Set up in 1993 by Professor Duncan Laxen, Air Quality Consultants Ltd is celebrating twenty years of successful trading. The company was founded on the principle of providing a high quality service to assess and manage ambient air quality.
Now, twenty years on, and with almost 2,000 projects under its belt, Air Quality Consultants has grown into a company employing 14 professionally qualified consultants. Duncan Laxen was joined in 2005 by his co-Director, Stephen Moorcroft, who brought additional experience of running a major UK consultancy group. The two met in the early 1980s, when they both joined the air quality section of the Greater London Council, carrying out pioneering work on monitoring and assessing air quality in London.
The company, which has offices in Bristol and London, now tackles a wide range of projects for clients ranging from small developers to major international companies. Air Quality Consultants expertise is constantly in demand not only from the private sector, but also from government departments in the UK and Ireland, as well as from government departments as far away as Australia and South Africa. The Company also works closely with many local authorities throughout the UK, helping them assess and improve air quality.
Air Quality Consultants has been closely involved with the development of air quality policy and legislation over the last 20 years. Both Duncan Laxen and Stephen Moorcroft have consistently advised the UK government on a range of air quality matters, in particular in relation to local air quality management.
The Company brings its experience and expertise into play across a wide range of projects, from road schemes to airports, and from industry to mixed-use developments. For instance, the company has helped assess air quality at over 20 airports. Indeed, Duncan Laxen was involved as an expert witness in the Public Inquiry into the 5th Terminal at Heathrow Airport – an Inquiry that ran for a record 525 days.
Commenting on the Company’s success, founder and co-Director, Professor Duncan Laxen said, “I feel immensely proud to have helped develop air quality management in the UK and elsewhere in the world, and am delighted to be celebrating twenty years of growing what is now one of the largest air quality consultancy groups in the UK.”
An interactive Timeline has been produced which maps key developments in air quality legislation over the past twenty years, and identifies key milestones in the Company’s history (click here to view)
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