Infrastructure

Our Tips for a Successful Infrastructure Project

Infrastructure projects bring with them a range of ecological challenges and opportunities. Based on our extensive experience of delivering award winning infrastructure projects here are our tips on the most important things to consider to enable successful integration of wildlife and habitat protection and enhancement. Our aim is to not just keep your project legally compliant but to turn wildlife into an asset and a shared passion for your team and local community.

Tips:

• Identification of ecological constraints or opportunities early in the options appraisal or design / assessment process can help to avoid challenging ecological constraints and opportunities to provide wildlife and habitat enhancements
• Undertake early consultation with environmental stakeholders
• Embed ecological considerations within project concepts
• Consider ecological constraints in project and construction program  development and plan schedules and delivery accordingly
• Engage the project team at all levels with ecological and environmental          considerations creating an internal buy-in and understanding, effectively    creating your own in-house eyes and ears to environmental issues!

Our team of project managers and specialists  have successfully integrated the above considerations within design and construction phase works of a range of  projects  including renewable energy, highways design and construction to cable routes.  In every case, EcoÉireann have been able to form part of a multi discipline team working to deliver the project with the best ecological outcomes in the most pragmatic manner.

We can support infrastructure projects at all stages from feasibility studies through to detailed design,  baseline data collection through detailed ecological surveys, ecological assessment and consenting including Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Appropriate Assessment (AA) and, construction phase supervision and monitoring using an ECoW all the way through to post construction monitoring.

For a free and informal chat about your infrastructure projects, simply get in touch.