Environmental monitoring requires accurate, reliable monitoring solutions to assess site conditions, support compliance, and deliver defensible data.
Detecting low-level gases and VOCs
Monitoring across multiple locations and timeframes
Ensuring data meets regulatory and reporting standards
Managing equipment calibration and reliability
Managing air quality, dust and respiratory hazards
The environmental monitoring process involves collecting and analysing data to assess potential risks to human health and the environment.

Site assessment and risk identification
Selection of monitoring methods and equipment
Field monitoring (gas, VOCs, emissions, particulate, dust, air quality)
Data collection and analysis
Reporting and compliance validation
Accurate measurement is essential at every stage to ensure reliable outcomes.
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Deep understanding of your challenges and environments.
Equipment and services designed to meet your specific needs.
Shawcity solutions are used across a range of environmental monitoring and consultancy applications:
Monitoring ensures worker safety, legal compliance and data-led decision-making — reducing operational risk across every stage of your project.
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Environmental gas monitoring involves measuring gases in soil, air, or confined environments to assess environmental and health risks.
Common equipment includes:
Gas detectors (wearable, portable and fixed)
VOC monitors (PID sensors)
Dust and air quality monitors
VOC monitoring methods include:
PID (photoionisation detection)
FID (flame ionisation detectors)
Colorimetric tubes for passive sample gathering and analysis
Laboratory analysis with gas chromatography for precise measurements.
PID monitoring is commonly used for real-time field measurements.
Contaminated land assessment involves identifying and evaluating pollutants in soil, groundwater, or air to determine the existing environmental risk posed by previously developed land.
Air quality monitoring helps:
Assess exposure risks
Support planning and compliance
Provide accurate environmental data
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© Shawcity 2021
Company registered in England No. 1273269 | VAT number: GB 200868972 | ISO 9001-2015 certified.