PRESS, NEWS AND AWARDS

Contamlinks was awarded the Site of the Month Award by Sapling in October 2008.

UPDATE: 16th January 2010

New Contamlinks-Amazon store - link from homepage.

New Vacancies section.

• JPB [COMMERCIAL]
• Bradley Environmental [COMMERCIAL]
• CL Voelcker [COMMERCIAL]
• 6 Alpha Associates - UXO discovery and removal [COMMERCIAL]

 

UPDATE: 13th December 2009

• AGS - Homebuyers' Guide to Contamination Surveys [2009] [LIBRARY]
• CL:AIRE / AGS / EIC - Generic Assessment Criteria (GACs) [2009] [ONLINE INFORMATION]
• Environment Agency - CLEA Model updated to v1.06 [2009] [ONLINE INFORMATION]
• DEFRA - Soil Strategy for England [2009] [LIBRARY]
• DEFRA - Environmental Liability Directive (including land damage) [2009] [LIBRARY]
• LQM / CIEH - Generic Assessment Criteria (GACs) [2009] [LIBRARY]

 

UPDATE: 16th July 2009

• CIEH - Professional Practice Note - Reviewing Reports using Bioavailibility Measurements [2009] [ONLINE INFORMATION]
• AECOM [COMMERCIAL]
• SURF - Sustainable Remediation Forum - Network promoting sustainability in remediation [US] [ONLINE INFORMATION]
• Keynetix - Key CSM Conceptual Site Model Software [COMMERCIAL]

 

UPDATE: 14th January 2009

Added link to Contamlinks YouTube channel.

Updated Bookshop - 6 new general interest and 6 new contaminated land books.

 

UPDATE: 13th January 2009

Update of changed Environment Agency website links.

 

UPDATE: 31st August 2008

• DEFRA - Capital Projects Programme 2008/09 Guidance and Forms [2008] [LEGAL & FINANCIAL]
• Environment Agency - SC050021/SR2 Human Health Toxicological Assessment of Contaminants in Soil [2008] [LIBRARY]
• Environment Agency - SC050021/SR3 Updated Technical Background to the CLEA Model [2008] [LIBRARY]
• Environment Agency - CLEA Software and Associated Handbook [2008] [LIBRARY]
• Environment Agency - Published reports relevant to CLEA [2008] [LIBRARY]

 

UPDATE: 28th July 2008

• DEFRA - CLAN 6/06 Way Forward Proposals - Assessing Risks from Land Contamination, a Proportiate Approach [2007] [LIBRARY]
• DEFRA - Outcomes of the Way Forward Exercise on Soil Guideline Values [2008] [LIBRARY]
• DEFRA - Guidance on the legal definition of contaminated land [2008] [LIBRARY]
• Eurofins Environmental Services [COMMERCIAL]
• Groundsure [COMMERCIAL]
• HPA - Clarification note on use of excess lifetime cancer risk estmates for BaP [2007] [LIBRARY]
• Committee on Carcinogicity - Further consideration of the Margins of Exposure approach to toxicological assessment [2007] [LIBRARY]

 

UPDATE: 17th July 2008

• The site has undergone a significant general update with some restructuring, updated graphics, all links checked and updated and several new links added, including:

• AGS - Guide to good practice in writing ground reports [2007] [LIBRARY]
• ASC - Brownfield skills strategy [2008] [LIBRARY]
• CLAIRE - Comparing soil contamination data with a critical concentration [2008] [LIBRARY]
• CLAIRE - Industry voluntary code of practice on the definition of waste [2008] [LIBRARY]
• DCLG - Model planning conditions for development of land affected by contamination [2008] [LIBRARY]
• DCLG - Securing the future supply of brownfield land [2008] [LIBRARY]
• Environment Agency - Environment Agency views on using bioaccesibility data in human health risk assessment for contaminated land [2007] [LIBRARY]
• Environment Agency - Briefing note for developing near a landfill [2007] [LIBRARY]
• NHBC - R&D 66: Safe Development of Housing on Land Affected by Contamination [2008] [LIBRARY]
• SAGTA - Report 32: Risk based approaches to managing land contamination [LIBRARY]
• SAGTA - Report 33: Research into land contamination: What is needed & why [LIBRARY]

