Our ecology & biodiversity consultants can manage all ecological aspects of a project – identifying pragmatic nature-based solutions to help protect and enhance biodiversity and the wider natural environment.
We have long and wide-ranging experience in ecosystem and biodiversity net gain (BNG) assessments, Ecological Impact Assessments (EcIA) and Habitats Regulations Assessments in terrestrial, aquatic and marine environments with regional ecology consultancy hubs across the UK.
Sweco provides a wide ‘eco-system’ of ecological and biodiversity consultancy services, with proven outcomes for clients including the West Suffolk Hospital NHS Trust and the Comrie Flood Protection Scheme. These range from due diligence reviews of legislative requirements for development – from local to international level – through to all aspects of ecology and nature-based solutions relating to planning services, placemaking and net zero urbanisation. All underpinned by an unrivalled suite of multi-disciplinary planning, design and engineering solutions.
Our focus is on helping clients meet their compliance and sustainability obligations in tandem. Through a complete spectrum of ecological consultancy specialisms, we can advise and act on biodiversity plans in the round, support net gain efforts, promote natural capital protection (and enhancement), address wildlife/habitat conservation challenges and help implement optimum blue/green infrastructures.
A wide range of protected species surveys and assessments, such as Habitats Regulations Assessments, are included within our portfolio, in addition to expert biodiversity due diligence support. Or project experience ranges from small scale residential development and commercial projects all the way up to large-scale infrastructure work.
More recently, we have added advisory services including biodiversity net gain assessments, natural capital assessments and ecosystem services reviews to our offering. We also offer ecological clerks of works and environmental advisory services for investigatory, construction and maintenance projects, and suitably qualified ecologists for BREEAM.
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Habitat and botanical survey (UK Habitat Classification, NVC, Phase 1)
BREEAM Ecology advisory services
Digital tools & analysis including infrared cameras, GIS, thermal imaging, camera trapping, bat sound analysis
By providing green infrastructure that enables the conservation of rare and endangered species and habitats, we have the privilege of being able to have a positive influence on natural capital and ecosystem services – and playing a key role in providing a sustainable future for all.
For Sweco, viewing projects through the Green Transition lens is essential to our mission of ‘transforming society together’, bringing to life our determination to be a leader and role model in the consultancy space in the green transition.
We’re proud to be taking responsibility for, and being a central part of, the solution to society’s sustainability and carbon problems – challenging our clients, and ourselves, to deliver digitally enabled, sustainable, innovative outcomes through technical excellence and expert consultancy across our whole portfolio.
Our exclusive ecology calendar is designed to help clients with project planning throughout the year. Each calendar allows you to uncover vital data at the right times – for example Protected Species Surveys are best undertaken at certain times of the year, and can vary according to the species concerned and the type of survey required.
Together with our clients and the collective knowledge of our 22,000 engineers, consultants and other specialists, we co-create solutions to address urbanisation, capture the power of digitalisation, and make our societies more sustainable. With international multi-disciplinary teams, we can call on the right insight and technical capability at the right time from across Buildings, Infrastructure, Advisory & Planning and Compliance.
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