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Making land remediation a value add process

28 Nov 2019

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?

24 Oct 2019

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

20 Sep 2019

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

10 Jul 2019

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

15 May 2019

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

20 Dec 2018

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

04 Oct 2018

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

30 Aug 2018

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

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