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Ayesa | Engineering / Environment and Ecology
Driving the Transition to a Low Carbon Future Environmental and ecology consultancy experience across a wide variety of projects and across diverse sectors, including flooding, arterial drainage, coastal and maritime, civil infrastructure, wastewater treatment, water infrastructure, waste management and data centres. At Ayesa Engineering, we specialise in delivering comprehensive Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) services that support the entire project lifecycle. Our approach covers every stage, from initial screening and scoping, through to compliance auditing during construction and operational phases. We offer an integrated service across a diverse range of projects, ensuring a seamless process for our clients. Our proactive approach ensures projects are aligned with the highest standards of environmental and social governance. We bridge the gap between clients, government authorities and the local community, managing and initiating stakeholder engagement, and ensuring alignment across the project lifecycle, from initial feasibility to implementation and mitigation phases. Ayesa provides guidance in navigating the assessment and permitting processes, to secure project approvals while also enhancing sustainable project design. Our team is highly experienced in delivering comprehensive ecological surveys, monitoring, and reporting across terrestrial, aquatic and marine sites. We provide detailed baseline ecological information through both deskbased research and field studies, we identify early opportunities and constraints, and provide a practical approach to the application of government legislation and environmental policy. We also specialist in delivering comprehensive Stage 1 and 2 Appropriate Assessment reporting in line with requirements of the Habitats Directive, and our specialists ensure up to date knowledge on changing legislation and case law to deliver to our clients the highest standard of assessment.
We provide true multidisciplinary consulting where our integrated approach combines expertise across several disciplines, notably engineering, planning, environmental science, ecology, sustainability, waste management, geology, hydro-geology, air quality and noise. Ayesa Engineering additionally provides comprehensive waste management and soil recovery permitting services to support sustainable development.Our services include waste management planning, waste classification, waste permitting support, soil recovery site planning support regulatory liaison and monitoring.
The Value Ayesa Brings ●
Hands on and communicative project management.
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Proven delivery of environment and ecology services across a wide range of sectors.
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Dedicated specialists maintaining up-to-date knowledge of policy and case law changes.
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Multidisciplinary delivery from a single integrated team.
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All stage involvement, from screening through to construction environmental management.
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Risk awareness and experience of identifying early opportunities and constraints.
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Integration of sustainability principles into assessment and decision-making process.
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Ayesa Engineering / Environment and Ecology
Environmental Assessment:
Ecology and Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
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Environmental Screening.
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Environmental Scoping.
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Ecological Impact Assessment (EcIA).
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Environmental Impact Assessment.
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Preliminary Ecology Appraisal (PEA).
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Mitigation, Monitoring and Management.
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Habitat and Annex I Surveying and Mapping.
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Construction Environmental Management Plans
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Stakeholder and statutory authority engagement.
Ecological surveying (ornithology, protected species, herpetofauna, reptiles, trees, hedgerows, flora).
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Invasive Species Surveys and Management.
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Environmental Planning Support.
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Geographical Information Systems (GIS).
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Environmental Constraints Reporting and Mapping.
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Ecological Clerk of Works.
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Ecological Risk Assessment.
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Environmental Risk Assessment.
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Habitat and Biodiversity Enhancement.
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HSE and IFC Compliance Auditing.
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Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG).
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Specialist inputs via both internal and external resources including ecology, landscape/visual, cultural heritage, air quality, noise & vibration, climate.
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Nature Based Solutions.
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Annex IV Risk Assessments.
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Marine Mammal Risk Assessment.
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Environmental Site Appraisal.
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Environmental Due Diligence.
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Water Framework Directive (WFD) Assessment.
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Impact Assessment on Maritime Usage.
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Environmental Regulatory Compliance Assessment.
Waste and Soil Recovery Site Permitting •
Waste Management Plans.
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Waste Permitting.
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Soil Recovery Site Planning.
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Substitute Consent Planning Application.
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Regulatory Liaison.
Appropriate Assessment (AA)
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Waste Classification.
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Stage 1 Appropriate Assessment Screening.
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Closure Planning and Post-Closure Care.
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Stage 2 Appropriate Assessment (Natura Impact Statement).
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Site Compliance Monitoring.
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Ayesa Engineering / Environment and Ecology
Ecology and Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
Arterial Drainage Maintenance Lower Shannon and Other Schemes, Office of Public Works (OPW), 2024-2026
Strategic Maintenance Activities of the River Shannon, Waterways Ireland, 2024-2026
Rapid River Corridor Surveys across 500km of river, and comprehensive GIS mapping of habitats, invasive species, flora and fauna as per OPW Specification.
Habitat, otter and ornithological surveying, EIA and Stage 1 AA Screenings, Stage 2 AA Report (NIS) for in-channel maintenance works and EcIA.