 

ADDED LINKS - 23rd April 2008

• Bright Green [CONTAMINATED LAND VACANCIES]
• IPCS International Chemical Safety Information [ONLINE INFORMATION]
• Health Protection Agency - Compendium of Chemical Hazards [ONLINE INFORMATION]
• Hunt Blue Recruitment [CONTAMINATED LAND VACANCIES]
• Fusion People Recruitment [CONTAMINATED LAND VACANCIES]
• WPA Consultants [COMMERCIAL]
• Geotechnical Developments [COMMERCIAL]

 

ADDED LINKS - 21st April 2008

• Contaminated Land Bulletin [ONLINE INFORMATION]
• IPCS International Chemical Safety Information [ONLINE INFORMATION]
• Health Protection Agency - Compendium of Chemical Hazards [ONLINE INFORMATION]
• Hunt Blue Recruitment [CONTAMINATED LAND VACANCIES]
• Fusion People Recruitment [CONTAMINATED LAND VACANCIES]
• WPA Consultants [COMMERCIAL]
• Geotechnical Developments [COMMERCIAL]

 

ADDED LINKS - 13th April 2008

• Local Council Contaminated Land Service Direct Links [REGULATORY]

 

ADDED LINKS - 6th January 2008

• US Geological Society Acute Toxicity Database (US) [ONLINE INFORMATION]
• HPA New England & Wales Radon Data [ONLINE INFORMATION]
• HPA Radiation Protection Division Report Lisiting (including radon) [ONLINE INFORMATION]
• HPA Indicative Radon Atlas (issued Nov 2007) [ONLINE INFORMATION]
• UK Radon - Dedicated Radon Risk Reports [LAND & DEVELOPMENT]
• Environmental Protection UK Land Quality Pages (formerly NSCA) [ONLINE INFORMATION]
• DEFRA CLAN 1/07: Extension of Part 2A to Radioactivity - Further Update [LIBRARY]

 

ADDED LINKS - 7th October 2007

• EA - Updated Information and Documents on Bioaccessibility [ONLINE INFORMATION]
• DEFRA - Information Page onthe proposed EU Soil Strategy [REGULATORY]
• HPA Interview on Contaminated Land (Times Newspaper)
• CL:AIRE Contaminated Land Event Calendar [RESEARCH & TRAINING]
• SABRE Project (Source Area in situ BioREmediation) for chlorinated solvents [ONLINE INFORMATION]
• DEFRA - Soils in the Built Environment Page [ONLINE INFORMATION]
• Britih Standard BS 3882 - Specification for Topsoil [ONLINE INFORMATION]

 

ADDED LINKS - 5th August 2007

• DEFRA - Proposed EU Soil Framework Directive [19th October] [LIBRARY]
• EU - EUROPA Soil Strategy Hub Site (progress details for the Soil Strategy) [LIBRARY]
• Rogers Review - Setting National Environmental Health Enforcement Priorities [REGULATORY]
• Better Regulation Comission [REGULATORY]
• Better Regulation Executive [REGULATORY]
• Local Area Agreements for Local Government [REGULATORY]
• WHO - The Impact of Cemeteries on the Environment & Public Health [PAPER] [ONLINE INFORMATION]
• EA - Assessing the Groundwater Pollution Potential of Cemeteries [ONLINE INFORMATION]
• EA - Groundwater Impact Study at Danescourt Cemetery [ONLINE INFORMATION]

 

