Development and commercial activity has the potential to create both positive and negative effects on its environment. These effects can be numerous and arise from, among other things, changes in land use, the introduction of new buildings or features and emissions to land, water or air. These varied effects on the natural and human environment can arise during construction, operation or de-commissioning stages of a project.

Taking adequate account of such effects, and ensuring their effective integration with commercial aspirations is essential to successful and sustainable scheme delivery. Legislation often establishes a need for investigations, though experience also highlights the varied commercial and PR benefits of informal studies in other circumstances.

Entec's environmental specialists are able to assist with:

• policy and best-practice formulation and evaluation;
• understanding the legislative framework and requirements of a proposed development;
• preparation of cost-effective data collection strategies;
• interpretation of data and development of appropriate and innovative mitigation;
• the effective communication of environmental information to those involved in decision making processes.

Our Skills

Our services can take the form of individual specialist studies or as part of wider environmental appraisals, perhaps as part of a formal environmental impact assessment (EIA) and include:

• Agricultural studies
• Archaeological and cultural heritage studies
• Environmental economics
• Ecology and nature conservation studies
• Environmental water quality studies
• Freshwater and marine ecology
• Landscape design
• Landscape and visual impact assessment
• Noise, dust and air quality studies
• Rural economy
• Socio-economics and social impact assessments
• Traffic and transport studies/impact assessment

These skills are complemented by other areas of expertise such as contaminated land, regeneration, and development planning, in conjunction with our strong track record of working with a broad range of public and private sector clients.

Our Customers

Entec's environmental appraisal capability has been built through the development of strong relationships with clients such as:

Project Profiles

Examples of Entec's experience in environmental appraisal services are provided below.

Teesside Offshore Wind Farm Northern Offshore Wind	View
Black Law Windfarm Environmental Impact Assessment ScottishPower	View
Expansion of Stansted Airport BAA	View
Central Rivers Project Strategy Staffordshire County Council, Lichfield and East Staffordshire District Councils, English Nature, RSPB, Aggregate Industries, Hanson Aggregates, Lafarge Redland Aggregates and others	View
Chalk Slurry Pipeline Environmental Impact Assessment Rugby Cement	View
Countryside Character Framework Research Project Countryside Agency	View
Environmental Advice at Powharnal Opencast Scottish Coal	View
Guidance on Biodiversity and Minerals English Nature, the Quarry Products Association and the Silica & Mouldings Sands Association	View
UK Biodiversity Action Plan - Independent Evaluation of Progress UK Biodiversity Secretariat, DETR (now the Biodiversity Policy Unit, Defra)	View
Hydro-ecological Review of 86 Habitats Directive Sites Across Anglian Region Environment Agency (Anglian Region)	View
"WindWorks" - EA and Project Design for Small Wind Farms National Wind Power	View
Project profiles are in PDF format and require Acrobat Reader to view - click on the link (right) to install. PDFs are screen resolution for quicker download times. Higher quality versions are available on request by e-mailing marketing@entecuk.co.uk.

Our Capabilities in Detail

For more detail on related skills and experience, download the capability statements listed below:

Further Details

For further details on our environmental appraisal capabilities please contact Iain Findlay on 01926 439000 or by e-mail at findi@entecuk.co.uk.

Iain Findlay

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