www.cmacsltd.co.uk - Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies

NIRAS completed the acquisition of respected marine ecology consultancy, CMACS, on 17^th June 2016.

Dr Tim Norman, Managing Director of NIRAS Consulting Ltd, said: “I am delighted that we have joined forces with CMACS, who have a wealth of experience and expertise in marine and coastal ecology. Our combined teams now offer a full range of marine, intertidal and coastal survey and assessment services.”

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CMACS is supporting Dong Energy by finalising pre-construction benthic environmental monitoring work and preparing for during construction marine mammal mitigation at Burbo Extension Offshore Wind Farm. Baseline benthic environmental monitoring and Annex I habitat investigation surveys were completed in summer 2015 and CMACS staff are now preparing for wind farm construction scheduled to start in 2016. CMACS staff will develop a programme of ongoing benthic monitoring and will be present on site during piling of wind turbine foundations to implement mitigation to safeguard marine mammals during construction.

CMACS Staff are currently:

Monitoring shorebirds around the Humber Sea Terminal, continuing a programme of monitoring which now extends to over twenty years and includes regular surveys of intertidal habitats, estuarine sediments and saltmarsh communities to support ongoing operations at the port.
Providing marine mammal mitigaton services during the construction of Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm.
Providing construction noise monitoring services during the construction of Race Bank offshore wind farm.
Planning cable landfall intertidal surveys in Shetland.