ADDED LINKS - 14th July 2007

• ABC Environmental [COMMERCIAL]
• ABG Geosynthetic Materials [COMMERCIAL]
• Addleshaw Goddard [LEGAL & FINANCIAL]
• Allu - Remediation Plant [COMMERCIAL]
• Buckingham Group [COMMERCIAL]
• Card Geotechnics [COMMERCIAL]
• Clarkslegal LLP [LEGAL & FINANCIAL]
• Cornelson [COMMERCIAL]
• Geolabs [COMMERCIAL]
• Grontmij [COMMERCIAL]
• Longbore [COMMERCIAL]
• Remedios [COMMERCIAL]
• Soilutions [COMMERCIAL]
• Thurlow Countryside Management Ltd [COMMERCIAL]
• WD Environmental [COMMERCIAL]
• WJGL [COMMERCIAL]

 

ADDED LINKS - 8th July 2007

• United Retek [COMMERCIAL]
• Telluric [COMMERCIAL]
• Norwest Holst Remediation [COMMERCIAL]
• Bluefield Land [LEGAL & FINANCIAL]
• CA Blackwell [COMMERCIAL]
• Rockbourne [COMMERCIAL]
• Slater UK [COMMERCIAL]
• Mel Environmental Solutions [COMMERCIAL]
• 3R Ltd [COMMERCIAL]
• Ardabus [COMMERCIAL]
• Geofirma [COMMERCIAL]
• TES Bretby [COMMERCIAL]
• ChemEx [COMMERCIAL]
• Brixham Laboratory [COMMERCIAL]

 

ADDED LINKS - 3rd July 2007

• Bureau Veritas [COMMERCIAL]
• JSM Associates [CONTAMINATED LAND VACANCIES]
• Conestoga-Rovers and Associates [COMMERCIAL]
• Worley Parsons [COMMERCIAL]
• MSE [COMMERCIAL]
• Ford Consulting [COMMERCIAL]
• Con-Form [COMMERCIAL]
• Southern Testing [COMMERCIAL]
• Anderson Group [COMMERCIAL]
• Terrenus Group [COMMERCIAL]
• W5 Recruitment [CONTAMINATED LAND VACANCIES]
• Cobalt Recruitment [CONTAMINATED LAND VACANCIES]
• Ecus Ltd [COMMERCIAL]
• Ashdown SI Ltd [COMMERCIAL]
• Sentinel Recruitment [CONTAMINATED LAND VACANCIES]
• MLM Services [COMMERCIAL]

 

ADDED LINKS - 22nd June 2007

• Water Framework Directive Visual (WFDVisual) from SNIFFER [ONLINE INFORMATION]
• Blake Lapthorne Tarlo Lyons [LEGAL & FINANCIAL]
• Musketeers Group Ltd (Japanese Knotweed Removal Specialists) [COMMERCIAL]
• Environment Agency - Pollution Survey of UK Soils and Plants (2007) [LIBRARY]

 

ADDED LINKS - 9th May 2007

• NHBC - Guidance on Evaluation and Development Proposals on Sites Where Methane and Carbon Dioxide are Present (2007) [LIBRARY]
• Interstate Technology & Research Council - Vapour Intrusion Guidance Documents (US) [ONLINE INFORMATION]
• [SPONSORED] Contaminated Land Risk Assessment Training Courses - from ESI [RESEARCH & TRAINING]
• [SPONSORED] Groundwater Flow and Transport Modeling Courses - from ESI [RESEARCH & TRAINING]
• [SPONSORED] Complete List of Training Courses Including Partner & Bespoke Courses - from ESI [RESEARCH & TRAINING]
• Gloucester City Council [CL info] [REGULATORY]
• CLU-IN Risk Assessment Software & Tools (US) [ONLINE INFORMATION]
• [CONSULTATION] DEFRA - Site Waste Management Plans for the Construction Industry [9th JULY] [LIBRARY]
• [CONSULTATION] DEFRA - Second Consultation on Creating a Streamlined Environmental Permitting & Compliance System - [CONSULTATION RESPONSES] [LIBRARY]
• Netregs - Contaminated Land [REGULATORY

