Environmental Gain Ltd provides a full range of environmental services and consultancy, either directly or through partnership with companies we know and have previously worked with. We place great emphasis on management of our supply chain so that all benefit.
Some of the key services we provide are listed below. We provide input to projects at all levels and stages from consultation at a national level, expert witness at Public Inquiry through to supervision of site works.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
Environmental Gain’s experience spans a broad range of sectors, including small complex urban development to large infrastructure projects. Our added value comes from our ability to manage and deliver innovative environmental design solutions during the evolution of a project. We are highly experienced in assisting our clients through the planning process and to efficiently managing and coordinating technical studies for Environmental Impact Assessments. We provide:
Formal Environmental Impact Assessment to UK standards
Management of consultation process
EIA screening and scoping
Coordination of all specialist issues
Compliance advice and consents
Mitigation design and advice
Monitoring proposals
Expert witness
Environmental Statement review
ECOLOGY
Environmental Gain has extensive experience in ecology covering the full range of surveys required to carry out robust ecological appraisals and assessments. Moreover we use our understanding of the ecology of habitats and species to add value to projects leading to protection of appropriate resources and better designed projects which minimise impacts. Environmental Gain has qualified ecologists that provide:
Ecological Impact Assessment
Rapid early identification of ecological value and constraints
Specialist and detailed ecological surveys and protected species surveys including:
Mammals
Reptiles
Amphibians
Birds
Invertebrates
Plants & Habitats
Invasive species
Habitat restoration
Ecological management plans
Expert witness;
Mitigation proposals
Research and monitoring.
ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT
The management of environmental risk is integral to the success of our clients’ business. Issues such as protected species, contaminated land and archaeology can pose a potential hidden risk to client interests. Where clients are acquiring or disposing of properties, we provide early environmental information and pragmatic advice/management options to reduce such risks. We provide experience and reliability in:
Environmental opportunities and constraints advice
Rapid environmental risk identification and evaluation
Evaluation of development options
Due diligence and environmental audit
BREEAM AND CODE OF SUSTAINABLE HOMES ASSESSMENT
The BREEAM family of assessment methods and tools are all designed to help construction professionals understand and mitigate the environmental impacts of the developments they design and build. We provide services that comply with the ecology sections of the BREEAM and Code of Sustainable Homes assessment criteria in gaining maximum credits. Environmental Gain has extensive experience with all stages of the assessments including:
Walkover surveys and site assessment
Site protection and monitoring plans
Landscape, mitigation and enhancement plans
PUBLIC FACILIATION, CONSULTATION AND TRAINING
Ever changing market drivers and environmental standards have lead to increasing needs for environmental communication, management and reporting. Working with regulatory authorities, stakeholders and communities, Environmental Gain has an excellent understanding of national and local environmental and social issues and assists clients in achieving positive environmental performance by providing:
Tailored environmental training programmes
Advice on changes in environmental regulations and standards
Public participation strategy and stakeholder facilitation
Managed consultation and negotiation with statutory and non-statutory organisations.
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND SOLUTIONS
Environmental Gain applies the appropriate resources to each assignment by building a team of qualified professionals, led by one of our highly experienced project managers who is actively engaged in each project and ensures appropriate partnership and communication with our clients. We work closely with our clients to establish performance indicators to manage and report on project goals, limitations and strategies. Our strengths include:
Building project teams from a network of associated specialists from agriculture to zoology;
Strategic leadership, management and delivery of complex and large-scale projects;
Integration with planning, development, design and engineering teams;
Strategic Environmental Assessment;
Construction Environmental Management Plans and Emergency Response Plans;
On site supervision, monitoring and 24 hour call out; and
Site risk evaluation, costing and management strategies.
Environmental Gain Ltd
The Old Church School, Butts Hill
Frome, Somerset, BA11 1HR
Tel: +44 (0) 1373 888330
Fax: +44 (0) 1373 888462
Email: info@engain.com
