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Environmental control that scales with your projects

Keystone Infrastructure Group provides specialist environmental management to organisations delivering infrastructure, utilities and power projects.

From global policy to the work face — one consistent, auditable environmental thread that traces through corporate policy, your management system, and the site-specific plans that deliver compliance on every project.

NSIP & DCO ISO 14001 EMS CEMP delivery EPC supply chain
The Keystone approach

One connected environmental thread

Developed reactively, environmental documents arrive from different consultants with no common backbone — duplicated cost, inconsistent plans, slow subcontractor mobilisation. Built as one connected capability, environmental engagement becomes a growth asset.

Every environmental control should trace through one consistent thread — from corporate policy, through the management system, to the site-specific plan at the work face, and back up again. That traceability is what satisfies clients, certifiers and regulators — and it makes it straightforward to commercially scope exactly what each project requires.

A tiered consultancy model

Three tiers, one system

A single, structured way to acquire environmental support — scaling from board-level policy down to delivery on individual sites. Every engagement begins with a short screening that scales the fee to your starting maturity and scope, so cost always matches effort.

Tier 1

Global & Corporate Policy

The group-level policy suite and governance framework that set direction — critical for bidding on Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects.

  • Corporate environmental policy suite
  • Governance & assurance framework
  • Prequalification & NSIP bid evidence
Tier 2

UK Management System

An ISO 14001-aligned Environmental Management System that turns policy into a working, auditable system across the business.

  • ISO 14001-aligned EMS manual
  • Policies, procedures & registers
  • Gap analysis & certification readiness
Tier 3

Site & Project Plans

The CEMP suite and subcontractor / specialist plans that deliver compliance on each project, aligned to consents and the Environmental Statement.

  • Construction Environmental Management Plans
  • Pollution, waste, water & traffic plans
  • Subcontractor SSP templates & audit
What we deliver

Capabilities

Specialist environmental input across the full lifecycle of major infrastructure delivery — from consenting and permitting through to construction compliance and audit.

01

CEMP & management plans

Construction Environmental Management Plans and the full supporting suite — pollution prevention, soil, waste, surface water, noise, dust, traffic, materials and habitats.

02

ISO 14001 EMS

Building and embedding ISO 14001-aligned management systems, including gap analysis, manuals, registers and certification readiness.

03

Consents & permitting

DCO and TCPA consenting support, discharge of construction consents, permits, licences and compliance registers aligned to the Environmental Statement.

04

Site environmental management

Embedded and advisory site Environmental Managers for intrusive works — HDD, trenching and cable installation — with active monitoring and regulator liaison.

05

Supply chain assurance

Subcontractor site-specific plan templates, audits and mobilisation support so the supply chain works to one consistent standard.

06

Carbon & sustainability

Carbon management planning and sustainability performance support to meet EPC and client requirements on major programmes.

The Keystone difference

Senior specialist input, by design

  • Win larger bidsAn audit-ready system evidences capability at prequalification and lets you compete above your current band.
  • Absorb acquisitionsEach new company plugs into one group system rather than starting cold or running multiple conflicting systems.
  • A single source of truthCorporate policy and the system are written once and inherited everywhere — no duplicated, contradictory documents.
  • Lower whole-life costShared infrastructure and retained knowledge cost far less than repeated bespoke commissions.
Track record

Nationally significant experience

Keystone's people bring delivery experience from some of the UK's largest infrastructure, energy and utility programmes.

Electricity transmission · DCO

Major transmission scheme

Onshore environmental management and full CEMP suite delivery on a nationally significant electricity transmission project consented under the Development Consent Order regime.

Grid upgrade · Cable installation

Onshore cable installation programme

Consents leadership and site environmental management across a large-scale onshore cable installation programme, including HDD, open-cut trenching and cable pulling works.

New nuclear · NSIP

New nuclear new-build

Ecology interface delivery across archaeology, utilities and UXO workstreams — including authorship of a project UXO Environmental Protocol on one of the UK's largest new-build programmes.

Energy & digital infrastructure

Highways, grid & data centres

Pollution prevention, waste and materials management (CL:AIRE MMP) and regulatory compliance across national highways, grid upgrades and data centre construction.

People

The team

A focused team combining specialist environmental leadership with responsive business administration — direct, practical support without layers of account management.

Director

Jonathan Yates

Founder · Environmental management

Founder and director of Keystone Infrastructure Group, leading environmental engagement across infrastructure, utilities and power — including delivery on nationally significant electricity transmission programmes.

Executive Assistant

Stephanie Knight

Business operations & administration

Stephanie supports Keystone's day-to-day business operations, client communications and project administration, helping to keep delivery organised, responsive and efficient.

Associate network

Beyond the core team, KIG draws on a wide network of trusted associates — leaders in their professions across specialist environmental and consenting disciplines. Depending on the project, we bring in expertise in ecology, arboriculture, hydrology and drainage, contaminated land, flood risk, archaeology and heritage, noise and air quality, and sector consent coordination for rail, highways, energy and utilities. Each engagement is resourced with the right specialists, tailored to its scope and consenting requirements.

Building today, powering tomorrow

Let's scope your environmental requirement

Every engagement begins with a short screening call to understand your starting point and the scale of work — so the fee always matches the effort.

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Keystone Infrastructure Group Ltd provides specialist environmental management to organisations delivering infrastructure, utilities and power projects across the UK.

EnquiriesNew project & programme enquiries welcome
CompanyKeystone Infrastructure Group Ltd
CoverageGlobal — UK-based, with project experience across France, Italy, Gibraltar, Africa, the Caribbean and the USA