Integrate environmental challenges at the heart of your developments
ABV Development places environmental management at the heart of an integrated approach, which ranges from carrying out feasibility studies as part of a defined project to the permanent outsourced management of these aspects. Whatever the need or the project, the desire is to combine environmental efficiency and economic performance at the heart of a sustainable approach.
As part of a real estate development, enlist the services of a environmental design office from the initial stages of the project most often makes it possible to optimize implementation costs but also to reduce environmental impacts. ” Our main objective is to enable our customers to carry out their project, recalls Jean-Marc Lambert, partner atABV Development, a design office specialized in environmental issues. Beyond the administrative process, linked to obtaining a permit for example, a impact study can for example make it possible to take strategic guidelines aimed at reducingenvironmental impact and the optimization of implementation costs. With this in mind, we position ourselves as a real partner for our customers, seeking opportunities beyond constraints.”
In recent years, ABV Development has developed real expertise in environmental issues. Today, this know-how is combined at the heart of an integrated approach which, from the design of a project to outsourced operational management of environmental issues, allows it to best support each of its customers.
Upstream of the project, studies and strategic support
The feasibility study
” ABV Development can already support developers from the feasibility study, explains Jean-Marc Lambert. Once a project leader has a field and objectives, we can discuss with him the possibilities available to him, assess the opportunities and risks associated with the development of his project. Carrying out such a study, while considering environmental issues, already makes it possible to reveal possibilities for optimizing the project, giving useful guidelines to the design in order to limit costs and risks. ”
Field study and analysis, soil analysis
It is important to know what is hidden in the soil on which one develops, especially if we are talking about brownfields, with potentially polluted land, or if the planned activity can be considered to be at risk for the soil. ” For example, the project may involveExcavate polluted land, which will have to be transported in order to sanitize them. This has a cost that must be able to assess. A good knowledge of the state of the soil will make it possible to adapt the project to limit sanitation costs., explains Jean-Marc Lambert. Based on this analysis, we can for example rethink the implementation of the project to limit the Excavations of polluted land by managing environmental risks.”
The impact and incidence study
The impact or impact study most often comes in response to a regulatory obligation. ” We support each of our customers throughout their process of permit application by offering them at the same time strategic environmental advice for the development of the project, explains Jean-Marc Lambert. A good understanding of the potential impacts makes it possible to consider the most relevant possibilities to limit them, through the implementation of processes, the use of technologies or even in the implementation of the project itself. ”
Environmental concern at the heart of the project
The activity of a design office like ABV Development is not limited to carrying out analyses and surveys prior to the project:
Environmental monitoring of the construction site
” Our desire is to support our customers in the management of environmental issues prior to the construction site as well as during the construction of the site., comments Jean-Marc Lambert. Taking into account environmental aspects at the heart of the project can have a significant impact on the project. We can mention the problems associated with waste management, to the excavation and to theremediation of polluted land or even water, in compliance with environmental procedures... ”
In this area, regulations are intended to be more and more restrictive, with the desire of the authorities to include all new developments in a circular economy approach. ” The end of the waste status, adopted in Wallonia, implies, for example, taking into consideration numerous aspects in the implementation and in the site management, continues Jean-Marc Lambert. This evolution requires, for example, to reuse as much of the materials present on site as possible in the new project. While this can be seen as a new constraint, it can also be seen as an opportunity to be seized. Our support makes it possible to fully understand these challenges, by limiting theThe environmental impact and by optimizing the overall project. ”
The permanent management of environmental issues
Outsourcing environmental management
La management of environmental issues or those related to safety and well-being require companies to acquire specialized skills. Regulatory requirements are constantly evolving and involve monitoring, complying and raising awareness among teams on a daily basis. “Many businesses don't have the ability to hire staff to meet these obligations, explains Jean-Marc Lambert. This is why we make our expertise available to actors, through an outsourced management service for these aspects. Our experts support our customers in the short, medium and long term in the management of regulatory compliance, in terms of their contact with the administration or in the implementation of certifications or continuous improvement approaches.”
