Coastal & Environmental Services, Grahamstown

CES currently has a Head Office in Grahamstown and as well as an East London branch. Our staff is usually comprised of about 25 consultants and 10 support staff, although our staff compliment continues to grow. Our staff are well qualified, with more than 40 university degrees between them and most with postgraduate qualifications, including 6 with PhD degrees in the biological & environmental sciences. This ensures that we adopt a scientific approach to all our studies, so that the resultant outcomes are scientifically sound.

In addition, CES has a number of permanent associates that can be drawn on to provide additional expertise. We have also developed long-term relationships with a number of specialist consulting companies who provide expertise in air emissions, visual impacts, noise impacts, heritage assessments, radiation hazard assessment, soil and agricultural assessments and waste handling.

The application of our skills is underpinned by our pragmatic opinion of the sustainable development process and our holistic view of the environment. We believe that a balance between development and environmental protection can be achieved by skillful, considerate and careful planning. Our extraordinary success rate in achieving this balance in a variety of approved developments is evidence of our capability.