Louisburgh Water Treatment Rationalisation Project
Glanworth Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade
River Dodder Phase 3 Flood Relief Scheme
PEA, Invasive Alien Plant Species Survey and Management Plan, Stage 1 AA Screening, EIA Screening.
Preliminary Ecological Appraisal (PEA), ecological surveys (habitats, otter, trees, hedgerows and breeding birds), Stage 1 AA Screening, Stage 2 AA Screening (NIS), EcIA, BNG Calculations and EIA Screening.
Habitat, otter, badger, flora, invasive species and ornithological surveys, Stage 2 AA Report (NIS), EIA Report, stakeholder engagement.
Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch Flood Relief Scheme, Kilkenny County Council (KCC), 2021-2026
Upgrade of Materials Recycling and Transfer Facility, M50 Skip Hire and Recycling Ltd, 2022-2023
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Natura Impact Statement (NIS), ecology surveying (terrestrial and aquatics), stakeholder engagement, Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP).
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), stakeholder engagement, Appropriate Assessment Screening and Construction Envrionmental Management Plan (CEMP).
Wicklow Harbour Maintenance Dredging Disposal at Sea Site
Killala Bay Artificial Reef
Limerick Flood Relief Scheme, Limerick County Council, 2024-2026 Habitat and Annex I habitat mapping, Flora Protection Order species survey, Marsh Fritillary habitat recording, notable and protected species survey, and associated survey reporting.
Environmental Assessment
Ringaskiddy Port Development, Port of Cork Company (POCC), 2024-2025 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Natura Impact Statement (NIS), ecology surveying (terrestrial and marine), stakeholder engagement, Water Framework Directive (WFD) Assessment.
Arklow Flood Relief Scheme Hydrology and Surface Water, and Soils, Geology and Hydrogeology chapters of the EIA Report, CEMP, post-planning environmental support.
Desk-based constraints mapping, Site Suitability Appraisal, stakeholder engagement, Impact Assessment on Maritime Usage, Stage 1 AA Screening and Annex IV Species Risk Assessment.
Non-Statutory Environmental Report (NSER), EIA Screening and Annex IV Species Risk Assessment.
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Ayesa Engineering / Environment and Ecology
Appropriate Assessment
Arterial Drainage Maintenance Lower Shannon and Other Schemes, Office of Public Works (OPW), 2024-2026
Ringaskiddy Port Onshore Renewable Energy (ORE), Port of Cork Company (POCC), 2025-2026
Balbriggan Harbour Dredging & Remediation, Fingal County Council (FCC), 2024-2025
Stage 1 AA Screenings for thirteen sites and Stage 2 AA Reports (NIS) for ten sites.
Stage 1 AA Screening and Stage 2 AA Report (NIS) for Maritime Usage License (MUL) for Site Investigation works.
Stage 1 AA Screening and Stage 2 AA Report (NIS).
Glanworth Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrades
Moore’s Well and Lacken Rationalisation Project
Skerries Harbour Remediation
Stage 1 AA Screening, Stage 2 AA Reporting (NIS), ecological surveying for habitats, otter, breeding birds and trees, EcIA, EIA Screening.
Stage 1 AA screening, invasive alien plant species survey and management plan. permitting and planning support and regulatory liaison.
Stage 1 AA screenings for quay wall replacement and Site Investigation works, Stage 2 AA Reporting (NIS) for quay wall replacement).
Waste & Soil Recovery Site Permitting
Kiltorcan Soil Recovery Site, McQuire Haulage, 2022 & 2026
Soil Recovery Site at Tullig Beg, Kilmurry Eco Products Ltd, 2026
Glashaboy South, Greenvalley Transport & Land Reclamation Ltd., 2025
Waste Facility Permitting (2022 and 2026), regulatory liaison, Waste Acceptance Procedure, CEMP, Accident and Emergency Plan, Stage 1 AA screening, Hedgerow Survey and Management Plan, Closure Plan.
Wintering bird, mammal, bat roost potential and amphibian survey, EcIA, Stage 1 AA Screening, EIA Screening, CEMP, Biodiversity Action Plan, Closure Plan.
Waste Facility Permitting, regulatory liaison, Waste Acceptance Procedure, EIA Screening, Stage 1 AA Screening, Amphibian survey and reporting, CEMP, Closure Report.
Soil Recovery Site at Liscarroll
Soil Recovery Site at Meadstown, Carrigaline
Soil Recovery Site at Smorane/ Gortnaclohy, Skibbereen
Waste Facility Permitting, Waste Acceptance Procedure, Hedgerow Assessment, Stage 1 AA Screening, CEMP and Closure Plan.
Waste Facility Permitting, Waste Acceptance Procedure, Stage 1 AA Screening, CEMP, Emergency Response Plan and Closure Plan.
Section 176B Application, Planning Application, EIA Screening & Stage 1 AA Screening.
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