New Ebsford Brochure

1. Ebsford Environmental
achieving excellence in land preparation and management
DIVERSE IN NATURE, SUSTAINABLE BY DESIGN ...
A wealth of experience, a multitude of services, one simple vision

2. Ebsford Environmental
achieving excellence in land preparation and management

3. About Ebsford
Ebsford Environmental brings together a wealth of experience and
specialisms and is able to offer bespoke Environmental and Ecological
solutions throughout the UK.
Ebsford offers services and consultancy to a range of markets:
Construction and development
Public sectors, local and central government
Medium to large land and estate owners
Consultants, Architects and Surveyors
Ebsford offers expertise in five main pre-construction phase services:
Ecological consultancy and mitigation
Aquatic remediation, bio engineering and green solutions
Site clearance and preparation
Invasive species and vegetation management
Remediation and ground working
From first contact, meeting our technical consultants and all the way
through to full completion, you will find Ebsford offer a high level of
service, support and excellent project delivery skills.
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4. Ecological Consultancy
& Mitigation
Using a combination of in-house capabilities and a network of
approved consultants, Ebsford Environmental is able to manage a
full range of development based ecological issues including:
Phase 1 Habitat Surveys
Range of extended specific surveys
Code for sustainable homes
and BREEAM assessments
Environmental Impact and
Ecological Impact Assessments
Complete range of mitigation license work
Once your surveys are completed and should mitigation works be
required, Ebsford Environmental is able to provide both advice and
practical completion of these works offering continuity and added
security in a number of areas.
Protected species translocation
Habitat creation and hibernacula
Receptor Pond Creation
Ecological screening and fencing
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5. Ecological Fencing
As an addition to our portfolio of mitigation capabilities and using
our team of experienced installers, Ebsford is able to offer a range of
Ecological Fencing products which can all be purchased as either a
supply only or as part of a supply and install package.
Reptile and Amphibian Fencing
Ebsford Seasonal
designed for short-term projects
Ebsford Cross-seasonal
designed to withstand difficult environments
Ebsford Permanent
designed to offer long-term, low-maintenance solutions
Water Vole Fencing
Short and long-term solutions
Economy and fully recycled versions
Badger Fencing
High-tensile wiremesh system
Badger gates
All our products are UK sourced and manufactured
from recycled and recyclable materials.
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6. Vegetation Management
Highly knowledgeable in the identification, establishment or
eradication of all vegetation found on both Greenfield and Brownfield
sites, Ebsford Environmental are skilled in all elements required to
preserve our country’s bio-diversity and protect its habitats.
A selection of our general vegetation management services include:
Consultancy and flora surveys
Design and implementation of aquatic and terrestrial planting schemes
Arboriculture surveys and works
Large and small scale vegetation clearance
Wildflower meadow specification and installation
Seed collection, sowing and re-installation
Long term maintenance strategies
All our team and contract managers hold relevant qualifications
associated with vegetation management and have a combined total of
45 years experience, enabling them to provide specifications for even
the most challenging of sites.
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7. Invasive Vegetation
Since the amendments to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
(Variation of Schedule 9), the laws relating to the management of
Invasive Vegetation have become both clearer and more enforceable.
Ebsford Environmental has combined its experience of both ecology,
taxonomy and the construction process to put together a range of the
most technologically advanced eradication and control solutions
currently available in the UK market.
These solutions cover all of the vegetation covered under the amended
Act but specifically we are skilled at providing advice relating to the
following:
Japanese Knotweed Fallopia japonica
Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum
Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera
Horsetail Equisetum arvense
Rhododendron Rhododendron ponticum
Canadian Pond Weed Elodea canadensis
Australian swamp Stonecrop Crassula helmsii
Parrots Feather Myriophyllum aquaticum
Creeping Water Primrose Ludwigia grandiflora
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8. Remediation
Ebsford Environmental understands the requirement to consider
contaminated land issues and adopt practical strategies at
pre-construction stages of a project. Our experience of construction
works and early site access whilst assessing Ecological, vegetative and
aquatic issues on a site can place us ideally to design and deliver
uniquely commercial schemes whilst being aware of our clients’ legal
and statutory obligations.
We are able to offer assistance in the following areas.
Feasibility studies and option appraisals
Site investigations and specialised consultancy
Contaminated land and groundwater assessments
Project design
Upon satisfactory completion of design work and the agreement of a
remediation strategy, Ebsford Environmental is suitably placed to
extend its service offering to include project delivery using a network
of construction and remediation partners with an abundance of
contaminated land and waste management experience.
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9. In-situ remediation
Full site clearance and vegetation strip
Mechanical screening and complex sorting
Waste separation and reduction
On-site treatments
Re-stabilisation and chemical binding
Ex-situ and Earthworks
Off-site disposal of controlled and hazardous materials
Recycling and transportation of top soil and suitable materials
Bulk earthworks
Groundworking and site level
Site preparation and strips
Demolition
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10. Aquatic Enhancement
Ebsford Environmental is committed to working with our clients
providing on-site, green solutions to water quality and environmental
issues. Using a range of unique machinery and bespoke products we
are able to recommend solutions which can offer substantial cost
savings whilst being the most environmentally sustainable in the
market.
We work closely with some of the highest quality material and
machinery suppliers in the UK and have formed links which allow
us to offer an unrivalled range, including:
Aquatic restoration and bio-engineering
Dredging, silt pumping and management
Floating and phytoremediation reedbeds
Landscape plans and planting schemes
Native plant supply
Coir and erosion control products
Lake lining and water storage reservoirs
Wildflower plant and seed supply
Wildflower meadows
Biodiverse Green Roofs
Rainfall recycling
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11. Bio-diversity
2011-2021 has been declared the decade of Bio-diversity. In addition
to our Company Charter which covers all the work we do and can be
found on our website Ebsford.co.uk. we are also committed to
improving the bio-diversity in every project that we deliver.
We do this by promoting the following on all our projects as
standard:
Designing and specifying systems with proven environmental benefits
Only using UK native flora
Limiting herbicidal use
Monitoring bio-diversity on all Ecological works as standard
Reducing waste removed to landfill
Limiting carbon footprint by specifying on site solutions
Promoting the use and supply of additional diverse enhancements
Using recycled materials and recycling where possible
Promoting and using sustainably sourced timber
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12. Ebsford Environmental 1200 Century Way
Thorpe Park Leeds LS15 8ZA
Tel: 0113 251 5015 | Fax: 0113 251 5100
www.ebsford.co.uk