As most readers will be aware the FPS is the industry body for foundation contractors with historically members undertaking piling and geotechnical works on construction projects. It is interesting to see that the FPS is […]
Yes its that time again – the call for abstracts for the 14th International AquaConSoil Conference has gone out. The conference will focus on the sustainable use and management of soil, sediment and water resources […]
Whether you are a climate change sceptic or not there is little doubt that based on the recorded mean tide levels at Southend sea levels in the Thames Estuary are rising. In fact, according to […]
DEFRA has just published the description for 11 activities that may take place in on or near a main river or sea defence which do not require an environmental permit. This includes site investigation boreholes […]
Highways for England have recently annouced that from 1 January 2017 that where a Highways for England construction/maintenance site defines hard hat colours they should align with the BuildUK standard: Black: Site Supervisors Orange: Slinger/signaller […]
A mechanism for monitoring potential emerging contaminants which may pose a risk to the water environment was established when the Directive on Environmental Quality Standards was updated in 2013. The first watch list was adopted […]
Whilst the title above reflects the main thrust of this public consultation it has actually been published under the title of “Improving the use of planning conditions”. Given that there is always the potential for […]
#AntibioticGuardian was a UK government campaign to increase our awareness of the risk posed to modern medicine by the increasing occurrence of bacteria that have become resistant to antibiotics. With the recent BBC1 showing of […]
The Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment (COMARE) has just published an updated review of the incidence of childhood leukaemia and other cancers around the Sellafield and Dounreay nuclear installations. COMARE were […]
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 […]