Geoenvironmental

Utilising brownfield sites is fundamental to the delivery of safe and sustainable development. Accordingly, the rise in urban regeneration schemes and recognition of the need to conserve green spaces in towns and city centres means that many developments are now situated on old industrial brownfield sites. With this transition come special challenges such as cost, risk and potential liability, but also opportunities for bringing derelict land back into beneficial use, remediating contamination and enhancing the environment.

Buro Happold’s geoenvironmental team has extensive experience working with contaminated land, impacted waters and in identifying and resolving technical issues that arise on sites during development. Our team understands the commercial and technical issues of land contamination and has a proven track record of successful project delivery related to requirements under planning (PPS23) as well as potential liability under Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act. Our expertise covers all technical disciplines and spans all phases from initial due diligence, intrusive investigation, assessment and remedial design, through to final verification.

Related disciplines

  • Bridges & civil structures

    The bridges and civil engineering structures team at Buro Happold are experts in the design, construction and maintenance of bridges, tunnels and complex highway structures.

  • Coastal and marine

    Key to all aspects of engineering coastal sites is consideration of the environmental aspects from materials, sustainability and ecology to low impact construction techniques and long-term maintenance requirements.

  • Drainage and storm water management

    Water Resource Management (WRM) is the process by which all elements of the water cycle are considered within a project. It is increasingly important that water is considered as a single, finite resource.

  • Earthworks

    Our team is highly experienced in investigating, analysing, testing and managing the movement of earth and other material around a site to establish formation levels for building and landscaping.

  • Flood risk

    Water management is a key element in virtually all building and urban regeneration projects. To maximise the potential of our developments in a sustainable and environmentally responsible way, effective water management is vital.

  • Geoenvironmental

    The rise in urban regeneration schemes and the need to conserve green spaces in towns and city centres means that many developments are now situated on old industrial brownfield sites. With this transition brings special challenges - cost, risk and liability.

  • Geotechnical

    Buro Happold’s geotechnical group provides its clients with the capability to complete structural, building and civil engineering solutions.

  • Highway engineering

    Highway engineering forms a key part of Buro Happold’s Infrastructure group. With an integrated approach to major urban strategies and masterplan projects, our highway design experts work on some of the most high profile and ambitious projects in the world.

  • People movement

    In the wider built environment, Buro Happold’s People Movement management capability has been applied to optimise circulation in a whole multitude of areas.

  • Transport planning

    Buro Happold’s transport planning team provides a wide range of services to both private and public sector clients. Our team values its client relationships very highly and considers them vital to the success of the project, be it local or international.

  • Utilities engineering

    Utilities infrastructure strategy is an important aspect of any land development or masterplanning process and provides a mechanism for bringing all aspects of development together.

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Wembley Redevelopment

05/05/2011

Buro Happold has concluded the first phase of Wembley Infrastructure (Phase One). We have been involved in the project since 2002 starting with a single project that has evolved into the company providing a wide cross-section of our services to find the right solutions to a series of challenging design issues.

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Marlowe Theatre

22/02/2013

The new Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury opened its doors to the public on 4 October 2011, three years after construction started in 2008. The redevelopment of the Marlowe Theatre provides Canterbury with a new theatre complex to act as a hub for local, national and international productions. The redevelopment comprises a new 1200 seat auditorium and a second 150 seat studio theatre along with new front of house and technical areas.

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Happold Consulting

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KAMA Tri-City Integrated Masterplan

22/11/2012

The Kama Tri-City region is one of the major industrial centres in Russia. It sits upon 30% of the world’s potash resources, a key fertiliser, and also holds metals, oil and gas reserves. It should be a buoyant area. All the major businesses together with new players have plans for expansion. Instead it is suffering from a declining working-age population and increasing proportion of elderly residents.

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Happold Consulting

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Ad’Diriyyah Comprehensive Development Plan

15/11/2012

Ad’Diriyyah represents a series of stunning historic oasis settlements situated in Wadi Hanifah, itself an area of outstanding natural beauty, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s capital city, Riyadh. The site is both the location for the founding of modern Saudi Arabia as well as the birth of the Wahab school of Islam (the “Oneness Movement”).

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Buro Happold

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Bath Western Riverside Redevelopment

17/10/2012

As one of the largest brownfield regeneration projects in the south west, Bath Western Riverside comprises approximately 70 acres of land west of the city centre adjoining the river Avon. The project is a major opportunity for Bath to deliver a platform for the city’s future economic and social prosperity.

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Buro Happold joins Battersea redevelopment team

18/09/2012

Buro Happold has been appointed by the Battersea Power Station Development Company to provide multidisciplinary engineering design and consultancy to Phase 1 of the redevelopment of Battersea Power Station.

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Hugh Mallett voices concerns of the contaminated land sector with UK government

04/04/2012

Last week the Environmental Industries Commission (EIC) supported by Hugh Mallett of Buro Happold  met with Richard Benyon MP,  Environment Minister (DEFRA) who has special responsibility for land and water.  The...

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Hands off our land:Buro Happold comments on the National Planning Policy Framework

03/01/2012

The current positioning of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) is of great interest to renowned consulting engineers, Buro Happold. The Environment Industries Commission (EIC) which serves as an interface between the...

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Concerns over contaminated land

22/11/2011

10,000 contaminated land sector professionals call for safeguards in NPPF – EIC to launch campaign  The Environment Industries Commission (EIC) Contaminated Land Working Group has expressed serious concerns to the...

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Buro Happold

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Stratford Town City Link

26/09/2011

Stratford Town City Link was a proposal for a new state of the art pedestrian bridge over a railway that links Stratford station in east London to a new shopping complex developed by Westfield.

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New Marlowe Theatre - a tour de force in theatre and performance space design

01/09/2011

Buro Happold’s latest inspirational performance venue The new Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury opens its doors to the public on 4 October, three years after construction started in 2008. The venue will open with a gala...

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Buro Happold

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Louvre Abu Dhabi

26/05/2011

In March 2007, the Tourist Development and Investment Company of Abu Dhabi announced that a new Louvre Museum would be completed in the city of Abu Dhabi. The new museum’s dramatic domed roof is undoubtedly the strongest feature...

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Buro Happold

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O2 Arena and Millennium Dome

18/05/2011

The O2 Arena sits within the former Millennium Dome – one of Buro Happold’s key projects of the late 1990s as a building within a building.

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Buro Happold

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TAG Aviation

16/05/2011

Our client TAG (Techniques de Avante garde) Aviation aspires to create the most modern airports dedicated to business aviation in Europe while maintaining a sense of discretion and privacy. TAG Aviation established an...

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Buro Happold

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Arsenal Emirates Stadium

05/05/2011

August 2006 saw the opening game at  the 60,000-seat Emirates Stadium in London, the new home for Arsenal FC, one of Europe’s most prestigious and successful premiership football clubs. This opening game marked the beginning...

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