Industrial Operations Support
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Company Background Conestoga-Rovers & Associates (CRA) is an independent environmental consulting firm providing specialist services in Property and Land, Environmental Management and Industrial Operations Support.
provision of specialist resources – providing advice and full assessments of technological, operational and managerial approaches to maintain compliance and achieve BAT standards.
CRA Europe, headquartered in Nottingham, delivers services to clients in the UK and Europe. Part of the CRA Family of Companies, the European operations can draw upon the expertise of 3,000 staff in all relevant environmental science, engineering, construction, and IT disciplines.
CRA provides expertise to assist clients with permit and licence applications, improvement programme delivery, development and implementation of site protection and monitoring programmes, air and water emissions assessment, process optimisation and waste/raw materials management.
Industrial Operations Support Services
CRA’s access to 3,000 personnel creates a vast resource of experience to draw upon when assessing engineering options. Our project-based organisation is staffed with experienced project managers and discipline engineers; therefore, we are well placed to offer a range of solutions to unique and challenging environmental or engineering problems.
Since its inception in 1976, CRA has been advising clients in relation to air emissions, waste management, utilities, management systems, monitoring and reporting. CRA’s experience provides the basis for our comprehensive operational support services, now currently in demand to address stakeholders’ regulatory requirements and permit management. CRA’s highly qualified Industrial Operations Support team is experienced in environmental permitting, impacts assessment, process design, environmental engineering and sustainable manufacturing. CRA’s engineers and scientists support our clients in the
CRA’s industrial operations support services include: • Environmental Permit related applications and compliance • Emissions management • Process optimisation • Regulatory support
CRA is dedicated to working closely with our clients to develop and implement responsive and cost-effective solutions.
EPR and Permitting
Process Optimisation
CRA has considerable experience in developing and writing EPR applications, variations and supporting systems to maintain ongoing compliance for industrial clients. Depending on client experience and requirements, CRA provides services ranging from ad hoc support to management of the complete EPR submission and full ongoing compliance support. • • • • • • • • •
EPR applications and variations H1 environmental risk assessments H5 site condition reports H6 environmental management systems Surrender site reports Improvement condition reports and projects BAT assessments Regulatory compliance support Environmental impact assessments for planning applications
Our experience of managing environmental impacts allows us to complete and manage the environmental process for planning permissions for our clients to allow expansion or the development of new projects or facilities.
Emissions Management CRA supports clients in the management of their industrial emissions by provision of a resource of specialist personnel experienced in emissions assessment, emissions modelling and abatement technology. • Noise emissions assessment • Air emissions assessment and modelling • Water emissions assessment, modelling and Direct Toxicity Assessment (DTA) • Feasibility studies and abatement options • Environmentally Critical Elements (ECE) assessment
CRA provides a range of support services to assist clients in optimisation of their processes, including the provision of audits and minimisation assessments for waste, water, raw materials and energy consumption. Where process alterations are required, CRA has a long history of providing engineering solutions to industrial clients. • Business process re-engineering • Sustainable and lean manufacturing • Waste, water, raw materials and energy minimisation
Regulatory Support CRA has considerable knowledge of European and UK environmental legislation and is experienced in the interpretation of existing and incoming legislation with respect to likely impacts on our industrial and land development clients. CRA frequently liaises with the regulatory authorities on behalf of our clients to determine how the authorities are likely to enforce requirements. This allows us to provide informed advice to clients on the options open to them to achieve and maintain compliance. • • • • • • • • • •
Environmental Permitting Regulations REACH LCPD COMAH Water Framework Directive Waste Management Licensing Assessment of nuisance Radioactive Substances Act Environmental Liability Directive Planning condition support
CRA believes that the successful resolution of environmental issues, while operating a profitable business, is a key management challenge in today’s business world. It is important to understand and incorporate EHS issues as part of day-to-day working. Taking this approach can help lead to total business optimisation in terms of operating efficiency and organisational culture.
How can cra help? CRA Europe, based in Nottingham, delivers services to clients in the UK and Europe. Part of the CRA Family of Companies, the European operations can draw upon the expertise of 3,000 staff in all relevant environmental science, engineering, construction, and IT disciplines. CRA Europe has been delivering high quality environmental consultancy services since 1995.
company Background Conestoga-Rovers & Associates (CRA) is an independent environmental consulting firm providing specialist services in Property and Land, Environmental Management and Industrial Operations Support. Since our inception in 1976, we have worked for some of the world’s largest multinationals on projects including global environmental management systems implementation, facility permitting, contaminated land remediation, corporate sustainability report verification and carbon accounting. > environmental management services EMS, integrated management systems, corporate responsibility, carbon/GHG accounting, compliance auditing, environmental metrics, strategy development, training and EHS auditing
> industrial > Property and operations support land services Environmental Permit Property transaction management, BAT, EIA, air advice, site investigations, emissions, water emissions, risk assessment, waste and resource remediation, geotechnical efficiency, noise, odour investigations, and and energy assessments, due diligence services health and safety services including ASTM standard including COMAH and Phase 1 assessments risk assessment
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