When an independent environmental social consultant is hired to review the adherence of an IFI project to certain standards, how does one do so when such standards can appear contradictory? In this article, Gerry explores the role of such standards in the process of PX analysis.
Read moreCase Study: The Harlequins Centre, Exeter
Throughout 2018, 2019 and the first half of 2020, Gerry led on heritage works for a major urban regeneration project in Exeter, UK, on the site formerly known as the Harlequins Centre. To find out more about the project, please keep reading.
Read moreArchaeological Mitigation: Impacts And Opportunities
National Planning Policy in England over the last decade has undergone several phases of revision. Among the changes relevant to archaeology has been shifting emphasis regarding the balance of the importance of an archaeological ‘asset’ (for example, a site in common parlance), and the impacts upon that site that would arise from a proposed development. But what does this mean in a practical sense?
Read moreCase Study: Tintagel Castle, Cornwall, UK
Gerry led a small team, along with Esther Robinson Wild of Robinson Wild Consulting, to undertake an Environmental Impact Assessment for Tintagel Castle, a Scheduled Monument under the stewardship of English Heritage which was undertaken to international standards. To find out more, please keep reading.
Read moreCase Study: South Stream Gas Pipeline For Gazprom
For 2014-15, Gerry was seconded to South Stream BV as Heritage Lead, where he managed the baseline studies, authoring of the ES chapters, baseline study reports and gazetteers, and heritage contributions to the NTS for three ESIAs with a maritime and terrestrial scope in Turkey, Russia, and Bulgaria. To find out more, please keep reading.
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