Gas Works Sites, don’t be caught out…
…..by thinking such sites only occur in large towns. In fact gas works site are extremely common across the UK and sometimes identified in some suprising locations. If you are still referring to the old […]
Month: May 2017
Geo-environmental Standards Update
In case you were not aware the most recent Land Forum Meeting included an update on Geoenvironmental Standands for Soil and Site Assessment which can be downloaded as a supporting document to the Land Forum […]
FPS Establishes Working Group to Investigate New Methods of Pile Integrity Testing
In 1997 CIRIA launched their Integrity testing in piling practice (R144), which formed the primary guide on this topic for the industry. For sometime now there has been concern that even if 100% of […]
Resource Efficiency – Where is the WRAP construction waste reduction knowledgebase now?
You may have noticed that WRAP (Waste Resource Action Programme) now focuses on three priority areas – Food and Drink; Clothing and Textiles; and Electricals and Electronics. Between 2002 and 2014 WRAP in collaboration with […]
UXO and the Construction Cycle
Despite more than seventy years passing since the UK was a target for mass bombing raids, not a month seems to go by without another story of UXO being discovered . ‘Undetonated bombs from World […]