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Natural habitat improvement

Biodiversity Campaign

Last year at Geda Construction we began our Biodiversity Campaign across all sites. Unfortunately, as we all know, construction processes can sometimes hinder biodiversity temporarily during works, so this campaign was started with the overall aim to help offset that hindrance. The campaign has the aim to: Reduce impacts of construction processes on the surrounding flora & fauna Enhance biodiversity of…


Mitigating Ecological and Environmental Impact

When trees are uprooted and subsequently get stuck along a river this can cause major issues for the ecological and environmental balance of that river. Further to flood events, a tree stuck at the Common Cauld at Hawick was holding back the free-flowing of fish in the River Teviot. When a member of the River Tweed Commission noted issues with…


Plastic Waste River Clean Up

The contractor and a local paddle boarding group have undertaken the task of removing plastic waste from the local rivers and estuaries, these areas which are regularly cleaned are areas which are not easily assessable to others and so as a result the ecosystems of these rivers and estuaries have suffered. By using paddleboards, they have been able to remove…


BIOAIR: Living Breathing Wall

On site, a green wall was created that would benefit biodiversity as much as possible. Working with the supplier, Kier reviewed the local biodiversity action plan and existing biodiversity in the area to select plants to use in the green wall. The plants were chosen to attract pollinators and the wall was placed on the hoarding in the church yard….


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