ess consulting is a founder member of 'Astral', a strategic alliance of six complementary SMEs with common objectives and established operating protocols for managing joint projects - including resource and expertise sharing and a commitment to quality. Together, they provide multi-disciplinary project services and advice from conception to commissioning and operation. In addition, ess consulting and Astral operate within a close network of associate businesses and specialists with expert knowledge of water, energy and environmental issues.

Astral comprises:-


COMPANY
BUSINESS AREA
PRINCIPAL
ARL Consulting
Water process engineering
Simon Binyon
CDM Consulting Ltd
Contract Management
Mike Bond
ESS Consulting
Strategy, and Technical Development
Peter Leach
H&M Environmental
Odour monitoring and management
Matthew Houseman
Jones-Jack Ltd
Mechanical and electrical engineering
Mike Jones-Jack
WaterCo Ltd
Civil and structural design
Peter Jones

 

Astral commitment: An alliance of complementary and self managed businesses committed to the provision of value-for-money solutions to water, energy and environmental infrastructure development.

'Astral' works through inter-company protocols, routinely reviewed, for operating and managing:
• Quality control
• Company systems
• Project management
• Resource optimisation
• Client interface

The 'Astral' team have 12+ years track record of project co-operation on such projects as:
• Welsh Water - water waste and sewerage asset management programmes
• Nipa Laboratories - pharmaceutical works effluent treatment plant
• Hyder/Lagan - Belfast and Bangor WwTW PFI project
• Hyder - Ganol WwTW, a £40m fast track project
• NWW - Mersey Valley Sludge Processing Centre

Projects recently undertaken by the 'Astral' team include:
• MEICA Process: - Welsh Water Small Projects - small sewage treatment works
• Costain/Haswell - Leeman Rd sewer requisition, Goathland, Settrington and Rewcliffe WwTWs
• Welsh Development Agency: Anglesey Power Study
• North Wales Health Authority: Highfield Park STW
• Tullis Russell: Paper Works Effluent Treatment Plant
• Cumbria Waste Management: Three Leachate Treatment plant upgrades