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AMEC

AMEC is one of the world’s leading engineering, project management and consultancy companies. Its shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange where it is a FTSE 100 company with some 27,000 employees worldwide.

AMEC Environment & Infrastructure (UK) Ltd

AMEC Environment & Infrastructure UK is one of the UK's largest environmental and engineering consultancies, and part of a global Environment & Infrastructure division with 7,000 employees around the world. We deliver environmental, engineering and related consultancy services to customers across the public and private sectors.

From 17 office locations around the UK, and our wider network within AMEC, our people contribute across the business cycle from policy setting through strategy into implementation, development and operational effectiveness. With skills ranging from development planning and design through an array of environmental and engineering disciplines, we have a comprehensive service portfolio and applied experience in a wide range of markets. To discover more about us, our aspirations, our people and track record, visit www.amec.com/unkenvironment, or explore the wider AMEC at www.amec.com.

Primary Services:

• Contaminated Land
• Renewable Power and Energy
• Corporate Responsibility
• Risk & Safety Management
• Development Planning
• Sustainable place-making /Masterplanning
• Environmental Impact Assessment & Appriasal
• Transport
• Environmental Management & Compliance
• Waste Management
• Industrial Engineering
• Water Engineering
• Project Management Services
• Water Management
• Regeneration

AMEC and development planning

Development planning, led by the principles of sustainable development, seeks to create high quality places and deliver infrastructure projects in a timely and efficient way. Whatever the nature of the task, having access to the right advice is critical to maximising efficiency and cost-effectiveness, whilst helping to minimise risk.

AMEC’s award-winning planning consultancy team provides a full range of services to assist our clients in realising their needs and aspirations, from strategy development to project implementation. In an increasingly complex policy and regulatory environment, sound advice has never been so valuable.

Our development planning services and skills

Working with our clients AMEC’s planning specialists provide expert advice and guidance, drawing on an extensive range of in-house professional skills. We provide a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary planning service covering:

• Preparation of planning applications, including the preparation and management of technical supporting evidence including EIA, TAs, FRAs, etc
• Negotiating S106 Agreements and conditions
• Major infrastructure planning and consenting, including preparing applications to the Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC)
• Stakeholder and community engagement
• Strategic land appraisal
• Research and evidence-gathering including preparation and critical appraisal of Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessments (SHLAAs) and Employment Land Studies
• Preparing strategy documents and feasibility studies
• Policy analysis and development
• Sustainability appraisal
• Urban design and masterplanning
• Urban regeneration
• Appeals, public inquiries and examinations in public

AMEC offers a wide range of in-house skills covering allied services including: minerals and waste planning, engineering, climate change and energy, Environmental Impact Assessment, air, land and water quality, ecology, transport, archaeology, noise, and landscape design.

AMEC’s clients and projects

AMEC works with a wide range of clients across the UK and beyond, from public, private and voluntary sectors, at all scales from newly-formed businesses to multinationals. Clients include: the Crown Estate, BAA, Duchy of Lancaster, National Grid, Land Securities, O&H Properties, regional and national housbuilders (including Bloor Homes, David Wilson, Redrow and Westbury Homes), Severn Trent Water, Scottish Power and EDF Energy, a wide range of local authorities (including Birmingham City Council, Newcastle City Council, Wolverhampton City Council, Westminster BC, Greater London Authority) plus central government departments and agencies (such as CLG, Defra, DIO, DECC, HCA, MoD, ODA, Sport England).