Silkstone offers a full consultancy service to the minerals and waste industry, staffed by fully qualified personnel with extensive industrial experience.
We are able to provide a high quality service, tailored to the individual requirements of the client, spanning a wide range of operations including opencast clay, aggregate and blockstone quarrying and all aspects of landfill and recycling.
We offer the following services:
- Planning Applications with supporting statements or Environmental Impact Assessment
- Professional liaison with statutory bodies and public exhibition work
- Mineral reserve assessments, including drilling supervision and core logging
- Preparation and Submission of Environmental Permit Applications
- Environmental Monitoring
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- Mineral and Waste Management Planning Application Appeals
- Borehole Drilling and Piezometer Installation
- Computer Aided Design (CAD) for Site Layout
- Landfill Gas Modelling (GasSim2)
- Noise Impact Assessments & Noise Propagation Modelling (SoundPlan)
- Dust Impact Assessment
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- Landscape & Visual Impact Assessments
- Landfill Gas Risk Assessment
- Hydrogeological Risk Assessment
- Geological Assessment
- Construction Quality Assurance (CQA) Supervision
- Landfill and Quarry Design
- Void Space Assessment and Modelling
- Feasibility Studies
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- Site Restoration Design
- Quarry Regulations inspections for slope / quarry face stability assessment
- Method Statements
- Environmental Auditing
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