Engineering

Generic Services applicable to all Engineering Panels

  1. Prepare engineering designs covering all aspects including highways, drainage and structures etc.
  1. Research existing information and/or obtain new site investigation, survey and traffic data.
  1. Liaise with local and statutory authorities and other affected parties.
  1. Attend and keep minutes of briefing and progress meetings.
  1. Prepare drawings, specifications and contract documents for engineering works to allow for the tendering and construction of the works. Issue documents and assess tenders.
  1. Administer contracts and supervise the works all in accordance with HCA procedures.
  1. Provide Best Practice Advice on all engineering matters.
  1. Comply with CDM regulations 2007 including liaison with enforcing authorities and preparation of risk assessments.
  1. Keep records, plans etc as directed by the client.

Engineering

Transport & Highway Engineering

1.Undertake preliminary and detailed design of schemes.

2.Prepare necessary tender and contract documents and supervise construction.

  1. Undertake traffic and transportation studies, including modelling.

4. Undertake feasibility studies.

5.Advise on highways and utilities contracts to development.

6.Advise on, organise (including contract administration) and supervise as necessary all matters relating to: -Maintenance, cleansing, repair and safe condition of highways, footpaths, cycle-ways, street lighting, signage, access ways and other hard surfaces, adopted or otherwise;

7. Comply with the New Roads and Streetworks Act, including consultation with relevant statutory authorities, recharge and reinstatements; liaison with utilities and negotiations and advice.

8.Traffic Orders, traffic and pedestrian control measures, including statutory and voluntary consultations.

9.Signage (advisory and mandatory) provision.

10.Manage and advise on highway adoption issues.

11.Negotiation of agreements including S106.

12.Produce constraints plans.

13.Provide advice on and evaluation of developers’ proposals and/or costs.

Engineering

Water

  1. Design and modelling of surface and foul water drainages, including pipeline, pumping station and hydraulic control/attenuation and structures. Provide associated costing advice.
  1. SUDS design in compliance with accepted guidelines and regulatory requirements; surface and foul drainage requirements, including inspection, maintenance, cleansing, clearance and repair; preliminary and detailed. Compliance with the Reservoirs Act, including inspection, maintenance, and repairs.
  1. Design, modelling and validation of sewage and grey/black water management, including treatment systems
  1. Advise, organise and supervise as necessary on matters relating to flooding, including production of FRA, SFRA, SWMP.

5. Catchment analysis: Undertake feasibility studies including necessary modelling.

6.Detailed modelling and design associated with hydrology.

7.Advise, organise and supervise, as necessary all matters required under the “Reservoir Act”.

8.Groundwater monitoring and modelling

9.Flow channel design (including pipelines, pumping stations, culverts, measurement devices and flow control structures);

10.Design of flood defences or flow attenuation devices/structures

11. Advise on water resources issues and options, including production of water cycle studies and strategies.

12. Design, modelling and validation of alternative water supply systems, including rainwater harvesting.

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13. Liaise with utilities for the adoption of proposed and existing sewers etc.

14. Provide advice on constraints created by private and public drainage and the requirements of the Environment Agency, IDB’s and utilities companies.

  1. Prepare necessary tender and contract documents and supervise construction
Engineering

Geotechnical & Remediation

  1. Geotechnical. Advise on geotechnical design for foundations, supporting sub-structures, Sustainable Drainage Solutions (SUDS), slopes, bunds, retaining walls and other ground improvement/reclamation engineering.
  1. Stabilisation. Advise on issues of land stabilisation and mining subsidence. Assessment of information related to abandoned coal and non-coal mines (including shafts, infilled quarries and pits, drifts and adits), including:
  1. Identification of hazards and quantification of risk/safety factors, especially in relation to master planning and urban design;
  1. Computational analysis and modelling of collapse or failure, determination of Zone of Influence for areas overlain by mining features; and
  1. Design of mine treatment and/or remediation works, procurement and supervision of works, especially with early contractor involvement, and validation reporting.
  1. Contamination. Preparation of contamination investigations including consideration of all source-pathway-receptor linkages through phased risk assessment following best practice, legislation and sustainability, including:
  1. Undertake desk top studies;
  1. Design, supervise, procure, manage and report on all associated site investigations for geotechnical and contamination assessment purposes, including intrusive investigation (probe/borehole drilling & trial pits), sample recovery and testing, installation of monitoring devices and undertaking groundwater and ground gas monitoring. Specify laboratory testing for soil (physical and chemical), water and ground gases and analyse results;
  1. Site inspection or assessment using CCTV, sonar, geophysical, aerial, satellite imagery or other techniques, as required;
  1. Undertake tiered risk assessments for contaminated land in accordance with regulatory requirements, particularly for impacts on controlled waters and human health, including quantitative and visual modelling of contamination affects, ground gas migration, groundwater plume extent, etc; and
  1. Complete options and cost appraisal for remediation strategies relating to contamination, including all in-situ, ex-situ and off-site technologies, including the use of fixed soil treatment centres and Cluster arrangements, having full regard to master planning and urban design and early contractor involvement.
  1. Remediation. Preparation of contamination remediation strategy, including options for management/satisfactory exit, design of new landform as appropriate, treatment methods, extensive treatment/longer term management methods and validation of strategy through detailed quantitative risk assessment;
  1. Undertake design, procurement and contract administration of remedial works, especially with early contractor involvement;
  1. Advise on and ensure adherence to legislation (especially relating to Part IIA and Planning) on all sites; and
  1. Ensure all environmental permits are in place and that works minimise long-term blight to the site.
  1. Waste. Arrange all works to minimise waste production following best practice, to include:
  1. Provide Qualified Person to sign off declaration, as required;
  1. During all aspects of site investigation and remediation including all in-situ, ex-situ and off-site technologies;
  1. Movement of materials around site; and
  1. Movement of materials between sites, including the use of fixed soil treatment centres and Cluster arrangements.
Engineering

