Activities

Scope of proposed service

Consultation Expert opinion
Authority management Expert advice in the various field
Approval planning Training and continuing education

Fields of activities

External advice on environmental issues including staff of the plant charged with emmission/immission control, water control, refuse, dangerous substances, dangerous goods and handling explosives
Approval procedures

Expert witness on approval procedures

and other application procedures with the authorities in conformity with the Federal Law relating to the Immission Control (Bundes-Immissionsschutzgesetz), Law relating to Water Resources Management (Wasserhaushaltsgesetz), Law related to Refuse (Abfallgesetz), Law related to Regional Development (Raumordnungsrecht), and additional local land laws (consultation, preparation, accompanying)

erection, modification, modernisation and extension of different plants

Location searches for industrial plants
Immission prediction expert’s opinion about air pollution around industrial sites

immission prediction (air pollution and smell)

sound technical investigation

Plant safety safety analysis, safety reports and safety review

HAZOP-studies - complex industrial plants and providing / disposing systems of industrial sites

valuation of the endangering potential of plants, hazardous products and substances

expert’s opinion about the applicability of the German plant safety decree

expert’s opinion about fire and explosion protection

investigations about fire protection and industrial safety

alarm and hazard program against dangers for industrial plants and factories

investigation about accident effects of industrial plants and storages

emergency plans

Waste management waste disposal and waste salvage, concepts for industry, trade, municipal and medical areals; waste balance, waste broker for utilisation and disposal of waste pursuant to § 50 KrW-/AbfG (Law related to refuse)
Exploration of inherited burdens/sites of previous plants/waste disposal sites preparation of applications for release from burdens of the past in the sense of the environment skeleton law

clean-up investigation for contaminated ground

burdens of the past exploration of industrial sites

investigation of development sites

investigation and preliminary planning of redevelopment sites

redevelopment plan - old industrial and military sites

quality control and quality assurance of remediation measures

erection of ground water measuring points

investigation of waste disposal sites

exhausting tests of waste disposal gas

closure of waste disposal sites

schedules and safety plans according to German BG regulations

Geology / hydro-geology / foundation soil geo-hydrological expert’s opinion

hydro-geological modelling of ground water

aquifer tests, ground water monitoring and valuation

water balance calculations

foundation tests and expert’s opinion

Determination of damage to the environment expert analyses, e.g. expert’s opinion about the interior air pollution
Environmental compatibility investigations of environmental compatibility, studies of environmental compatibility for complex industrial sites, industrial plants and urban land-use plans
Chemicals and product safety e.g. law relating to chemicals and respective legislation for substance - REACH and GHS (consultation; accompanying; application procedures with authorities; safety data sheets)
Informing consultations on pollution control assessment of the actual conditions/as-built, comparison of estimates with results, determination of call for action
Substances being hazardous to health and environment classification and marking of substances and preparation, classification of water endangering substances and preparation, handling, transportation; cadastre; health care at the workplace, transportation of dangerous goods consulting

Co-operation and support by:

  • questions of the environmental liability and environmental criminal law

  • application for promotion and provisions for environmental control measures

  • publication of environmental information