Lille, November 15, 2022 –
ECT
a long-standing player in the field of non-built environmental development, announces the opening of a regional branch in the Hauts-de-France region. Its ambition is to contribute to the rehabilitation ofon industrial wasteland by recycling excavated soil. Based in Lille, this regional office operates under the direction of Julien Golaszewski, ECT’s Deputy Development Director. Guillaume Lemoine, previously Biodiversity Advisor at EPF Hauts-de-France, has joined a team of 4 people. This follows an initial operation to transform the Van Pelt site in Lens into an urban forest. A dozen projects are currently under study.
Developing projects that contribute to the attractiveness of local areas through the circular economy of inert building site soil
The dynamic construction industry in the Hauts-de-France region generates excavated soil that ECT reuses in non-built development projects on derelict sites. The company’s projects take many forms and have many uses: urban parks, biodiversity zones, agricultural zones with pastures and orchards, outdoor sports and leisure areas… The land’s value enhancement makes the project entirely self-financing.
ECT works in partnership with local authorities to design a new use for the site, in line with local aspirations. The landscape and ecological integration of the project is at the heart of its design: soil permeability, environmental coherence, management and integration of the construction site, and traceability of the soil received on the project site.
A project underway in Lens with the EPF Hauts-de-France, the city of Lens and the CALL.
Located in Lens (62), this transformation of the Van Pelt site is being carried out by EPF Hauts-de-France at the request of the local authority. It also includes the City of Lens and the Lens-Liévin Conurbation Community, in conjunction with the Hauts-de-France Region through the Regional Forestry Plan.
Unlike a natural forest, an urban forest is the result of design. The EPF has designed this forest with a multidimensional ecological, landscape, climatic and sensory approach, which ECT is creating using soil from local construction sites. Renaturation of the site with regional plantings of native species began in winter 2021. Work will continue until spring 2023.
Key figures: 10,000 trees planted – 3.5 hectares rehabilitated
Focus on nominations
Julien GolaszewskiECT’s Deputy Director of Development, is also in charge of the Hauts-de-France branch.
With a Master’s degree in QSE management, Julien Golaszewski began his career in industrial risk management before joining several consulting firms, specializing in the modeling of accidental and chronic hazardous phenomena. He joined ECT in 2012 to structure the research part of the development department and joined its management in 2018. Since July 2022, he has been Director of the Hauts-de-France branch, based in Lille.
Guillaume Lemoine joins ECT Hauts-de-France as Land Development Manager and Biodiversity Advisor.
Master’s degree in environment and regional planning, DEA in human geography. An ecologist by profession, after working in the protected natural areas of the Département du Nord, Guillaume Lemoine has been working for over 20 years, notably during his time with the Etablissement Public Foncier, on the requalification of industrial areas (wastelands, slag heaps, quarries, etc.) to restore their ecological and societal functions. Biodiversity, climate and soil conservation, as well as the development of new uses, are among the objectives pursued.
About ECT
ECT’s growth is part of a circular economy strategy: reusing excavated soil from building and civil engineering sites for concerted, sustainable development projects. Mainly based in the Paris region, ECT is opening a regional facility in the Hauts-de-France region in November 2022.
As a market leader, ECT has developed its « Excavated Soil Management » expertise in response to the need for environmental engineering and traceability in the construction and public works sector. « Designing and carrying out developments » to offer public authorities and local authorities useful projects based on the reclamation of excavated soil These include natural areas, landscaped or urban parks, urban farms, photovoltaic power plants, golf courses, equestrian centers and sports facilities.
Key figures : Founded in 1997 | 180 employees | 15 sites in operation in the Paris region | 15 million tonnes of excavated material processed annually | 10,000 trees planted per year | 3 subsidiaries in Germany, Switzerland and the USA under the Landify brand.
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