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New_ HSE Research Report 1113- review of Vapour Cloud Explosion (VCE) Incidents

September 21, 2017October 8, 2017 Claire Dickinson Health and Safety

This report was jointly commissioned by the US Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administ ration (PHMSA) and the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE). It based on the review of 24 major VCE incidents focussing […]

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Gas Works Sites, don’t be caught out…

May 26, 2017May 26, 2017 Claire Dickinson Contaminated Land

…..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 […]

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UXO and the Construction Cycle

May 10, 2017May 10, 2017 Claire Dickinson Contaminated Land

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 […]

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Emerging Contaminants and Persistence

January 20, 2017February 2, 2017 Claire Dickinson Contaminated Sediment

Persistence, according to the guidelines of the Stockholm Convention, is evident where, chemicals have a half-life in the aquatic environment of over two months (i.e. it takes over two months for the chemical to break […]

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Environmental DNA (eDNA) monitoring outperforms traditional survey techniques

January 9, 2017February 5, 2017 Claire Dickinson Controlled Waters

Fish are sensitive indicators of water quality and their assessment is an important part of water management. However traditional methods of surveying by netting are costly and can cause the fish harm.  The Environment Agency […]

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Research Theme – Should we still be logging boreholes using the Human Eye?

September 18, 2016 Claire Dickinson Contaminated Land

A question posed by the Andy Gibson ( Director of the Centre for Applied Geoscience Research, University of Porstmouth) at their first industry workshop exploring their current research looking at the ” Rapid Characterisation of […]

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Research_ Rock Mechanics:Hydro-fracture in the laboratory and its use in linking permeable fracture networks to seismic data

August 10, 2016August 11, 2016 Claire Dickinson Research

With the UK government’s belief that shale gas has the potential to provide the UK with greater energy security, growth and jobs there is both increasing interest in exploitation and concern over the potential resulting […]

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Should we be worried about Nanotechnology?

August 8, 2016September 8, 2016 Claire Dickinson Contaminated Land

A question that continues to be asked and probably needs to asked given the fact that different environmental conditions may result in unexpected outcomes with the respect to the fate of potential contaminants. The University […]

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Delays, disruption, weather and climate change – keeping our rail network running

July 11, 2016July 11, 2016 Claire Dickinson Geotechnics

Increasingly we are seeing our National Rail Network under pressure from extreme weather events, and many of us, as recently as last month, were affected by delays and cancellations as result of flooding of lines […]

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Research Theme – Soil Moisture Content

June 13, 2016June 13, 2016 Claire Dickinson Contaminated Land

Soil moisture content is the most critical parameter in determining the releasibility of asbestos fibres from soil, and yet there is very little understanding of what typical UK soil moisture levels are, or how they […]

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Recently Published

  • Interesting Facts, Useful Resources and other GEMs for Lead March 7, 2021
  • RPE, a Close Shave! March 7, 2021
  • COVID-19, site works and risk assessment July 1, 2020
  • NEW – on-line training course for non-licensed work on asbestos in soil July 1, 2020
  • Where can I find a gallery of asbestos in soils images? May 19, 2020
  • Updated _HSE EH40/2005 Workplace Exposure Limits September 6, 2018
  • Your chance to influence CIRIA’s new initiative on brownfield innovative site investigation (SI) December 4, 2017
  • New_Designation of ‘main rivers’: guidance to the Environment Agency December 3, 2017
  • Is the quantification of Asbestos in Soils still a lottery? October 30, 2017
  • Updated_ Catchment Area Co-ordinators for England October 30, 2017

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GeoEnv_MattersClaire Dickinson@GeoEnv_Matters·
11 Apr

Jail sentence for businessman who filled former quarry with dangerous waste https://www.gov.uk/government/news/jail-sentence-for-businessman-who-filled-former-quarry-with-dangerous-waste

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UPDATED! Definition of waste: 2018 Waste Framework Directive amendments - http://GOV.UK
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GeoEnv_MattersClaire Dickinson@GeoEnv_Matters·
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Building off-site is becoming a common approach for many of the development sector but what happens when you need to include #goundgas protection measures? Have you had problems marrying off-site and on-site construction practices? Design and/or installat…https://lnkd.in/dX7hn-B

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This is a great opportunity for industry to help the next generation of #geosciences professionals achieve a great final year project. Some have even gone on to become published papers. Whether you are interested in further #research into the humble #S…https://lnkd.in/e8CrEzC

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