Twan van den Broek
New construction or expansion of installations requires major investments. Asset owners therefore do well to pay careful attention to the necessary building and environmental permits. Mistakes or incompleteness will irrevocably lead to delays, which is certainly not what you want once you have taken the investment decision. KH Engineering is increasingly taking care of the necessary permit applications for its clients. This service is growing in popularity.
‘Permits for, for example, the Environment Act, the Water Act and the Nature Conservation Act, with reference to the emission of nitrogen oxide, are not easy to obtain. You really need specialist knowledge to do such a request right the first time,' says Twan van den Broek. He works as a Senior Consultant HSSE at KH Engineering. We notice that our clients often want to get started quickly once they have decided to make a certain investment. Nevertheless, it pays to be thorough in the preparation of the permit application. After all, a rejection is bound to cause a lot of delay. And the procedure for assessing a complex application can easily take up to 26 weeks, and that's without even considering the possibility of the competent authority extending the procedure. These days, KH Engineering offers our clients the service of thoroughly preparing these applications and submitting the application on behalf of the company.
Gathering information
Especially if it is a multidisciplinary project, it can be complicated to gather the necessary information from all disciplines. Is there soil pollution? Or is there protected nature? What will the plot and the installation look like in terms of dimensions and weight? What will the energy consumption and emissions of the installation be? These are all matters that are important when applying for a permit. KH Engineering ensures that we collect all this information and submit a permit application that is correct in one go,' continues Twan. Or we deliver this data to the client, who either submits the application himself, or via a consultancy. The big advantage for our client is that this guarantees good coordination between the engineering disciplines, the client and the government, and proceeds much faster than if they had to gather all the information themselves.
Contact
For more information please contact Twan van den Broek at telephone number 06-29329835 or e-mail twan.vanden.broek@khe.eu.