 

ADDED LINKS - 1st April 2007

• DEFRA - Contaminated Land Forum - Meeting Minutes (Feb 2007) [REGULATORY]
• Maps on Tap - UK Government Mapping Access Service [LAND & DEVELOPMENT]
• Environment Agency - Radioactively Contaminated Land Page [ONLINE INFORMATION]
• Sheffield University - Short Courses in Urban Land and Water Management [RESEARCH & TRAINING]
• First Steps - Short Courses in Contaminated Land and Related Fields [RESEARCH & TRAINING]

 

ADDED LINKS - 6th March 2007

• Atkins - Short Courses in Contaminated Land [RESEARCH & TRAINING]
• MJAC - Midlands Joint Advisory Council for Environmental Protection - Contam Land [REGULATORY]
• EUGRIS - What's New [ONLINE INFORMATION]
• EA - Science Report: Evaluation of Models for Predicting Plant Uptake of Chemicals in Soil (2006) [LIBRARY]
• SAGTA - Report 28 - Part 2A Extension to Include Radioactivity [LIBRARY]

 

ADDED LINKS - 3rd February 2007

• RAW Remediation [COMMERCIAL]
• WTB Geotechnics - (Geo-materials) [COMMERCIAL]

 

ADDED LINKS - 1st February 2007

• Sustainability Live 2007 and ICU Trade Event and Conference [RESEARCH & TRAINING]
• REVIT and CABERNET International Conference on Managing Urban Land [RESEARCH & TRAINING]
• EA - Verification of Remediation of Land Contamination [LIBRARY]
• CIRIA - Assessing Risks Posed by Hazardous Gases to Buildings (C659 2006) [LIBRARY]

 

ADDED LINKS - 14th January 2007

• DEFRA - Soil Guideline Values: The Way Forward (CLAN 6/06) [LIBRARY]
• DEFRA - EU Liability Directive Implementation Options [LIBRARY]
• Brownfield Briefing Contaminated Land Jobs [CONTAMINATED LAND VACANCIES]
• CIRIA Contaminated Land News Alerts [ONLINE INFORMATION]
• EA - Remedial Targets Methodology (2006) [LIBRARY]
• Tech Direct US EPA Innovative Technologies Forum (US) [ONLINE INFORMATION]

 

ADDED LINKS - 18th November 2006

• EUGRIS - ICRCL Reports and Older CLR Guidance Documents [LIBRARY]
• PROMISE - Optimising Biopile Processes for Weathered Hydrocarbons within a Risk Management Framework [ONLINE INFORMATION]
• Pennsylvania Department of the Environment Chemical & Physical Properties Database [US] [ONLINE INFORMATION]
• Groundwater Services Chemical Properties Database [ONLINE INFORMATION]
• PAH Structure and Information Site [ONLINE INFORMATION]
• Contamlandjobs Recruitment Site [CONTAMINATED LAND VACANCIES]
• Manchester City Council [CL info] [REGULATORY]

 

ADDED LINKS - 29th October 2006

• British Geological Survey - Online Geomapping [LAND & DEVELOPMENT]
• DEFRA - Proposal for a Directive of the EU Parliament and the Council on Waste [LIBRARY]
• Global Environmental Insurance Partners [LEGAL & FINANCIAL]
• Cardiff University - MSc Geoenvironmental Engineering [RESEARCH & TRAINING]
• Musketeers Environmental Ltd (Japanese Knotweed Removal Specialists) [COMMERCIAL]
• CIRIA Local Authority Contaminated Land Network [ONLINE INFORMATION]

 

