Environmental Planning
Precaution. Analyse. Report.
Environmental planning is oriented towards desirable conditions for the environment and human beings. Environmental planning ensures the co-ordination of individual instruments and integrates environmental policy in all areas, such as spatial planning, individual plans and environmental impact assessments. We take environmental and social aspects into consideration. That way, we achieve sustainable development.
Environmental Compatibility
Assess. Organise. Report.
The environmental impact assessment (EIA) is the central eco-political instrument for environmental protection. Environmentally relevant projects are assessed for environmental impacts. As part of the regulatory approval process, the environmental impact assessment aids decision making on the permissibility of projects. It is the first hurdle for project implementation. With our detailed presentation of potential project-related environmental effects, the concept of measures and a balanced discussion of the options, we prevent failure of the project due to the EIA.
Tasks
- Examining the legal requirements of environmental impact assessments
- Determining the investigation program; that is, the investigation space and depths
- Writing of reports to statutory requirements
- Involvement of the public and government authorities
Our Services
- Screening: examining the legal requirement of environmental impact assessments
- Scoping: determining investigation programs
- Recording and evaluating relevant protective goods, such as human beings, flora, fauna and habitats, soil, water, climate and air, landscape and recreation, cultural and material goods
- Determining possible effects of the projects, conflict analysis with respect to protective goods
- Conceptualisation of measures to avoid, reduce and offset adverse effects on protective goods
- Discussion of options and identification of sustainable solutions
- Project presentation and moderation
Your Benefits
- Legal security
- Environmentally sustainable operations
- Sustainability of resources
- Requirements for the project implementation
Landscape Design
Assess. Create. Support.
Landscape planning is an ecological and creative subject between the conflicting priorities of spatial planning, ecology, conservation and various other areas. It serves proactively as a key planning instrument of nature protection and landscape conservation. Areal- and profile-oriented landscape planning supports and steers economic development and helps to shape it in an ecologically sustainable manner. With our landscape planning, we have set ourselves the goal of maintaining the productivity of eco-systems as the basis of life for people.
Tasks
- Creating urban land-use landscape plans as specialist areal plans for municipal land-use planning in our role as preliminary construction management planners
- Creation of urban land-use open-space plans for development planning in our role as committed construction management planners
- Creating maintenance and development plans for protected areas and protected objects
- Creation of landscape maintenance plans for projects in outside areas
Our Services
- Recording and evaluating relevant protective goods, such as human beings, flora, fauna and habitats, soil, water, climate and air, landscape and recreation, cultural and material goods
- Compiling basic data as decision support for planning and projects for a sustainable process
- Pointing out the existing and desirable environmental conditions
- Preparing models and examples for the development
- Identification of measures for the prevention, mitigation and compensation of adverse effects
- Applying nature-protection intervention regulations and accounting for intervention and compensation
Your Benefits
- Legal security
- Description of environmental objectives
- Damage prevention through consideration of flood protection, climate change and health protection, such as the preservation of recreation areas and open spaces as well as the protection of biodiversity
- Directing land use into less sensitive areas
- Individual solutions for projects
Species Protection
Inspect. Plan. Implement.
When construction projects and their planning impinge on the habitats of rare and protected plants and animals, the legal requirements for wildlife protection come into effect. Right at the beginning of project planning, we assess whether relevant animal and plant species and their habitats could be affected. If that is the case, specialists investigate the extent of the conflict and point out ways to protect the affected species. The implementation of wildlife preservation measures incorporates project-related options and official requirements. These measures may require some time. When possible conflicts are recognised early, unwanted delays in the project schedule can be avoided.
Tasks
- Recognise conflicts with wildlife protection laws
- Demonstrate practical solutions
- Generate reports in accordance with country-specific requirements
- Consult authorities
Our Services
- Screening: Relevance check of wildlife protection laws
- Assembly of an expert team for the detailed investigation of affected species
- Special check with regard to wildlife protection laws
- Action plan for avoiding wildlife protection law prohibitions
- (Avoidance measures, CEF measures)
- Exemption check, FCS measures
- Coordination with the relevant authorities
Your Benefits
- Legal certainty
- Planning certainty
- Sustainable project implementation
- Increase in acceptance
Permitting Management
Safeguard. Maximise. Achieve.
