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Working Locally
December 2012
Working on projects within your local community provides greater satisfaction that working further afield. During December, Brown 2 Green Associates worked closely with a prestigious local firm of architects and surveyors on an extension to classroom facilities at a local school. A geotechnical and geo-environmental investigation was required for the foundation design and waste classification of excess soil. Brown 2 Green wish the school success with their expansion plans.
Working on projects within your local community provides greater satisfaction that working further afield. During December, Brown 2 Green Associates worked closely with a prestigious local firm of architects and surveyors on an extension to classroom facilities at a local school. A geotechnical and geo-environmental investigation was required for the foundation design and waste classification of excess soil. Brown 2 Green wish the school success with their expansion plans.
Contaminated Land Site Investigation in West Sussex
November 2012
During October and November, Brown 2 Green Associates have been active on a number of sites throughout East Anglia and West Sussex. Acting on behalf of a housing association that provides social housing across the country, Brown 2 Green Associates undertook a contaminated land site investigation to assess the environmental liability associated with the site. The site had previously been used as a commercial nursery and a haulage yard. The desk study identified a risk from methane and carbon dioxide due to a landfill located 50m from the site. To enhance the risk assessment, contact was made with the council to obtain the results of a site investigation and gas monitoring that had been completed on the landfill site.
During October and November, Brown 2 Green Associates have been active on a number of sites throughout East Anglia and West Sussex. Acting on behalf of a housing association that provides social housing across the country, Brown 2 Green Associates undertook a contaminated land site investigation to assess the environmental liability associated with the site. The site had previously been used as a commercial nursery and a haulage yard. The desk study identified a risk from methane and carbon dioxide due to a landfill located 50m from the site. To enhance the risk assessment, contact was made with the council to obtain the results of a site investigation and gas monitoring that had been completed on the landfill site.
New Guidance on Risk from Asbestos During Site Investigation
September 2012
The Association of Geotechnical and Geo-environmental Specialists (AGS) has recently issued an interim guidance entitled Site Investigation Asbestos Risk Assessment. In the absence of guidance from government, AGS has issued guidance to ensure that personnel undertaking site investigation are aware of their responsibilities, and it offers practical means of discharging in respect to the Control of Asbestos Regulations 202 (CAR 2012).
The Association of Geotechnical and Geo-environmental Specialists (AGS) has recently issued an interim guidance entitled Site Investigation Asbestos Risk Assessment. In the absence of guidance from government, AGS has issued guidance to ensure that personnel undertaking site investigation are aware of their responsibilities, and it offers practical means of discharging in respect to the Control of Asbestos Regulations 202 (CAR 2012).
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