by Richard Wesson | Nov 2, 2023 | News
Given the time of year with memories of attempts to blow up parliament celebrated by letting of small explosive devices, we thought it might be timely to reflect on our experiences with ordnance – unexploded and otherwise. We have had a few recent projects...
by Richard Wesson | Aug 27, 2020 | News
Crash! One of our more unusual site investigations has recently been completed. We were called out to a site where a helicopter had crashed some days previously, in the middle of a field. The helicopter had caught fire and thankfully nobody was hurt. As a consequence,...
by Jade Bailey | Sep 20, 2017 | News
Rural and Farm Sites – Contaminated Land Issues Over the years we have dealt with a lot of farm and rural sites. Whilst these may not be classified as brownfield land – the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) definition specifically excludes ‘land that has been...
by Jade Bailey | Sep 1, 2017 | News
Why can’t we just send soil samples to you? This is a question that we get asked a lot. It seems to arise from the idea that an intrusive investigation for contaminated land is solely about getting a few samples and getting them analysed. However, this is not the...
by Jade Bailey | Aug 20, 2017 | News
The Site Investigation Process Contaminated land site investigation is very much a process. We have produced the below flow chart to explain where various parts of the site investigation fit including the desktop study, intrusive investigation with soil sampling...
by Jade Bailey | Oct 10, 2016 | News
Site Investigations – A Layman’s Guide We thought it would be useful to our readers to provide some guidance on contaminated land for the layman. It can be a bewildering subject if you are not familiar with this field and therefore this first post will outline the...
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