Baker Consultants has launched a new office in Swansea, Wales, following an increased demand in the region and growth in the renewables sector.
The company said that this move consolidates its presence in Wales and the South West.
The new Swansea office will cover both terrestrial and marine environments, and will be a permanent base for two of Baker Consultants’ ecologists – Diana Clark, Senior Ecologist, and Helen Hedworth, Marine Consultant.
Clark has more than nine years of consultancy experience, and the new base will allow her to work more closely with Baker Consultants’ existing and new clients in the region, including ongoing support for schemes in Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire.
Hedworth is a bioacoustics expert with specific interest in the impacts of sound on the marine environment. Alongside other members of Baker Consultants’ marine team, Hedworth advises clients and regulators on marine ecology and noise monitoring from consenting through to post-construction monitoring, on projects ranging from offshore wind, wave generation or tidal lagoon developments, to those affecting the coastal environment.
The company said that this increased staff capacity in South Wales enables it to provide more geographically strategic assistance to projects located across the borders, and southern and south-west England.
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