Enhancing the natural environment
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Water Consultancy Services Framework will be used to deliver projects and carry out essential services within the following areas: Flood risk management; water resources; reservoir compliance; land stewardship; nature and climate emergency. This work ensures that NRW fulfils its objectives and enhances the natural environment while embedding the principles of sustainable management of natural resources.
Binnies has been appointed to the Natural Resources Wales Water Consultancy Services Framework. Building on our existing successful relationship with NRW, we will continue to deliver NRW capital programmes by predominantly servicing the following workstreams:
- Flood risk management capital schemes and capital maintenance/repair;
- Reservoirs Act compliance projects;
- Hydrometric and telemetry assets construction and capital maintenance/repair;
- Habitat management and creation;
- Fish passage improvements;
- Forestry Estate infrastructure (e.g. roads, culverts, bridges);
- Environmental management
The framework will run for four years from summer 2024.
The work carried out under the framework will be critical in making sure that the environment and natural resources of Wales are sustainably maintained, sustainably enhanced, and sustainably used, now and in the future.