Making land remediation a value add process
Contaminated land remediation is expensive and frequently bounded by government legislation. While regulations and guidelines facilitate human and environmental protection, modern day approaches to land... Read More
What’s involved in a Phase II environmental site assessment?
A Phase II environmental site assessment is undertaken to find and quantify contamination. It involves field works to gather samples for laboratory testing which are... Read More
How to make a site audit work for you
Contamination issues can lower property values and wreck an otherwise profitable project. Such risks have recently been demonstrated by the Sugar Cube apartments and Honeycomb... Read More
The duty to report land contamination doesn’t always fall to the polluter
The duty to report land contamination falls to the landowner regardless of whether the contamination occurred during their period of ownership. When remediation is required,... Read More
Effective Remediation Strategies Address Contamination Risk
When it comes to remediation, it is rarely possible to restore a contaminated site to its pre-development conditions. Full restoration can be prohibitively expensive and... Read More
The importance of a desktop study in environmental assessments
The Preliminary Site Investigation (PSI) includes a desktop study to understand the current and historical land uses of a site and its surroundings. It is... Read More
Land Contamination: The Assessment Process
Land contamination means that chemical substances or waste are present in soil above naturally occurring levels. Contamination represents a potential or actual risk to human... Read More
Site auditors become waste watch dogs under new EPA Guidelines
The EPA’s changes to the Contaminated Land Guidelines place a heavier burden on site auditors to check on waste issues and sign off on waste... Read More
Soil Disposal: Reduce, re-use and recycle to save money
Managing soil waste can be a critical concern in property development given significant disposal costs can be incurred, especially when disposing of contaminated soil. Soil... Read More
Geo-Logix’s Quality System is ISO 9001 Certified
Geo-Logix is proud to announce that our quality procedures and processes have been certified against the upgraded standards of ISO 9001:2015. ISO 9001 is an... Read More