Ice Design And Practice Guides: Contaminated Land - Investigation, Assessment And Remediation, 2nd Edition (ice Design & Practice Guides)

The first edition of this ICE design and practice guide became one of the most popular ICE publications after it was published in 1994. Since the first edition, there has been a multitude of legislation on the environment and the adoption of many of the principles of the European Landfill Directive. This has meant specialists, regulators and engineers are grappling with interpretation of guidance frameworks, new levels of testing accuracy and increased public perception of environmental damage. This new edition provides an up-to-date overview of the main principles and important aspects of a complex subject. Annotation Environmental Law for the Construction Industry is an introduction to the wide subject of environmental law as it affects the construction industry. Changes in the structure of contracting arrangements have meant that those traditionally concerned with the construction process must now take greater interest in environmental law. In addition there is now a mass of regulation, governing matters such as waste management, water pollution, noise and other nuisances that have to be adhered to in practice. Readers will be provided with a broad outline of the legal and regulatory framework and a summary of the principle duties, which result from the legal regime. This essential book offers the ability to understand the requirements that the law imposes and, in individual cases, whether they face a problem with which they should be concerned. In addition, the book offers some thoughts on insurance and financing considerations, and some suggestions on managing an environmental crisis, including dealing with regulatory inspectors and protest actions. To reflect the changes and developments in the law, this new edition has been modified and supplemented in a number of areas to increase the clarity of its exposition and to add further useful information. All chapters previously covered have been fully revised and updated, with a new chapter 9, which examines crisis management in the context of environmental matters such as pollution events and protest actions. Environmental Law for the Construction Industry: 2nd Edition provides a quick reference manual with a user-friendly summary intended to simplify some of the complexity and confusion that surrounds this area of law. Environmental Law for the Construction Industry: 2nd Edition is aimed primarily at contractors, although it will clearly be relevant to all those within the construction industry who have some level of responsibility for, or interest in, environmental issues The first edition of this "ICE" design and practice guide became one of the most popular "ICE" publications after it was published in 1994. Since the first edition, there has been a multitude of legislation on the environment and the adoption of many of the principles of the European Landfill Directive. This has meant specialists, regulators and engineers are grappling with interpretation of guidance frameworks, new levels of testing accuracy and increased public perception of environmental damage. This new edition provides an up-to-date overview of the main principles and important aspects of a complex subject. The first part of the guide sets the use of the investigation methods within a risk management context and highlights those aspects where different techniques or a different emphasis is needed to ensure that contamination is adequately addressed. The guide describes risk assessment as a means of evaluating the significance of any contamination identified, and looks at the development of the Conceptual Site Model as part of the assessment process. The second part of the guide outlines the methods for setting targets for remediation, and explains the overall selection process needed to determine the most appropriate remediation strategy. Alongside the traditional civil engineering techniques used for remediation in the last twelve years, this guide lays out the new innovative solutions to achieving cost effective and technically sufficient investigation, assessment and remediation today "The commercial and environmental effects of the new laws and practices are explained with reference to relevant websites to aid the reader to find further details and hopefully solutions to environmental difficulties which will be the responsibility of the Environment Agency, SEPA, Local Authorities, the Health and Safety Executive, the Vehicle Operator Services Agency, Customs and Excise and other named agencies." "This book is intended primarily for engineers, surveyors, building contractors, accountants, geologists, environmental scientists, insurers and controllers of financial liability, transportation managers, local and central government regulators and enforcers - and of course, all who produce, manage, transport, reuse, reclaim and recycle waste."--BOOK JACKET

the Co-disposal Of Domestic Waste With Industrial Waste Can Represent A Serious Hazard To Prime Sources Of Drinking Water Throughout The World. Containing The Latest Research On The Risks To Groundwater Over Time, This Book Provides A Scientific Case For More Sustainable Landfill Construction - Over Overwhelming Implications For Changes In Waste Management Legislation As Well As Engineering Practice.

Containing the proceedings of the 4th Geoenvironmental Engineering Conference, held in Stratford-Upon-Avon in June 2004. This work talks about integrated management of groundwater and contaminated land. It brings together people working in industry and academia to discuss the developments in Geoenvironmental Engineering and related fields. Explains the commercial and environmental effects of the laws of waste management. This book is intended for engineers, surveyors, building contractors, accountants, geologists, environmental scientists, insurers and controllers of financial liability, transportation managers, local and central government regulators and enforcers. Increasing contamination of groundwater by industrially treated waste can represent a serious threat to prime sources of drinking water throughout the world. Containing research on the risks of contamination over time, this book provides a scientific case for sustainable landfill construction. This Guide Supplements And Enhances Existing Authoritative And Competent Guidance Documents Prepared By Key Government And Research Organisations, Such As The Environment Agency, The Construction Industry Research And Information Association And The Building Research Establishment. Content: INVESTIGATION AND ASSESSMENT - Introduction - The risk management framework - Site investigation and risk management REMEDIATION - Remediation as part of risk management - Remediation options - Remedy selection - Design and implementation - Appendices