AECoW is delighted to provide an update on its consultation meeting which was held on Tuesday 8th December and chaired by Heads of Planning Scotland (HoPS). Stakeholders who attended were the Scottish Government, Energy Consents Unit, several local councils / planning authorities, Association of Local Government Archaeological Officers, the HoPS Development Sub-committee, NatureScot and SEPA.…
We recently introduced this grade of membership to engage wider with environmental and construction professionals and to further raise awareness of our work.
AECoW is aware that the ECoW experience can often be isolating and we know from feedback that our members seek opportunities to meet/communicate with other ECoWs. As part of addressing this we are aiming to develop, and support, local networks of member groups. We are delighted to announce that a group for our north-east England…
In September, AECOW presented to the Climate Change, Energy and Resources sub-committee of HoPS, an assessment of planning conditions with reference to ECoWs, and how the wording of planning conditions inhibit effective delivery of the role. This led to AECoW being invited to participate in a working group led by the Energy Consents Unit with an…
This focuses on the post consent and construction phase of developments. The scope of the group is to identify, and provide, solutions for a wide range of issues that impede basic environmental compliance. AECoW will be promoting the role of the ECoW and highlights how an ECoW can help shine a light on these issues…
AECoW is delighted to have joined this group and we attended our first (virtual) meeting in the summer, whereby we provided our opinion for developing more robust quality assessments during construction procurement. We’re really keen to be involved with similar groups across the UK, so please get in touch at info@aecow.org if you know others…
Simon Shillington, Technical Director at Fairhurst, has become Honorary Member of the Association, for his technical support regarding construction contracts. Simon is a Chartered Civil Engineer with over 25 years of experience in construction and design consultancy across the water, property, infrastructure and power sectors. Simon has supported ECoWs delivering their obligations and he has…
We’re delighted to announce a new initiative to collaborate more with other organisations. If your organisation supports the aims and objectives of AECoW, which are located here, would you like to become a Supporting Organisation? There’s no need for financial support and we will post your logo with a link to your website. Please get in…
We are in the process of supporting CECA in developing a working group aimed at developing clarity and consistency across a number of topics, such as the ECoW scope and how they are procured, with regard to ECoWs and the construction industry under the banner of CECA’s Environment Forum. Once an outline format is agreed…
Please note that we are changing our name and omitting ‘Ecological’ from our title as we believe that ‘Environmental’ addresses all relevant technical disciplines. The aim is that this contributes to reducing confusion with the roles. We are also developing a new website with an associated email address so communication with our members will be…