We can provide you with the following services:-

To communicate changes in the landscape such as development or responses  to Climate Change visualisation techniques provide ‘real’ impressions on how particular places might be affected. The visual form of communication is proven to be more efficiently processed and absorbed than textural, numerical or even diagrammatic data (references Tufte 1992).

Visualisation techniques can be classified in two dimensions, static or dynamic and analogue or digital (Lange 2000). Static visualisations represent only a single view point, dynamic allow the viewpoint to change. Analogue refers to traditional manual techniques such as sketches, paintings and physical models whilst digital refers to the use of computing power and programmes as tools to create images.

Choosing the right form of visualisation is an important decision in determining the success or otherwise of conveying effectively relevant information.

The development of digital techniques in recent years and now with the marrying of these to quantitative landscape information through GIS, provides great opportunities for stakeholders to be participants in decisions and choices which shape their landscape and future.

The merger of Maslen Environmental with JBA has enabled the skill sets associated with visual impressions, landscape impacts, GIS and digital programming and manipulation techniques to be brought together. Maslens have been involved in landscape assessment and the art of presenting client schemes through all types of visualisation technique for nearly twenty years.

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Further examples of work can be found at 2B Consultancy's website

We bring imaginative design skills to create valued landscapes. We have a huge portfolio of projects, including planting plans, urban space design, housing schemes, masterplans and landscape studies.

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We bring specialist skills to restore despoiled sites and also to mitigate for planned development disturbance. Our portfolio includes derelict minerals sites, coalfield sites, landfill site planning and management, proposals for new mineral sites and water and sewer pipeline projects.

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We believe climate change will affect everyone and increasingly we will all need to help mitigate the impacts and adapt to change. We have skills and a portfolio of work specifically related to sustainable construction, benchmarking and improving the environmental performance of buildings and option appraisals for renewable energy investments. We also undertake training for businesses on improving aspects of their environmental performance.

We work very successfully on behalf of a number of partnerships and organisations raising funds for project activities. Our work often involves taking initial ideas and developing these into project activities and project plans. We prepare and present business cases and submit applications on behalf of our clients. Our successes include EU LIFE and Interreg projects, HLF, LFTC, ERDF, SRB, RDA and ODPM funded work. (And we are fully aware of the abundance of acronyms!)

Maslen Environmental’s team have a wealth of project management experience, including project programming and financial management. We have managed multidisciplinary teams during the design and construction process for a range of landscape and building projects. Project management support has also been provided to a number of government agencies and local authorities on large scale and complex projects involving numerous stakeholders with varied and often conflicting interests.

Our experience includes facilitating meetings, workshops and training events, bringing together a wide range of technical experts and diverse interest groups. Our aim is to ensure that all interest groups are successfully engaged in the planning and development of projects.

We have carried out a number of public and stakeholder consultations as part of our project work. Most recently, having been commissioned to carry out a landscape and visual assessment for an urban wind turbine development, we were appointed to prepare a public consultation roadshow to inform the public of the proposal before a planning application was submitted. The content, layout and graphic design of all consultation material was carried out in house. Other public exhibitions and consultations have related to a visitors centre and to nature conservation, public recreation, habitat creation and waste management projects.