Sectors and Regions
We provide expertise and services to a wide range of industries and sectors around the world.
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Offshore Renewables
Offshore wind is our largest industry sector, most projects are long term with multiple phases. We provide services across the whole project lifecycle from preplanning to operation and decommissioning. Examples of the services we provide to the offshore renewables industry include:
Modelling of piling noise for environmental impact assessments
Regulatory advice and support
Expert witness (underwater noise)
Baseline monitoring (long term autonomous monitoring)
Construction compliance monitoring (fully attended or short-term autonomous monitoring)
Operational noise monitoring (long or short-term autonomous monitoring)
Sound source verification of geological survey equipment
Oil and Gas
Consideration of underwater noise is becoming increasingly important for oil and gas exploration projects:
Modelling of noise from seismic surveys for environmental impact assessments
Construction and decommissioning underwater noise modelling
Regulatory advice and support
Long-term campaign monitoring
Sound source verification of survey equipment
Port Developments
Port development projects typically involve a range of different noise generating activities such as impact and vibro-piling, dredging and blasting. We have undertaken numerous impact assessments and measurement studies for harbours and ports of all sizes. Work undertaken includes:
Simple assessment and ranking of the significance of noise sources
Assessment of all possible sources and detailed modelling of high noise activities
Regulatory advice and support
Baseline noise monitoring
Construction noise monitoring
Construction near Rivers
Works such as new river crossings usually require construction activity to take place on the river banks immediately adjacent to the river. If the river is important for migratory fish, then underwater noise monitoring is often required as part of the construction process - a challenge in flowing rivers. Services include:
Baseline assessments
Long-term underwater noise monitoring during construction
Real-time exceedance alerting
Where We Work
Based in the UK, we have extensive experience of UK regulatory expectations and participate in various industry forums and working groups. We have contributed to EIAs for the majority of offshore wind farms in the UK, numerous port and harbour developments, and inland construction close to significant watercourses.
We have undertaken impact assessments in the UK, Ireland, Northern Europe, Africa, West Coast USA, South America and Antarctica.
Noise measurement studies have been carried out in UK, Ireland, Northern Europe, West Africa, East Coast USA, Kazakhstan, Hong Kong.
