Alison Nicholson
Geoenvironmental Team Lead, Associate Director @Buro Happold
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WORK HISTORY
Geoenvironmental Team Lead, Associate Director @Buro Happold
Role involves leading the Geoenvironmental Team on the environmental assessment and de-risking of brownfield sites. Alison works across a broad range of projects from masterplans, high-profile commercial, residential and large linear infrastructure projects. Alison leads in the design, implementation and interpretation of geoenvironmental site assessments of contaminated land prior to acquisition or redevelopment on multi-disciplinary projects. Alison works on a wide range of schemes including UXO, radiological, hydrogeological, major utilities and archaeological constraints, with successful collaboration with other relevant engineering disciplines. Alison has extensive experience in leading and reviewing Ground Conditions Environmental Statement Chapters for EIAs. She also prepares and wins fee proposals and tenders for standalone and multi-disciplinary projects. Alison supports the technical development and mentoring of junior staff and building diversity in the workplace.
EDUCATION
University of Reading
Master's Degree, Soils and Environmental Pollution
University of Oxford
Master's Degree, Chemistry
ABOUT ALISON NICHOLSON
Extensive experience of land contamination assessment and remediation of brownfield sites through de-risking the ground to enable safe redevelopment. Leads diverse projects, including masterplans, commercial, residential, and large infrastructure developments, assessing and mitigating risks from contamination and other below ground constraints. Collaborates on a wide variety of multi-disciplinary projects to discharge contaminated land related planning conditions, complete due diligence assessments, EIAs, SEAs and other advisory work.Passionate about helping clients develop sustainable solutions to mitigate risks associated with brownfield land through beneficial re-use of site won materials and maximising soil health and biodiversity.International career spanning the UK, Canada, Georgia, Romania and the Middle East. Skilled in preparing fee proposals and tenders and enjoys collaborating with clients, colleagues, and organisations such as the AGS and the UK Green Building Council.Client focused manager committed to harnessing talent and building creative and innovative teams. Committed to building diversity in the workplace and the development of technical staff.
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