About Services Projects News Careers Contact Home - Services - Civils Infrastructure JMS provides comprehensive site engineering services from planning through design, permitting, and construction. JMS has developed significant technical knowledge from an extensive list of retail/commercial, office, residential, recreational, resort, mixed-use, industrial, educational, and municipal projects. Our expertise in a diverse range of specialised areas, including site selection and due diligence, feasibility studies, utilities assessment, site/civil engineering design and permitting, complements and approvals and adoptions Roads & Highways Flood Risk Assessment Drainage Pre-Planning Travel Plans Roads & Highways WHY USE JMS? Comply with highway standards Obtain technical approval of proposed schemes Follow adoption procedures, such as section 38 and 278 work Comply with planning requirements, such as section 106 agreements Deal with drainage authorities for sewer adoptions Our experience in highway design ranges from estate road design to major interchange improvements. Our involvement may be a simple crossover agreement to gain access to a small development to designing a new link road to serve 1200 units. With developments scattered across much of the country, JMS have experience in dealing with many of the Highways & Water authorities. In most cases this liaison will involve gaining approvals for onsite Section 38 Agreements as well as off site Section 278 Agreements. JMS have the expertise and most up to date design software required to deliver all types of carriageway design. View projects Flood Risk Assessment WHY USE JMS FOR FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT? Familiar with current policies and standards Good working relationship with Local Authorites Full use of latest modelling software Economical drainage designs Wide range of accepted SUDS schemes Under the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), Local Authorities are encouraged to adopt a proactive approach to mitigate and adapt to climate change, taking into account the risk of flooding in line with the objectives and provisions of the Climate Change Act 2008. National Planning Policy Guidance (NPPG) states a site specific Flood Risk Assessment (FRA) is required for sites of greater than 1 hectare in Flood Zone 1, for all proposals in Flood Zone 2 & 3 regardless of development size. A FRA can also be requested where there is an identified critical drainage problem. JMS have extensive knowledge and experience in producing FRAs for all types of development. Our FRAs will assess the risk of flooding under all current guidelines and consider the potential fluvial flooding, groundwater flooding, existing sewers, surface water flooding and infrastructure failure. Using drainage design software and liaising closely with the relevant governing bodies, JMS have the ability to provide a comprehensive FRA that will address all the questions asked by the planning process. View projects Drainage WHY USE JMS FOR DRAINAGE? Familiar with current policies and standards Good working relationship with Water Authorities Full use of latest modelling software Economical drainage designs Wide range of accepted SUDS schemes Although the Code for Sustainable Homes has now been withdrawn, the principles and requirement to demonstrate minimal impact from development remain. JMS have wide experience of all forms of Sustainable Drainage systems (SuDS) from the use of private and adoptable permeable paving to wet and dry swales, infiltration and detention ponds, the use of landscaping to convey and clean surface water. If designed in from inception, SuDS schemes can offer a very economical drainage solution with added value and ecological benefits. View projects Pre-Planning WHY USE JMS FOR PRE-PLANNING? Early assessment by experienced engineers Applied commercial awareness Appreciation of planning requirements Importance of risk identification Able to respond within timeframe With the ever growing pressure to deliver housing developments, JMS understand the need to produce timely and economical engineering input to such schemes. From pre-purchase and planning assessments where the identification of cost and program issues is key to hitting the deadlines on delivery design packages, JMS have a proven track record of supporting residential developers. View projects Travel Plans WHY USE JMS FOR TRAVEL PLANS? Design of bespoke Travel Plans to meet Local Authority approval Manage Travel Plan budgets and deliver the incentives to meet targets Experience liaising with key stakeholders Personalised Travel Planning Travel Plan monitoring including travel surveys and analysis It is a requirement for developments to promote and encourage the use of sustainable transport modes as part of the national plan of achieving sustainable development. Our involvement starts with the engineering of development, advising on the hard infrastructure measures that allow for sustainable modes. We have extensive experience of preparing and agreeing Travel Plan targets in consultation with key stakeholders, including local authorities. JMS deliver developments throughout the Country, and has the experience of dealing with many of the local councils. View Travel Plans Our Process Hurdles are anticipated and resolved through professional planning and services are integrated throughout both our in-house teams and other disciplines. All conducted with our ethos of using the latest software from conception to completion. Technical competence, pragmatic leadership and prudent independence means that confidence can be taken for our designs whether an extension for a house or the construction of a multi-storey apartment or office block. Offices With eight offices around the UK and two in Europe, we have optimum coverage to meet all client locations. Wherever the project, we have a team that will be be ready to help. See where we're located Projects In everything we do the key is buildability and there is more than one way to get something right. We will work with you to provide you the best solution, no matter what the budget. 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