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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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Safety Alert_RAIB Report into Structural Failure due to Scour

November 16, 2016November 17, 2016 Claire Dickinson Geotechnics

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 […]

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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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Natural Bacteria versus Man-made Bacteria in Oil Clean-up tests

September 4, 2016September 16, 2016 Claire Dickinson Controlled Waters

In case you mised this according to the “Science for Environment Policy” weekly news alerts for 12 February 2015 new research has found that bacteria taken from underground petroleum reserves could be used to effectively […]

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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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24 Mar

Love this - New Wallace & Gromit ‘Cracking Ideas’ competition https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-wallace-gromit-cracking-ideas-competition

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Construction firms fined nearly £60 million for breaking competition law by bid rigging https://www.gov.uk/government/news/construction-firms-fined-nearly-60-million-for-breaking-competition-law-by-bid-rigging

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Warrant issued for arrest of convicted Cotswolds waste offender - waste at site includes construction wastes -what happened to the waste duty of care checks to prevent this occurring? https://www.gov.uk/government/news/warrant-issued-for-arrest-of-convicted-cotswolds-waste-offender

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Standard rate of landfill tax exceeds £100 per tonne from I April 2023https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/landfill-tax-rates-for-2023-to-2024/landfill-tax-increase-in-rates

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