Services

Salford Archaeology provide expert guidance to our clients to help them identify and manage heritage issues and harness potential opportunities.

Our Services include:
Desk-based Assessments – determining the extent and nature of archaeological remains, the impact of development and recommended solutions for their management.

Environmental Impact Assessments – providing detailed archaeological or cultural heritage technical assessments for large and complex projects.

Heritage Statements and Impact Assessments – assessing the
significance of above ground-built heritage assets, including their setting, and the impact of development, in support of planning applications and heritage consents.

Heritage Consents – guidance with Listed Buildings, Scheduled Monuments and conservation area consents and other strategic heritage issues.

Preparation of Conservation and Heritage Management Plans for historic sites including Scheduled Monuments, Listed Buildings, Registered Parks and Gardens and World Heritage Sites.

Salford Archaeology has a built heritage and survey team that specialises in the recording and understanding of historic buildings.

We offer an extensive range of services to clients, from rapid appraisal surveys to 3D measured survey and detailed analytical research.

Our experienced team regularly works on structures of all periods – from medieval castles and timber-framed buildings, to 19th- and 20th-century industrial structures and housing – working on behalf of individual clients, major developers, and national bodies, to provide solutions enabling you to meet your heritage requirements.

Salford Archaeology use the latest technologies to embrace the growing field of Heritage BIM, allowing detailed collaboration throughout the project team on small and large-scale renovation projects.
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Not only can we provide cost-efficient, accurate data for design teams, in the form of detailed metric survey but also advise on archaeological mitigation requirements, and heritage-led design.

Archaeological fieldwork and surveys are the core of our business. Focusing on delivering archaeological and heritage services in advance of construction work, we pride ourselves in providing value for money approaches that deliver on time and in budget.

Our team of experts have the capacity and experience to deliver pre or post planning archaeological assessment and mitigation work across the UK. We provide tailored, practical and pragmatic solutions to the results which are aimed at providing you with the most cost effective and sustainable solutions to minimise your risk during construction.
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Salford Archaeology are a CIFA Registered Organisation and hold ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001.

At Salford Archaeology we recognise the importance of sharing the results of what we undertake in the most appropriate format. Whether this is to you, your stakeholders, your wider company, the local authority or to members of the public, we provide appropriate positive dissemination of results in a timely, concise and informed manner.
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Through detailed technical reports, academic or popular publications we possess a track record of delivery. We provide our clients with the outputs that achieve their statutory aims and planning requirements in the most appropriate means of dissemination. In addition to traditional text-based approaches we also cater for digital dissemination in a variety of different media and formats in order to have the maximum impact for your target audience.

Heritage is all around us and can be a passionate and emotive subject appealing to a diverse audience. We work with our clients to help promote a project’s heritage engagement and access potential within the local community by creating relevant opportunities for involvement.

Engagement activities often vary due to scale and appropriateness. Salford Archaeology can design a programme of activities that creates the maximum meaningful impact for our clients. Some of the most successful engagement activities on past projects have included open days, online or in person lectures, guided talks, education visits and community-led excavations. Activities can include on site or external settings and are tailored to each group’s needs and the stakeholders’ opportunities and requirements.
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We are always keen to utilise the appeal of archaeology and heritage engagement to promote positive stakeholder activities and messages.