One of the many excellent things about the BIG awards is that they generate such a clutch of exciting projects every year and then share...

As overall prize sponsor for the BIG Biodiversity Challenge Awards, Wildflower Turf Ltd are immensely proud of our ongoing involvement...

Following the launch of the long-awaited DEFRA 3.0 Biodiversity Gain (BNG) Metric in July, considered a Biodiversity milestone, questions...

In 2019 we were fortunate enough to win the CIRIA's BIG Biodiversity Challenge Biodiversity Legacy Award for our ongoing management of...

There’s never been a more important time for things like the Big Biodiversity Challenge! Run by CIRIA, these excellent annual awards...

In early October, Arcadis ecologists returned to Project Saplings, our 2019 BIG Award winning project managed by Julia Lampard with...

I am absolutely honoured and thrilled to be crowned the 2019 CIRIA BIG Biodiversity Champion! After the awards ceremony somebody said to...

I joined Cormac Solutions Ltd in January 2018 following graduation from The Open University with BSc Environmental Studies. My role...

It has been almost a year since we submitted the BIG Biodiversity Challenge application for our Thurso South substation, and it is a good...

As the Biodiversity Manager I’m responsible for managing Heathrow’s 13 off-airport Biodiversity sites (Figure 1). I also advise on all...

The importance of biodiversity Biodiversity plays an important role within our towns and cities as it helps to improve air quality,...

I’ve always believed that one of the responsibilities of an ecologist is to ensure that we assist others to understand what we are trying...

Receiving the Monitoring, Maintenance and Management Award at the CIRIA BIG Awards in 2018 was a huge honour and surprise rolled into...

Judging the BIG biodiversity challenge awards is not an easy task and hugely time pressured. Last year we received 104 submissions in...

I’m still in shock! I was in shock when my name was called out at the awards and I’m still in shock now. It is a great honour and an...

I first became aware of the CIRIA BIG Biodiversity Challenge and Awards four years ago and the main attraction for me was that these...

With an ever-increasing emphasis on the importance of raising the profile of biodiversity within the construction industry, this year’s...

It is too easy to be critical. As a parent I know this all too well. ‘Sit up’, ‘don’t talk with your mouth full’, ‘jump down from the...

With less than a week to go, I’m looking forward to taking part in judging the 2018 Big Biodiversity Challenge. It’s an opportunity to...

12th September 2018 is the date you all should have in your diaries! That’s the day we will find out who the winners are at this year’s...