Project – Desktop Study Bradford

Southwest Environmental Limited were apprioached by a private land owner who was seeking to devlope a piece of derelict ground which filled a section of street grid in Bradford, Yorkshire, UK.

It soon became apparent that the site had a history that meant it was prone to lowered soil quality. On site uses were unclear, and surrounding land had been used for heavey industrial purposes throughout the 20th centuary.

The site was alo in a Coal mining area and as such a coal mining report was sourced to establish risk to the building structure for ground collapse.

Report Sourced from Coal Authority

Environmental Consultants Bristol

Project – NHS Sustainability Reporting

Southwest Environmental Limited were approached by a planning consultancy who were in need of some help with Sustainability Reporting for a planning application. Bristol City Council wished to see an energy assessment of the propossed healthcare devlopment and somemeasures for reducing energy emissions ergo emmisions.

SWEL prepared a report based on the local planning aithrities requirements, the development was modelled based on energy usage per bed, values derived from a study carried out in Belgium, from this end value a renewable geration capacity was reached to satify Bristol City Councils 20% renewables target.

Environmental Consultants Bristol

Project – NHS Desktop Study & Site Investigation

A small extension of a medical centre in Exeter, Devon, UK.

Despite the small scale of the development a Site Contamination Assessment was requested by Exeter City Council.

During the collation of the Desktop Study Report it became apparent that the building was built on top of a landfill site, that dated from the 1970s.

It was therefore recommened that a Site Investigation take place so as to determine the nature of placed fill.

Soil condition were found to be good and gas and groundwater monitoring did not reveal any elevated lvels of contaminants.

Environmental Consultants Exeter