HEC Associates Ltd. offers a professional, practical and cost-effective approach to a range of environmental education and conservation consultancy services through its team of associates.
Our full range of training, education and interpretation services for voluntary groups etc. includes:
· Running professional workshops, seminars and conferences;
· Organising and running ‘in house’ and bespoke training workshops;
· Organising public and community environmental events;
· Providing a membership support service;
. Providing a research, design and production service for leaflets, booklets, interpretation boards and display panels;
· Providing a research, design and production service for education packs (Key Stages 1 to 4);
· Providing oral history interviewing and transcription services; and
· Providing training packages for community groups in oral history techniques, website design, landscape surveying and interpretation.
Our environmental and ecological conservation consultancy services include:
- Protected species (Great Crested Newts, Badgers, Watervoles, Bats) surveys and advice;
- Invasive and problem species surveys and treatments;
- Japanese Knotweed surveys, confirmation, advice and treatment;
- Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) scoping reports;
- Environmental Statements;
- Ecological Impact Assessments;
- Landscape characterisation and impact assessments (including light and noise impacts);
- Preparation of Local Development Framework documents;
- Provision of an environmental land management, planning and advisory service;
- Preparation of Proofs of Evidence and provision of expert witness(es) at Public Inquiries;
- Baseline habitat and vegetation surveys and monitoring for EIAs and site management including:
- phase 1 and extended phase one habitat surveys;
- hedgerow surveys;
- phase 2 quantitative surveys;
- National Vegetation Classification (NVC) surveys;
- invasive plant surveys;
- aquatic plant surveys – macrophytes and microphytes;
- lower plant surveys – mosses, lichens;
- fungal surveys;
- trees and woodland surveys.
- produce site management plans covering ecological, archaeological and amenity use of sites; and
- provide a practical service for habitat creation and maintenance. · Review of EIAs and other environmental documents;
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· Assessment of sites and developments against standard guidelines;
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· Provision of non-technical advice to developers and the general public;
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· Advice on appropriate responses to proposals;
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· with our experienced team of fully licensed operatives carry out:
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· management and eradication of notifiable weeds such as Japanese Knotweed, Giant Hogweed, Creeping Thistle and Ragwort;
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· management of weed species such as Rhododendron, Himalayan Balsam and Buddleia.
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Our Tourism and Leisure consultancy services include:
- recreation studies, audits and assessments;
- economic assessments;
- socio-economic profiling. our sister company Wildtrack Publishing publishes books and a series of journals and specialist publications.