Environmental Engineering

1.Investigation, monitoring, management and control of pollution, wastes, flooding, notifiable or invasive weeds, accident hazards and other potential, actual or residual risks.

2.Provide advice on noise, air quality etc issues.

  1. Provide advice on best practice processes, eg CEEQUAL.
  1. Advise on constraints to development and regeneration schemes from

environmental issues.

5.Advice on engineering elements to comply with planning (biodiversity, habitats, heritage, noise, dust/air quality, light and other environmental issues) and use of alternative construction methods/materials in relation to specific projects to promote sustainability, Best Practice and value for money.

6.Provide advice on alternative energy sources.

7. Advise on master planning and urban design plans to best mitigate the above issues having full regard to sustainable remediation practices, waste minimisation, Sustainable Drainage Solutions (SUDS) and the increasing requirements of eco-developments.

Engineering

Structural Engineering

1.Provide structural design services including building, bridges. Retaining walls etc.

2.Statutory inspection of bridges, structures and other property, including compliance with Building regulations and other legislation, defect identification, structural investigations, testing, repairs, and other works.

3.Prepare, procure and supervise repair contracts to existing properties

4.Prepare, procure and supervise construction of bridges, tunnels etc.

5.Design of structural elements for new build or repair/refurbishment for residential, leisure, amenity, commercial, industrial structures and applications, including houses, multi-storey buildings, bridges/walkways, gantries, supporting structures, etc.

6.Structural design using a wide range of materials e.g. timber, steel, glass, concrete, composites, traditional and non-standard materials

Engineering

Infrastructure & Utilities

1.Undertake preliminary and detailed design of schemes.

2.Prepare necessary tender and contract documents and supervise

construction.

3.Inspection of drains, catchpits, inspection chambers, ducts and other services infrastructure, including asset identification, defects investigations, drainage surveying, testing, repairs, refurbishment, upgrade and other works.

4.Procurement of whole range of utilities and services (water, electricity, gas, clean/foul drainage, telecommunications etc), including connections and compliance with adoption standards.

5.Advice on reasonableness of requirements from statutory undertakers in respect of standards, specification, materials, capacity and cost, for utilities to be adopted.

6.Advise, organise and supervise as necessary on all matters relating to: Maintenance, cleansing, repair and safe condition of infrastructure, footpaths, street lighting, cycle ways, access ways and other hard surfaces, adopted or otherwise.

7.Compliance with the New Roads and Streetworks Act, including consultation with relevant statutory authorities, recharge and reinstatements; liaison with utilities and negotiations and advice.

8.Traffic Orders, traffic and pedestrian control measures, including statutory and voluntary consultations;

9.Provision, maintenance and repair of signage (advisory and mandatory).

10.Infrastructure adoption issues.

11.Negotiation of agreements including S106.

Engineering

Mechanical and Electrical

1. Assessment for BREEAM and Building Regulations Part L2a (2006) compliance, site survey & reporting.

2. Design & Specification of systems, performance specifications, modelling and simulation options appraisals and feasibility studies and whole life costing

3. Appraisal and computer modelling of systems including energy audits and efficiency calculations, insurance investigation, thermal modelling, lighting analysis, services resilience studies.

4. Specialist advice for renewable technologies including combined heat and power, biomass heat, ground source heat pumps, passive ventilation, solar PV, low head hydro systems and water efficiency measures. Ability to model building efficiency and CO2 emissions.

5. Expertise in Heating, ventilation and cooling systems, Hot and Cold water services, HV/LV distribution, safety and security systems including alarms and CCTV, Lift/ vertical transportation systems and communications systems.

6. Abilities in Project management, health and safety (CDM coordinator) duties, cost control, and clerk of works/ site overseeing. Report preparation, troubleshooting and providing advice on new and re-development projects.

7. Ability to work with new and emerging technology and integration with new design concepts for buildings and developing supply chains where necessary.