Strategic land
Buying and selling land can be the riskiest part of any development process. Land deals are often completed in a defined timescale, to a predetermined budget and before any on-site involvement of a design team.
RoC Consulting, an RSK company, is an award-winning team of highly experienced and qualified civil, structural, geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineers who work with landowners and development partners to realise the optimal development solution for a given site. RoCโs strategic land service brings together the expertise of its earth sciences and civil engineering teams to provide developers with insights into key considerations and site constraints.
An awarding-winning consultancy
The company has a strong and successful track record of working with wider design teams on visionary masterplans for strategic land sites, city centre regeneration schemes and iconic office and residential buildings set in attractive public spaces.
Our strategic land service provides high-level appraisals that we can tailor to suit individual sites and clientsโ requirements to provide invaluable insights on risk during the early stages of the development process.
A precise understanding of the challenges
Understanding exactly what is being purchased and what is feasible in terms of development is not always immediately obvious. Our clients are a diverse mix of developers, planners, local authorities, etc., seeking high-quality services delivered on time and within budget. However, rescheduling or changing budgets mean that purchases can be delayed and result in adverse financial implications. Consequently, knowledge and good reconnaissance are both essential tools when buying or looking to develop a site; we combine rigorous analysis and thorough research with practical, innovative solutions to minimise costs without sacrificing quality.
Moreover, we work closely with project managers, architects and mechanical and electrical engineers to create bespoke solutions that give our clients confidence in our ability to deliver.
Research-based solutions that benefit clients
Our understanding of the wider construction process enables us to communicate our findings in a clear and concise manner, and in language and terms the client and design team understand. We adopt a proactive approach and provide the results of both our desk based and intrusive ground investigations and investigative surveys at key milestones during their completion. These investigations include below-ground utility easements, drainage capacity, flood risk and ground contamination and stability issues. We also identify development cost and programme risks to inform a deliverable master plan.
Amalgamating services
RSKโs multidisciplinary capability and approach mean that we can provide bespoke solutions: from project inception through to the planning and building stages. Moreover, our chartered civil, structural and environmental engineers are highly experienced in ensuring that our designs are functional, technically precise and fully coordinated. We have the expertise and connections to undertake projects across all sectors.
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Our Expertise
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Master planning
Our master planning service provides developers with insights into key considerations and constraints. These include below-ground utility easements, drainage capacity, flood risk and ground contamination and stability issues at the pre-purchase stage.
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Development appraisals
We use an intelligent approach to strategic land acquisition and provide data to construct development appraisals. This high-level initial appraisal can be tailored to suit individual sites and clientsโ requirements and covers a range of subjects, including advice on local planning compliance; site locality and boundary considerations; flood risk and mitigation opportunities; local drainage capacity and compatibility; ground quality assessments; and utility easements and constraints identification.
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Earth sciences
ROCโs earth sciences division provides clients and the construction industry with geotechnical and geoenvironmental advice on issues relating to ground risk and quality. We cover a diverse range of schemes, from refurbishing structures through to supporting master planning decisions on regionally important brownfield sites. Our understanding of the wider construction process enables us to communicate our findings clearly and concisely.
๐ฎ 80% of all brownfield development sites in the UK are impacted with asbestos in the soil or made ground at some level.
๐Join us on this webinar that will outline some of the major issues involved in the control of asbestos in made ground in site development, the potential impacts on options appraisal and techniques that can be used to minimise issues arising from these.
๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ: Toby Gibbons, Operations Director of RSK Asbestos
๐ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ: Melissa Fox, Managing Director of RSK Asbestos
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๐ To respond to the ongoing climate crisis, we need more renewable energy.
๐ Recent global events have further highlighted the urgency of a smoother transition to net zero.
โ๏ธ In this edition of our series Climate Realities, RSK Renewable Energy Director Mike Kelly explores the opportunity for offshore wind to contribute significantly to the UKโs response to the climate crisis and national energy demand.
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RSK Staff had an amazing time attending the Tameside Careers and Apprenticeship Exhibition!
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#BikeChester was a success!
๐ It was a pleasure to sponsor this important community event close to our Chester, Helsby and Tattenhall offices.
๐ด Nearly 450 riders were part of this wonderful day in the Cheshire countryside and enjoyed our Tattenhall food stop.
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๐ณ How can businesses improve their relationship with nature?
๐ Join Dr Rossa Donovan, Technical Director at Nature Positive, on a webinar that will explore how well the business community understands its dependencies and impacts on nature and how that translates into corporate strategies.
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Jacques Carboni in Scotland visiting an exciting new site! ๐ด
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๐ข We are pleased to announce the addition of New South Wales-based integrated project management firm Projence to our rapidly growing Australian business
๐ค Projence will further grow our project management and commercial services capabilities within the region and expand our global portfolio of environmental, engineering and technical solutions businesses.
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๐ฃ Ecologia, part of #RSKGroup, installed emergency aeration equipment at fishing lakes following an accidental loss of agricultural leachate.
๐ง Thanks to their amazing team, there was no further loss of fishing stock and oxygen levels and ammonia concentrations have been brought in line with pre-accident conditions.
๐ Ecologia has extensive expertise in dealing with emergency response for Controlled Waters impacted by hydrocarbon/chemical and agricultural spillage as they have proprietary equipment specifically designed to deal with this type of incident.
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RSK Tanzania has been out completing a reconnaissance field study for a proposed solar farm at Kilambo village in Iringa.
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