Projects
Children's Day Nursery, Southwark, Southeast London
19 August 2011
The proposed development comprises a single storey children’s day nursery school.
Currently the site is not in use but was previously used for keeping horses and briefly as a railway contractor’s yard.
The development comprises the nursery building surrounded by hard landscaping with areas for either soft landscaping or astro turf. Access to the property is gained via a dedicated entrance in Croxted Road.
Phase 1 and phase 2 environmental studies were undertaken. Slightly elevated concentrations of contaminants were found and to avoid costly removal of soil it was recommended that barriers were installed to prevent contact between site users and any potential contamination.
90 Haymerle Road, Peckham
16 February 2011
The brief was to assess any the risk of any on site contamination leading to remediation costs arising at some future date and to assess the risks to human health due to the change in use to artists’ studios.
The site is very approximately rectangular shaped in plan and occupies approximately 0.2ha. The greater part of the site is occupied by buildings with a small yard at the north end of the site. The main building is a framed three storey brick clad “L” shaped structure. Single storey buildings occupy the other areas giving an approximately rectangular ground floor plan. The site is located in a mixed residential and industrial area.
61-63 Wanstead Park Road, Ilford
1 September 2010
Our brief was to undertake a phase 1 environmental report. The proposals comprise the demolition two end of terrace properties and construction of a residential development of 37 dwellings comprising four one bedroom units, twelve two bedroom units, thirteen three bedroom units and eight four plus bedroom units with associated car and cycle parking and landscaping.
The site use at the time of the walk over was partly residential and partly commercial, mainly vehicle repairs and spraying and some areas with abandoned cars.
The report concluded that it was likely some superficial contamination would be found and gave appropriate recommendations .
During the course of the walk over Japanese Knotweed was identified, enabling timely action to be taken to eradicate this invasive species.
73-79 Childers Street, Deptford SE8 5JR
26 August 2010
Our brief was to provide a phase 1 environmental report and a flood risk assessment.
The site comprised the former British Legion building with its small service yards along Arklow Road. The site is in close proximity to a railway viaduct with immediate context made up of public open space, industrial and residential usage.
The development comprised twenty six flats distributed over a block ranging from four to five storeys including 348m˛ ground floor commercial floorspace. Associated with these are amenity roof terraces and balconies, car parking and bicycle storage.
The Otter, Bushey Mill Lane
3 July 2009
An investigation, commissioned by Joseph Rajah of Joseph Homes, on behalf of Bellway Homes was undertaken at the above site.
There were concerns about possible contamination of the site by hydrocarbons from the adjacent vehicle repair workshop.
In order to comply with the tight timescale we visited site, dug trial pits, installed boreholes with gas monitors, collected and tested contamination samples and issued our initial report less than one week after receipt of instruction.
The Fanshawe, Dagenham
2 February 2009
Demolition of the public house which had occupied the site had been undertaken and a spoil bund placed around the site perimeter, subsequently fly tipping had occurred.
A review of the original site investigation showed that there was contamination of the site with heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. An initial site visit identified the presence of asbestos fragments and also Japanese Knotweed.
Testing was undertaken across the site to determine the extent of soil contamination and thereby minimise the amount of material removed to landfill. A thorough survey of Japanese Knotweed on site was undertaken, it was established that this was located in the spoil bund and the contaminated stretches were identified and removed to landfill, timescales did not permit on-site treatment. Verification testing was undertaken and after sampling the imported topsoil a concluding verification report was prepared confirming the suitability of the site for residential use.
The scheme won 'Housing Project of the Year' by Builder and Engineering Magazine.