Bluengineering undertake small scale but complex or environmentally sensitive in-river work directly such as water intakes, fish pass installation, temporary river diversions, monitoring stations, discharges, water storage and management systems. We also work along side clients and other contractors for more general river and water works in order to control costs; but in these cases we can still help cover specialist regulatory compliance and technical aspects including CDM coordinator role, environmental supervision & method statements. We also can act as principal contractor, providing costing projects, appointing & managing sub-contractors.
Holders of general water abstraction licences and those links to hydropower need to make detailed annual returns to the EA, SEPA and WNR. Failure to do so can result in fines and farmers may be in breach of cross compliance rules. We can help by undertaking the necessary paperwork and providing specialist equipment for daily recording of flows or power production.
Given Bluengineering's directors farming background (see about us) together with our technical and regulatory knowledge, we are well placed to develop scientifically valid yet practical methods to control runoff, flooding and drainage via land management and can assist farmers with applications for related grants together with any associated environmental assessment and permitting. We can also assist regulators and river trusts in mapping out land use, water quality and river characteristics on a catchment wide basis, processing the dater to identify problems and developing strategies to remedy them.
Our sister company Bluenergy provides a comprehensive range of hydro power services which includes initial feasibility study, full environmental assessment and permitting, detailed engineering design and financial forecast. However unlike many, we provide a fully integrated service and manage the purchasing and installation of the scheme and undertake the technical construction work ourselves, whilst allowing more cost-effective local contractors to undertake general work. We also provide annual servicing including water licence returns.