ADDED LINKS - 1st October 2006

• EU Technical Working Group - Thematic Strategy on Soil Protection [INTERNATIONAL]
• DEFRA - Consultation on Agricultural Waste Exemptions: Proposals for Ammedments to the Waste Licensing Regulations [LIBRARY]
• DCLG/DEFRA - Consultation on Improving the Way Planning & Pollution Control Regimes Work Together in Delivering New Development [LIBRARY]
• DEFRA - Second Consultation on Creating a Streamlined Environmental Permitting & Compliance System [LIBRARY]
• Michigan Department of Environment Guidance on Sampling Strategies and Use of Statistics in Site Investigations (US) [ONLINE INFORMATION]
• CLAIRE TB7 - Improving the Reliability of Contaminated Land Assessment Using Statistical Methods [ONLINE INFORMATION]
• Estimating Soil Contamination with Kriging Interpolation Method (paper) [ONLINE INFORMATION]
• CEWG Code of Practice - Statistical Basis for Sentancing of Radioactively Contaminated Soils [ONLINE INFORMATION]
• East Riding of Yorkshire Council [CL info] [REGULATORY]

 

ADDED LINKS - 10th September 2006

• Published Paper - Practical Advice for a Successful Remediation Project: Portsmouth Asphalt Works [LIBRARY]
• DEFRA Circular 01/2006 - Environmental Protection Act 1990: IIA Contaminated Land (updated 25th Aug) [LIBRARY]

 

ADDED LINKS - 4th August 2006

• DEFRA Circular 01/2006 - Environmental Protection Act 1990: IIA Contaminated Land [LIBRARY]
• CLAN 5/06: Extension of Part IIA to Include Radioactivity [LIBRARY]

 

ADDED LINKS - 20th June 2006

• FOOTPRINT - Pesticide Properties Database (EU) [ONLINE INFORMATION]
• DEFRA - Industry Profile for Industrial Activities which have used Radioactive Materials (2006) [LIBRARY]
• EA - Definition of Waste on Greenfield & Brownfield Sites (2006) [LIBRARY]
• The Land Restoration Trust [LAND & DEV]
• HM Revenue & Benefits - CIRD60000 Remediation of Contaminated Land [LEGAL & FINANCIAL]

 

ADDED LINKS - 1st June 2006

• The Environment Agency - Commercial Property Search [LAND & DEV]
• TM Index [LAND & DEV]
• EA - Requirements for Land Contamination Reports (2005) [LIBRARY]

 

ADDED LINKS - 15th May 2006

• AES Labs [COMMERCIAL]
• NICOLE - Communication on Contaminated Land [ONLINE INFORMATION]
• CLARINET - Risk Communication for Contaminated Land [ONLINE INFORMATION]
• Assessing & Communicating Risk to Communities Living on Contaminated Land [ONLINE INFORMATION]
• EPHC Guidance on Consultation on Contaminated Land (Australia) [ONLINE INFORMATION]

 

ADDED LINKS - 1st May 2006

• CLAN 4/06: Soil Guideline Values Update [LIBRARY]

 

ADDED LINKS - 9th April 2006

• Textbook links updated [LIBRARY]
• Environment Agency - International Workshop on the Use of Bioaccessibility [ONLINE INFORMATION]
• Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council [CL info] [REGULATORY]
• Stirling Council [CL info] [REGULATORY]
• Aberdeen City Council [CL info] [REGULATORY]
• Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council [CL info] [REGULATORY]
• Wolverhampton City Council [CL info] [REGULATORY]
• Spelthorne Borough Council [CL info] [REGULATORY]

 

ADDED LINKS - 25th March 2006

• BGS G-Base Geochemistry Survey Datasets [ONLINE INFORMATION]
• Environment Business Magazine [LIBRARY]
• Soil Use and Management Journal [LIBRARY]
• Australia - Environmental Protection and Heritage Council - Contaminated Sites Intro [INTERNATIONAL]
• Canada - Federal Contaminated Site Inventory [INTERNATIONAL]

 

ADDED LINKS - 19th March 2006

• CLAN 3/06: Soil Guideline Value Taskforce Update [LIBRARY]