Investigation projects have been undertaken for Governments, for Research Institutions, for pipeline and infrastructure owners and for other strategic companies in fields such as mining, environmental protection, energy and oil.

Government projects are most frequently focused on policy development in relation to the wider impacts of underground infrastructure construction and renovation. Aspects include Environmental Impact Assessment of new pipelines and how innovative technologies such as trenchless methods can be utilized to permit construction to go ahead whilst minimizing the environmental impact.

The impact of indirect and social cost of works in urban areas are also often the subject of investigations by Jason Consultants so that authorities can develop and implement policies that enable development of infrastructure to support life and progress in ways that do not disrupt the very lives they are designed to support. Achieving a balanced and sustainable policy in which all costs and benefits are understood and apportioned efficiently requires research and information upon which considered policy decision can be taken by Governments.

Similarly owners of transmission pipelines face environmental obstacles in extending and developing their infrastructure networks, and we have investigated how innovative and non-disruptive installation technologies can be used to overcome these obstacles elegantly and cost-effectively while meeting the environmental impact concerns.

Commercial companies in energy and mining and other fields with significant environmental impacts have commissioned Jason Consultants to investigate the potential application of trenchless techniques to improving the performance of their operations as well as meeting increasing environmental pressure. Adapting trenchless methods to mineral extraction can improve recovery rates in difficult underground deposits; and trenchlessly installed interceptor wells and drains can both improve onshore oilfield recovery and reduce waste and contamination from spillage. Similar techniques have been investigated and adapted to intercept contamination sources in order to protect groundwater and other sensitive receptors.

We have first hand experience of evaluating needs and problems across these and other industry sectors and in advising on how the technologies we use every day in our engineering projects can be adapted and developed to solve these new problems efficiently. We advise Government on policy in relation to infrastructure construction and renovation so that the works, which support development progress, can proceed in the most economically efficient manner. For international organisations we have investigated industry structures and investment and aid needs in developing markets where the provision of safe drinking water and sanitation are critical health and development priorities.