A Renowned International Dredging & Coastal Consultancy

Since its inception in 1976, The Bates Partnership have built up extensive knowledge and hands-on experience of dredging projects around the world, which we can draw upon when advising our clients. We have operated in over 30 countries with a strong track record of providing effective and creative solutions for some of the world’s most challenging dredging projects.

With expertise across dredging and its related fields, our consultants work around the world on projects ranging from major offshore and coastal  infrastructure developments to smaller scale inland dredging works. We can support client requirements at every stage, from feasibility studies, through licensing, design and implementation, contracts and procurement, to on-site supervision and dispute resolution.

As a specialised consultancy The Bates Partnership are able to provide clients with a very personal service with the aim to ensure clients receive the best solutions, minimising the potential for disputes and maximising value for money.

We invite you to review our services pages, that contain examples of some of the projects we have been involved with recently, and see how we can assist you with your dredging project.

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700+ Projects Completed
48+ Years Experience In The Dredging Market
30+ Operating In Over 30 Countries

A Specialised Consultancy

The Bates Partnership has built up extensive knowledge and hands-on experience of both large and small dredging projects around the world, which we can draw upon when advising our clients. Our culture is to work in partnership with clients to identify, define and deliver solutions to complex problems in all of the following sectors of the dredging industry:

Dredging Feasibility & Strategy Reports

The partnership undertakes feasibility studies for any project where the main requirement is dredging or dredging related.
Maintenance Dredging

Maintenance dredging is required to maintain water depths in areas where sedimentation occurs.
Capital Dredging

Capital dredging can be defined as, “the removal from beneath water and raising through water or soil, rock or debris to create a greater depth than had previously existed”.
Surveying & Investigations

An essential part of any project; be it capital or maintenance dredging, beach recharge, land reclamation, or maritime construction.
Land Reclamation

Land Reclamation projects have become a increasingly common in recent […]
Beach Replenishment

The Bates Partnership can advise on and supervise any proposed beach re-charge project and tailor the services required to the clients needs.
Licensing & Environmental

Our consultants provide a diverse range of environmental planning and engineering services for a wide range of clients.
Expert Witness & Dispute Resolution

The partners have in excess of 80 years combined specialised professional experience in dredging and hydrographic survey.
Mineral Dredging

Mineral dredging is one of the specialist services provided by The Bates Partnership.
Energy & Offshore

The Partnership has vast hands-on experience in all phases of outfalls, landfalls and SPM’s projects
Remedial Dredging

Remedial Dredging, also known as Environmental Dredging, is undertaken to […]
Training

The Bates Partnership has provided several forms of training over […]

Latest Projects

The Bates Partnership are specialists in all aspects of dredging works and related engineering disciplines. The projects page outlines recent examples of our services.

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