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We are specialists in the surveying and assessment of peat and soils. Our in-house experience includes:
Undertaking soils and peat surveys including for agricultural land.
Peat and soil probing and augering techniques.
Peat slide risk assessments.
Peat and soil management plans.
Geomorphological mapping.
Intrusive investigation of peat hydrology, including the installation of dipwells and groundwater monitoring.
Stabilisation of wasting peat.
Groundwater-fed wetland impact assessment.
Site and borrow pit restoration plans.
Our experience includes lowland and highland assessments, working in sensitive locations (e.g. SSSIs) and the assessment of peat for windfarm developments across Wales and in England.
Aqua Terra prides itself on providing strategic, innovative support to developers of contaminated and brownfield sites. Our roots as a company are in the investigation, assessment, and clean-up of contaminated land. We deliver strategic support from pre-application due diligence and feasibility, through the planning and build process culminating in validation and verification services. Services include but are not limited to:
Phase 1 desk study assessments (preliminary risk assessment).
Intrusive (Phase 2) ground investigation – including drilling, trial pitting, laboratory testing, in-situ testing and analysis.
Land quality risk assessment across the full range of complexity, from simple screening of environmental data to detailed quantitative risk assessment of groundwater and human health (DQRA).
Land gas and vapour investigation and assessment.
Remediation strategy and remediation options appraisals.
Remediation (construction) phase support.
Validation testing and verification.
Public inquiry and expert witness services
We have worked on the full range of contaminated sites, from petrol filling stations to gas works, from collieries to Ministry of Defence sites and everything in between.
Our team are experienced in supporting EIAs for all types of projects from residential led strategic sites, to DNS/ DCO scale projects and large linear transmission projects. Some example projects we have supported are below:
DCO scale solar farms.
DNS scale energy parks including wind, solar and battery storage.
Up to 90km long transmission lines (overhead and underground).
Large scale residential developments including high rise developments.
Many of our clients rely upon our environmental protection expertise during their construction phase, in order to help them deliver their obligations in managing their impact on the environs in which they work. Our services include:
Construction Environmental Management Plans (CEMP).
Construction and operation phase Surface Water Management Plans.
On-site dust monitoring.
Site inspection and auditing.
Environmental Permit applications.
Ordinary Watercourse Consent and Flood Risk Activity Permit applications
CL:AIRE Code of Practice Materials Management Plans.
Earthworks strategies and specifications.
Carbon auditing for infrastructure projects.
We have specialist in-house expertise in the field of hydrological and hydrogeological assessment and modelling, with expertise in delivering a range of services in investigating and assessing surface water and groundwater resources and impacts. Our services include:
Desk based hydrological/ hydrogeological impact assessment.
1D and 2D Hydraulic modelling.
Hydrogeological modelling.
Intrusive groundwater investigations including borehole drilling, groundwater monitoring, aquifer testing.
Surface water flow and quality monitoring and assessment.
Groundwater resource assessment.
Surface water management plans.
Hydrological/ hydrogeological risk assessment.
Nutrient (nitrate and phosphate) neutrality and water neutrality assessments in England and Wales.
EIA services, from scoping to ES chapters to EIA reviews.
Flood Risk/ Consequence Assessments.
Sequential and justification tests.
Flood Evacuation/ Emergency Plans.
Drainage Strategies.
Soakaway (infiltration) testing.
Basement impact assessments.
Our practitioners include a number of experienced geologists with a strong track record delivering projects centred around the investigation and assessment of ground conditions to inform ground stability assessments and foundation design. Our in-house capabilities include:
Desk based coal mining risk assessments.
Desk based geotechnical appraisals.
Intrusive soil and rock investigations including drilling, in-situ testing, laboratory analysis etc.
Coal mine probing.
Mine stabilisation (drill and grout) strategy and specifications.
Mine stabilisation supervision and validation.
Geotechnical Investigation Reports (GIR).
Ground strength characterisation.
Materials Management Plans (MMP)
Earthworks strategy and specification.
Earthworks supervision and validation.
Carbon auditing of earthworks projects.