The firm has acted as lead consultant for the DOE Roads Service, Coleraine Division, in the preparation of the Limavady By-pass Environmental Statement, and has become very familiar with the interpretation of the Roads (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988.

Under the Drainage (Environmental Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991, the practice is lead consultant in the preparation of the Environmental Assessment of the Newry Flood Protection Scheme. This Assessment is being prepared for the Department of Agriculture, Watercourse Management.

The practice has been involved in the production of other environmental statements under the planning legislation such as the New Water Source for Belfast and the Eastern Area, the Kircubbin and Greyabbey Sewage Treatment Works the Newry Sewage Treatment Works, for the DOE Water Executive and D5, Sydenham, Leisure and Retail Park for Anglia & General Developments Ltd. The firm has also carried out an assessment for a quarry extension at Kennedy Quarries, Macosquin, Coleraine.

The practice specialises in landscape assessments including the visual assessments and in mitigation measures. Computers are used to create appropriate working models where necessary, in order to aid the best integration of the proposed development into the existing setting. In addition computer techniques are used to present photo/realistic images of the “before and after” perception of the visual environment.

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