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Press Releases from SLR Consulting (6 total)

SLR acquires fifth international company in 20 months

Leading international environmental firm SLR Consulting continues to expand the services it offers in southern Africa with the acquisition of Bittner Water Consult CC (BIWAC), a groundwater consulting firm based in Namibia. The deal is SLR’s fifth acquisition in 20 months and its third in southern Africa in the last year, following the purchase of environmental consultancy Metago and engineering firm GreenEng. BIWAC, which has an office in Windhoek,

SLR CONSULTING HELPS GAIN PLANNING PERMISSION FOR FIRST GEOTHERMAL ELECTRICITY G …

SLR Consulting has successfully obtained planning permission for the development and operation of the first geothermal energy generation plant in Ireland. Working on behalf of Newcastle Energy Ltd, SLR scoped, prepared and submitted the planning application along with the environmental impact statement. Planning permission was granted by South Dublin County Council to begin developing the renewable energy source within just four months with no third party appeals against the decision.

Roman Roads not Roman after all?

A discovery at Tarmac’s Bayston Hill quarry in Shropshire has thrown into question the belief that Roman invaders introduced roads to Britain. Excavations carried out by environmental consultants SLR at the site suggest that the Romans may have made use of existing roads engineered by Iron Age Britons. The find shows that a metalled and cambered roadway, was constructed in the first century BC – 100 years before the Emperor

SLR supporting Mauritania in the sustainable development of geosciences and mine …

Environmental firm SLR Consulting is working on behalf the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania in West Africa, to facilitate the restructuring of the country’s key public geoscience bodies. Part of the World Bank’s PRISM programme , the project aims to assist in the mineral exploration and sustainable development of the country’s extensive mining resources. Providing technical assistance such as mine auditing, SLR has carried out a diagnostic assessment of corporate

SLR completes Oil Spill Waste Processing Guide

Environmental firm SLR Consulting has developed a guide to the processing of waste arising from a potential clean-up of sections of UK shoreline which could be affected by marine oil spills. The project, for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, covers all aspects of the planning and development of appropriate strategies to process the oily waste generated in such incidents. It is intended to assist Local Authority Contingency Planners and

Waste infrastructure support tool scoops RTPI Planning Award

A waste infrastructure support tool developed to help promote a low carbon economy has won a coveted Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) award. The tool was developed on behalf of the regional development agency, Advantage West Midlands (AWM), by environmental consultants SLR Consulting working together with global real estate services firm DTZ. The project was victorious within the ‘Spatial Strategies’ category at the RTPI awards ceremony held at the London

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