Director
CurrentGavia Environmental Ltd is a specialist environmental consultancy business, based in Perthshire Scotland, providing environmental and hydrological services to a diverse range of clients.Since inception in 2006 Gavia Environmental Ltd (formerly trading as CB Consulting) has specialised in providing practical and cost effective environmental and hydrological solutions and advice for planning applications and construction activities.Environmental services include:• Ecological Environmental Impact Assessment (EcIA)• Ecological Clerk of Works services (ECoW)• Protected species (flora and fauna) survey, licencing and monitoring• Specialist ornithological surveys• Habitat and protected species mitigation design and restoration• Habitat and species management plans• Aquatic macro-invertebrate assessment• Fisheries habitat assessment and management• Regulatory body liaison (SNH, NE and RSPB)• River Habitat Survey (RHS)• Aquatic Flora survey• Fish (freshwater and marine) surveys• VHF & Powerboat Operation (RYA - Level 2)• Electro-fishing (SFCC - SVQ Level 2 and 3)Hydrological services include:• Hydrological Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)• Hydrological clerk of work services (drainage advice)• Flood risk assessment• Sustainable urban Drainage Systems (SuDS)• River, loch and wetland design and restoration• Peat depth survey and peat slide risk assessment• Private water supply assessment• Water quality and quantity assessment and monitoring• Culvert and crossing design• Controlled Activities Regulations (CAR) advice and applications• Regulatory body liaison (SEPA and EA)
