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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Overview BSG Ecology completed survey of cliff vegetation using roped access and drone survey techniques. The approach to the work was agreed with Natural Resources Wales. In the event the cable route from the proposed tidal energy project needs...

14 January, 2021

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Overview The need for remedial works to Grassholme Reservoir had the potential for significant adverse effects on important ecological features including woodland, freshwater habitats, protected species and statutory designated sites. BSG Ecology worked with nature conservation stakeholders and the Northumbrian...

12 November, 2020

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Overview BSG Ecology provided ecological and spatial analytical support to the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) in their cost-benefit analysis of 150 proposed electricity transmission schemes across thirty-six European countries. BSG’s study compiled environmental and...

04 July, 2019

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Background The railway infrastructure between Oxford and Bicester upgrade, as part of Network Rail’s wider East-West Rail Link, will re-establish a direct connection between Cambridge and Oxford. The Oxford to Bicester section, operated by Chiltern Railways will be upgraded...

01 August, 2018

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Background Northumberland County Council proposed to construct a new road that would provide access to a new school and a housing development located on the southern edge of Alnwick, Northumberland.  A number of options were considered for the alignment...

27 July, 2018

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Background BSG Ecology was approached in 2012 by Axis PED to join the client team providing support to British Salt (a company wholly owned by TATA Chemicals Europe) for a proposed 14km twin pipeline in Cheshire required to supply brine...

27 July, 2018

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Background BSG Ecology was commissioned by Carrownaweelaun Energy Limited to prepare an Ecological Impact Assessment (EcIA) and an Appropriate Assessment Screening Report for 8.7 km of 10 kV overhead electricity line between Carrownaweelaun 20 kV sub-station and Kilkee sub-station,...

25 July, 2018

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Background BSG Ecology has provided ecological advice and support to Northumbrian Water Limited since 2009, working on over 30 projects to date.  We have developed a comprehensive understanding of Northumbrian Water’s needs and a commercial awareness of their operational...

20 July, 2018

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Background In 2015 BSG Ecology was commissioned by O&H Hampton Ltd to carry out ecological monitoring of great crested newt use of tunnels.  The aim was to determine the success of mitigation relating to the recently-constructed Western Peripheral Road,...

20 July, 2018

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Background During a routine inspection Northumbrian Water Operations found that a landslip had seriously damaged part of the surface water network on the southern edge of Peterlee, County Durham.  As a result the surface water sewer outfall that discharges...

20 July, 2018