveys
  • Cray Fish Surveys and Management
  • Phase 1 and Extended Phase 1 Habitat Surveys and Mapping
  • Hedge Row Surveys and Evaluation
  • Ecological Clerk of Work
  • Habitat Creation and Management plans
  • Ecological Mitigation
  • Ecological and Environmental Expert Witness
  • European Protected Species Licences and Development Licensing
  • Planning Mitigation, Translocation and Habitat Design/Creation and Management Plan
  • Ornithology Surveying and Reporting (Breeding & Winter Bird Surveys, Upland & Lowland Wader Surveys, Wetland (WeBS) Birds Survey, Hen Harrier Surveys, Raptor Surveys, Vantage Point Surveys, Bird surveys for Special Protection Area (SPA) Monitoring, Monitoring of Bird Disturbance & Productivity)
  • Ornithological Impact Assessment
  • Engagement with Statutory Consultees (NIEA, RSPB, NPWS, BWI, BTO, NIRSG)
  • Preparation of NIEA Biodiversity Checklists


3. Environmental Monitoring and Licensing

  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Aquatic Ecology
  • Fish Surveys
  • Water Sampling
  • Sewage Sampling
  • Discharge Licensing
  • Trade Effluent Licensing
  • Sewer Licensing
  • Waste Licences
  • IPC (IPPC) Licensing
  • Environmental Audits
  • ISO 14001
  • Waste Permitting
  • Assimilative Capacity Assessment

 

4. Site Assessment

  • Site Suitability Assessment Reports for on-site wastewater treatment systems for single dwelling houses, residential, industrial and commercial developments
  • Septic Tank Capacity and Condition Reports
  • Site Suitability Assessment Reports for out-wintering pads
  • Site Suitability Assessment Reports for earth lined slurry stores
  • Design and Certification of constructed wetlands/reed bed systems
  • Certification of inspection, installation and maintenance of on-site wastewater treatment systems
  • Percolation testing and design of stormwater soakaway systems using current BRE digest 365 guidelines
  • Planning pre-consultation for design consultants and private clients

 

5. Rivers

  • River Restoration Assessment, Design and Project Management
  • Benthic Macroinvertebrate Survey [Q-value, Average Score Per Taxon (ASPT), WHPT, etc.]
  • Hydromorphological and River Channel Digital Survey and Mapping
  • River Ecology Surveys
  • River Corridor Surveys
  • RHAT Surveys
  • Water Quality Monitoring
  • Freshwater Pearl Mussel Surveys
  • Substrate Assessment and Analysis
  • Sediment Analysis
  • Invasive Species Surveys
  • Catchment Management

  • Environmental Impact Assessment Chapters
  • River Design and Project Management
  • Rivers and Fisheries Consultancy
  • Fish Passage Design
  • River Restoration and Fish Habitat Enhancement (Design and Resident Engineer)
  • Wetland Restoration and Wetland Creation (Including Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment)

  • Water Framework Directive Monitoring (Biology, Hydromorphology and Chemistry)
  • Water Quality Monitoring (Chemical and Data Analysis)
  • Substrate and Sediment Assessment and Analysis (Grain Size Analysis and Chemical Analysis)
  • Hydrological Surveys and Assessment
  • Digital Hydromorphological Surveying
  • River Hydromorphology Assessment Technique (RHAT)
  • River Habitat Surveys (RHS)
  • River Corridor Surveys
  • River Ecology Surveys/Assessment
  • Benthic Macroinvertebrate Survey (Q-value, WHPT, ASPT, etc.)
  • Invasive Species Surveys and Control Measures
  • Protected Species Surveys and Conservation Measures (e.g. Freshwater Pearl Mussel Surveys)

  • Hydro Power (Hydrological Survey and Ecological Impact Assessment)
  • River Basin / Catchment Scale Surveys and Planning
  • Pollution Prevention Control
  • Consultancy Advice Service
  • Catchment Management
  • Ecological Mitigation
  • Project Management
  • Geographical Information Systems (GIS) – constraints mapping, data, analysis and results