Airports and air transport - planning and design

Environmental impact assessment

Halcrow has in-house expertise to examine the environmental impact of air transport developments at all stages throughout the project development process.

Areas of expertise include:

	land use planning and property development
	airport chemical run-off, surface water and groundwater contamination
	assessment of bird strike risk
	assessment of construction noise and nuisance
	calculation of aircraft emissions using the FAA EDMS (Emissions an Dispersion modelling System)
	calculation of aircraft noise using the FAA INM (Integrated Noise Model)
	comprehensive Environmental Impact Assessment preparations
	prediction of access road traffic noise
	specialist public inquiry services for environmental impact appraisals