Environment
The physical, environmental and social infrastructure of the UK continues to evolve in response to the changing requirements of people, communities, businesses, the government, regulators, financial and other stakeholders. In particular, the legal, policy and societal expectations to protect the environment and adapt to climate change show no sign of abating.
Over the past two decades, this has stimulated significant advancements in the use of technology and more effective planning of workplaces, homes, utilities and transport. Pell Frischmann has been at the forefront of this evolution; advising our clients on low carbon and sustainable design solutions, energy and resource efficiency, enhancing biodiversity, repairing historic environmental degradation and flood protection.
Our Environment Specialisms
It is now widely recognised that measures to assure the long-term sustainable future of development must be ingrained and tracked at every stage of the project planning and delivery cycle. This modern-day imperative applies equally to the building of new homes, schools, hospitals, offices, factories, energy generation and transmission plant, transport infrastructure, water and wastewater utilities. Astute developers think not only in terms of immediate capacity and financial returns, but also about the environmental impact, energy demand and climate change resilience of a project -together helping retain the value, functionality, accessibility and connectivity of their assets over the longer term.
Our Environment and Sustainability Team provide expert and timely input to maximise environmental benefits and minimise constraints throughout the acquisition, planning, development and asset management cycle. Using our in-house experts and trusted supply chain, we address all relevant environmental disciplines in a pragmatic and solution-orientated way.
From determining the initial environmental constraints and opportunities of a site, using our bespoke, GIS-driven Baseline Environmental Tool (BET); undertaking specific surveys and impact assessments; shaping and guiding project designs including options for reducing embodied carbon, achieving Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) and exploring Nature-based Solutions (NbS); helping secure planning permissions, environmental permits and consents; to carrying out environmental monitoring during construction and implementation stages, we work with multi-disciplinary teams to deliver the best outcomes for our clients and the environment.
Our integrated multidisciplinary services and solutions are tailored to our clients’ specific needs and challenges, and our experts are regularly called upon to provide strategic support on complex projects and planning applications.
Our Environment and Sustainability business, led by David Thomson and Gary Sargent, provides all the services required to achieve environmental best practice and successful, sustainable outcomes on any project.
Our capabilities, combined with our deep understanding of local issues, communities, regulations and technical best practice, fulfil our clients’ requirements in a single coordinated offering. This has led us to developing many long-term and trusted relationships with both clients and project partners, such as: Homes England, Kier Group, the Canal & Rivers Trust, the Environment Agency, Manchester Airports Group (MAG), plus various water utility companies and local planning authorities.
“The Environment & Sustainability Team at Pell Frischmann provides an integrated service to clients offering commercially focussed, technically robust environmental management and assessment consultancy, combined with leading edge skills and expertise in the principles and practice of sustainable development. We help our clients navigate the plethora of planning policy, legal and societal expectations at project and corporate levels. We embed sustainability into all our projects and offer pragmatic solutions, including measures to address flood risk and climate change resilience, biodiversity net gain, nature-based solutions, contamination and waste, resource efficiency and net zero.”
David Thomson, Pell Frischmann, Environment Sector Director
