REC is a consultancy, specialising in environmental services, inspection, regulatory and risk management.

REC provided a breakfast seminar to members of the Royal Town & Planning Institute North West on 11th October at the offices of Eversheds in Manchester. The event – attended by planners, local authorities, Transport for Greater Manchester and developers – focused on key air quality considerations in relation to planning, and REC’s view on […]

REC was delighted to raise a donation for Horizons Plymouth at its recent client networking event. REC has been operating in Plymouth and the South West for some 20 years and as part of that celebration we held a client event at the famous Plymouth Gin Distillery on 27th September. We were joined by a […]

Ged Sojka joins as National Operations Director in Geo-Environmental, Martin Lucass as Northern Geo-Environmental team leader, and Mike Armitage as Head of Ecology Manchester, UK, 09 October 2018: Resource and Environmental Consultants Ltd (REC), the UK environmental consultancy, part of the Concept Life Sciences Group, has announced the appointment of three new senior team members. Ged […]

REC’s Plymouth office was delighted to welcome over 30 guests to its networking and client event last week (27th September). The event was held at one of Plymouth’s key landmarks – the Plymouth Gin Distillery – and celebrated REC’s longstanding operations in Plymouth and the South West. The event centred around REC’s Asbestos Surveying and […]

Noise is defined as any unwanted sound including road and rail traffic, amplified music and commercial/industrial, which means no matter the type of development, one or more of these are likely to be a concern to existing and/or proposed receptors, and, as such, a Noise Impact Assessment (NIA) will be required. 5 things for Developers, Local […]

https://www.rtpi.org.uk/briefing-room/news-releases/2018/august/rtpi-england-lacks-coherent-plan-to-improve-air-quality/ The RTPI’s response to the Government’s draft Clean Air Strategy raises concerns that there is insufficient integration between transport planning and sustainable development planning in terms of improving air quality in the UK. ‘Without these links, pressure could be placed on developers to carry the burden of reducing emissions or severely limit the feasibility […]

www.fleetnews.co.uk/news/fleet-industry-news/2018/09/10/councils-due-to-submit-air-quality-plans-to-government  ‘Ultra-low emission zones (ULEZs) and clean air zones (CAZs) have the potential to bring significant beneficial impacts to some of the most polluted UK cities’ says REC’s Air Quality lead – Conal Kearney. ‘However, it is important that the individual strategy has been assessed to estimate its effectiveness and equally allows city centre businesses […]

REC is delighted to announce that it has successfully transitioned its Quality and Environmental Management Systems to the newest versions of the respective International Standards Organisation (ISO) standards ahead of the September 2018 industry deadline, namely ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015. The ISO standards have been reviewed and upgraded to take account of the greater […]

Resource & Environmental Consultants Ltd (REC) is delighted to announce it is delivering a CPD seminar on Air Quality to members of the Royal Town & Planning Institute – North West on 11th October in Manchester. http://www.rtpi.org.uk/events/events-calendar/2018/october/air-quality-and-land-use-planning-nw/ Air quality is already a material planning consideration and a key consideration in planning applications with assessments required […]

A major report by the government’s Air Quality Expert Group and the Office for National Statistics has concluded that natural vegetation only plays a small part in removing air pollutants – possibly as little as a fifth of pollutants emitted in the UK. The study looked at particulates and gaseous pollutant data and UK vegetation […]