Did you know peatland in England provides 70 per cent of the country’s drinking water and stores more than 3.2 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide? Covering 11% of the country they also provide key bird […]
Shallow foundations and high velocity flows led to structural failure caused by scour at Lamington viaduct, South Lanarkshire 31 December 2015. Earlier this week the RAIB released its report looking into the factors which gave […]
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 […]
This month saw the UK Climate Change Commitee (UKCCC) publish the above report; a culmination of three years work by hundreds of leading scientists. The background to the work can be found in the video […]
Opening tension cracks, crumbling cliff edges, coastal landslips often influenced by the increasingly common effects of climate change of heavy rainfall and high tides/tidal surges are regular events for our island nation. Throw a little […]
A fairy tale with a happy ending……only time will tell and at the moment the Environmental Audit Committee Chair, Mary Creagh MP believes more action is required to protect UK soil health. Watch what she […]
Something to think about if the recent case reported by The Coal Authority is anything to go by. A shaft treated by a private consultant only 10 years ago collapsed with the mechanism of failure […]
This is just one of the questioned answered in the Environment Agency’s document on the Guiding Principles on Land Contamination “GPLC2 FAQs, technical information, detailed advice and references“. It is interesting to note, that whilst […]