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Regulatory Position Statement (RPS) 206 : Use of unbound IBAA in certain construction activities

September 21, 2017October 8, 2017 Claire Dickinson Geotechnics

The Environment Agency have published on-line RPS 206, which applies, if you use unbound municipal Incinerator Bottom Ash Aggregate (unbound IBAA) in certain construction activities. Essentially, if you comply with the conditions of the RPS, […]

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CIRIA now offering UK Asbestos Training Association (UKATA) approved Asbestos in Soils Awareness Course

September 6, 2017 Claire Dickinson Contaminated Land

CIRIA’s awareness course is aimed at workers operating on brownfield sites where there is potential for asbestos exposure: whether through site investigation, archaeology surveys, below ground utility installations and maintenance,or redevelopment of brownfield sites. Developed […]

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CIRIA start new project: asbestos from soil site management aide

August 9, 2017September 6, 2017 Claire Dickinson Contaminated Land

A natural evolution of CIRIA’s series of publications and activities to promote good practice for managing asbestos from soil, CIRIA are seeking to produce the first UK interactive aide/tool in smart phones or tablets for […]

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Verification and gas membranes

August 4, 2017 Claire Dickinson Contaminated Land

Verification of remedial measures in the UK construction industry even where planning conditions require it is at best an after thought and occasionally forgotten completely.  Gas protection measures is one such area where commonly the […]

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Resource Efficiency – Where is the WRAP construction waste reduction knowledgebase now?

May 23, 2017May 26, 2017 Claire Dickinson Waste

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 […]

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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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Mind the Gap between Asbestos in Soils Guidance and Training!

April 20, 2017May 9, 2017 Claire Dickinson Contaminated Land

The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 (CAR 2012), Regulation 10 requires every employer to ensure that adequate information, instruction and training is given to their employees who are,or who are liable to be, exposed to […]

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Construction and Risk of Suicide

March 24, 2017 Claire Dickinson Health and Safety

Construction is known as a high risk profession with respect to health and safety and this apparently includes mental health.  Last week saw the UK Government website post analysis from the Office of National Statistics […]

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Leaving your excavation open overnight? Is it adequately signed and secure?

February 23, 2017 Claire Dickinson Geotechnics

As we all know health and safety  must be assessed on a site specific basis. Security of open excavations has to take account of the risks of pedestrians and vehicles entering the excavation. A recent […]

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Updated Guidance for the Design & Lifting of Cages

January 9, 2017 Claire Dickinson Geotechnics

The Federation of Piling Specialists (FPS) has released a new revision of its Guidance Note – “The Design for Splicing and Lifting of Pre-Fabricated and Site Fabricated Reinforcement Cages for Piling and Walling Works.” According […]

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  • NEW – on-line training course for non-licensed work on asbestos in soil July 1, 2020
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  • 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·
31 Jan

Just wondering how many others have managed to spend a fun few hours looking at the new #RiverBasinManagementPlans on ArcGIS. Further information and links to the online mapping and catchment data can be found at . What was fasci…https://lnkd.in/efCauHYg https://lnkd.in/e4TCGsYE

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Working on CIRIA ‘s update of their Environment Good Practice on Site has really brought home to me the crisis facing wildlife in the UK. Thank you for sharing . https://lnkd.in/e--YdEQv

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A great evening, good to catch up with you in person! Thanks to Ben de Waal at The Fiscal Incentives Group for inviting me to join you all https://lnkd.in/e76czF59

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GeoEnv_MattersClaire Dickinson@GeoEnv_Matters·
11 Oct

With the change in criteria for assessing #waterquality 0% of #surfacewater bodies meet the criteria for achieving good chemical status in England see for details https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/state-of-the-water-environment-indicator-b3-supporting-evidence/state-of-the-water-environment-indicator-b3-supporting-evidence

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GeoEnv_MattersClaire Dickinson@GeoEnv_Matters·
16 Aug

Updated to correct information relating to some of the surface water statistics quoted when first published in 2021 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/drinking-water-protected-areas-challenges-for-the-water-environment?utm_medium=email

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