Welcome to our Cambourne Office!

The team at ACD Environmental are pleased to announce the recent opening of our new office in Cambourne, Cambridgeshire! The Cambourne office, headed by Dan Mottram (Regional Manager – East Anglia), has been established to support and enhance the service ACD Environmental provides to existing clients in the East Anglia … Read More

Welcome to our Cambourne Office!2018-05-30T15:44:49+01:00

General Lawn Maintenance for the New Home Owner

A new lawn may look attractive but it will not stay this way without some love and attention.

 

It takes time for a new lawn to establish, so within the first year of ownership heavy use is to be avoided as the grass needs to establish a robust root system.

 

Spring and … Read More

General Lawn Maintenance for the New Home Owner2018-05-03T15:06:36+01:00

Designing to a Budget

ACD provides a cost assurance service within our standard fixed fee, which provides for a review of tendered prices if they are received over-budget. The principle reasons for higher than expected costs are the requirement for multi-phase installations, where mobilisation costs become high, or unseasonal planting, where all stock … Read More

Designing to a Budget2018-03-07T09:27:19+00:00

New Standing Advice: Ancient Woodland and Veteran Trees

On 27th November 2017 Natural England and the Forestry Commission updated their Standing Advice on Ancient Woodland and Veteran Trees, which will potentially have a major impact on our use of the buffer zones for engineering features and recreational uses, particularly SuDS features.

 

More worryingly, where ‘pollution’ (for example run-off during … Read More

New Standing Advice: Ancient Woodland and Veteran Trees2018-01-04T16:46:11+00:00

Spreading Japanese Knotweed? It’s against the law!

Legislation

It is an offence to cause or allow Japanese knotweed to spread in the wild under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 section 114 (2) (WCA 1981), as it is one of the plants listed in the schedule. All waste containing Japanese knotweed comes under the control of Part II … Read More

Spreading Japanese Knotweed? It’s against the law!2017-08-24T17:24:30+01:00

Tick Season!

Tick Season – Beware!

One of the ACD staff returned from field survey work recently, to find that he had five ticks on him, and was naturally worried, so he was recommended to see his doctor and we have since reviewed and updated our Health and Safety Policy as a result.

Lyme … Read More

Tick Season!2017-08-11T17:02:27+01:00

Tree Pits

In 2015 we blogged about the cost of tree planting with cellular pits in hard landscape, and advised that the cost of a large high water demand tree, such as an oak, could be well over £10,000. Even the smallest tree can … Read More

Tree Pits2017-04-18T13:19:20+01:00
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