Water care and water development are implemented through the Water Framework Directive. Proposals that safeguard the water supply and ecosystem, the landscape and the common good are approved. All measures are subject to regulatory approval. We utilize our room to manoeuvre to your advantage to reduce the cost of water maintenance. Channelling water runoff and improving ecological conditions are a must for us.
Tasks
- Having room to manoeuvre to reduce the costs of water maintenance, while at the same time organising water drainage to improve ecological conditions
- Achieving the objectives of the Water Framework Directive
- Description of the measures requiring approval
Our Services
- Clarification of hydraulic scope and hydraulic performance
- Testing of different options for modified water care
- Drafting models for the practical testing of modified maintenance approaches
- Applying for Water Framework Directive permits
- Preparing application documents according to § 36 Water Resources Act (WHG)
- Preparing application documents according to provincial water acts
- Submission of the application documents to licensing authorities
Your Benefits
- Secure planning of approval-ready water development and water conversation measures
- Scheduling and cost control
- Expert support
- Many years of experience and local expertise
- Regional networking
- Interdisciplinary services from a single source
Permit Applications and Specialised Planning according to BImSchG
Coordinate. Apply. Support.
In order to ensure you a smooth and therefore cost-efficient project, we integrate all customer-specific, legal and technical requirements from the BImSchG and the accompanying fields of law early on.
The BImSchG bundles the relevant legal fields in one approval process. For over 20 years, we have guided this complex process as an expert for approval processes in the environmental sector and for water‐polluting substances. From planning to commissioning: Everything from a single source!
Tasks
- Goal-setting and clarification of resulting tasks
- Examination of legal and technical implementation
- Sounding out scope of action and discretion
- Coordinate approval with authorities
Our Services
Creation of the application forms, taking into consideration the federal and state laws and regulations:
- BImSchG (German Federal Emission Protection Law)
- AZB (Baseline Condition report)
- Drainage planning
- WHG (Water Resources Law) / LWG (State Water Law)
- AwSV (Regulation for Systems for Handling Water-Polluting Substances)
- State building codes of the respective states
- TA Lärm (Technical Guidance for Protection against Noise)
- TA Luft (Technical Guidance for Air Pollution)
- Wildlife protection statement
- Working Conditions Act
- Technical regulations
Your Benefits
- Investment security, thanks to legally compliant approval planning
- Cost security
- Interdisciplinary services from a single source
- Support by experts with many years of experience
Heavy Rain and Flash Flooding
Model. Analyse. Act.
In future, extreme weather events will occur more often due to global climate change.
Risk maps for intense rainfall are the most important basis for construction measures for reducing the risk of flooding, contingency planning and crisis management. We use a wide variety of support programmes, guidelines and handbooks for protection against climate change, especially on the subjects of intense rainfall and flash floods.
We use all available information sources, from quick analysis to detailed risk evaluation, to create individual solutions for you – beginning with planning protective measures to the implementation of management tools.
The goal is to protect life and limb and to prevent or minimise damage from future intense rainfall and flash floods as much as possible. We are available to you for consultation throughout the entire process.
Tasks
- Provide information
- Protect people
- Plan comprehensive solutions
- Implement protective measures
- Carry out risk prevention
Our Services
- Flow path analysis and site risk assessment
- Development of 2D flow models based on digital terrain models
- Heavy rain map and simulation: Calculation of drainage routes, flood zones, speeds and flood depths
- Risk analysis: Determining especiallly critical infrastructure and areas
- Hazard prevention
- Sewer system simulation/analysis
- Inspection and vulnerability analysis
Your Benefits
- Risk prevention
- Prevention of potential damage
- Protection of life and property
- Infrastructure protection
- Crisis management
- Adaptation to climate change
- Action plans
- Strengthening resilience in
- heavy rain risk management
- Flooding risk management