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Article Ann-Marie Casserly

Understanding Bandings

This article has been superseded by Safety Guidance – Classification of Potentially Contaminated Sites for Intrusive Investigation Activities which was published in March…

Article Ann-Marie Casserly

Environmental Permitting regulations

The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations came into force on the 6th April 2008.  They merge Waste Management Licensing (WML) and…

Article Ann-Marie Casserly

Managing residual risks of land contamination

The successful trading, development and regeneration of brownfield sites requires stakeholders to acknowledge and manage environmental risks effectively to realise the potential…

Article Ann-Marie Casserly

Supporting the contaminated land community

Dealing with uncertainty and heterogeneity in the risk-based land management process continues to present challenges for the contaminated land community.  The up…

Article Ann-Marie Casserly

Annual meeting comes to London

The annual meeting of ISO/TC190 (Soil Quality) is to be held in London this year at the BSi Headquarters, Gunnersbury near Hammersmith,…

Article Ann-Marie Casserly

Testing times for soils

The Environment Agency has issued a revised version of its MCERTS policy for the chemical testing of soils. The Agency established its…

Article Ann-Marie Casserly

The problem of made ground

The categorisation, analysis and reporting of ‘made ground’ is a recurring nightmare for the modern laboratory. Traditionally a by-product of land reclamation…

Article Ann-Marie Casserly

CLAN 02/05

In September 2005, the Cabinet Office led Soil Guidance Value (SGV) Task Force issued its first (and long awaited) public pronouncement –…

Article Ann-Marie Casserly

MCERTS

The Environment Agency’s Monitoring Certification Scheme for the Chemical Testing of Soils: What it is. How it affects you. What you need…

Article Ann-Marie Casserly

SGV Task Force

The Soil Guideline Values Taskforce (SGV TF) is a joint initiative between Government Departments, local authorities and other private and public sector…

Article Ann-Marie Casserly

Work Permits to involve less Red Tape

There is big news for the Industry with a new addition of Geotechnical Engineers to the Shortage Occupations List for Work Permit…

Article Ann-Marie Casserly

MCERTS

The Environment Agency have advised that a policy titled ‘Chemical Test Data on Contaminated Soils – Qualification Requirements (307_03)’ has recently been…