Contaminated Land and Brownfield Remediation

Event organiser:

Brownfield Briefing and Newzeye

Contact name:

Conferences

Contact email:

conference@newzeye.com

Contact telephone:

0208 969 1008

Contact website:

Official conference website

Brownfield Briefing's annual remediation conference is back in London again, giving you the tools to achieve affordable, viable remediation.

This conference will be followed by the Remediation Innovation Awards 2009 ceremony and dinner

Early bird prices:

Phone offer: call to book early bird prices 020 8969 1008

25% discount booked before 10th July - £266.25+VAT
20% discount booked before 24th July - £284+VAT
15% discount booked before 10th Aug - £301.75+VAT
10% discount booked before 24th Aug - £319.50+VAT
5% discount booked before 7th Sept - £337.25+VAT
Anytime after 7th September - £355+VAT

Speakers & Topics :

9:00 Registration and tea and coffee

9:30 Welcome from the chairJonathan Atkinson Environmental Scientist, Environment Agency Policy, legislation and economics

9:40 Directives update - the big 4

• Water Framework Directive

• Soil Framework Directive

• Environmental Liability Directive/Environmental Damage Regulation

• Waste Framework Directive

Kathy Mylrea, Consultant Solicitor, CSM Cameron McKenna LLP

10:05 Waste Code of Practice - interpretation, lessons learned, feedback, evolution, next steps

•Major benefits and limitations identified after 1 year of application

•Using the CoP with confidence when tendering?

•Application to Clusters sites, progress with Fixed Soil Treatment Facilities

•Transfer of materials between sites - when will it be included in the CoP?

Frank Evans, Performance Manager, National Grid Property

10:30 Remediation Permits

Update on environmental permits and how they apply to remediation and how they tie in with other authorisations

Ged Duckworth, Managing Director, Ged Duckworth Limited

10:55 Q&A

11:05 Coffee and tea break

11:35 What are the forecasts for growth and how will demand be stimulated in the current economic environment?

• Quantifying the impact of the economic environment on property development and the remediation sector - what are the forecasts for growth?

• How is the downturn influencing demand for remediation and selection of remediation techniques? Should the economics drive the technology choices?

• What are the contractors forecasting in terms of demand and with what influence on remediation strategy?

Ian Heasman, Brownfield Remediation Manager, Taylor Wimpey UK Ltd

12:00 "Better By Design"

• What is the HCA and why are we interested in remediation?

• What actions are being proposed at a central and local level to asssess and stimulate demand?

• Outline of SuRF UK Framework and overview of the next steps

Dr Richard Boyle, Brownfield Technical Consultant, Design an Sustainability, Homes and Communities Agency

12:25 Skills framework

The SiLC land condition skills development framework - and output from the National Brownfield Strategy

Matthew Whitehead, Technical Advisor, Contaminated Land, Environment Agency

12:50 Q&A

13:00 Lunch Remediation in practice - cost-effectiveness,

sustainability and best practice planning

• What are the economics and practical realities of longer-term and less intensive solutions?

• Is natural attenuation becoming more acceptable - has it been used yet to actually close the site out?

• Will potentially lower cost, lower energy intensive remediation techniques may have a greater role to play?

13:50 Keynote Speaker - American developments

• US EPA Programme - what will be the impact of the new stimulus package funding on brownfield development?

• Site restoration and sustainability - a road to the future or a view of the past• Systems based decision making - working with nature, not against it

Rebecca Wallace, Newfields

14:20 Case Study

Project Delauney - Delivering remediation of a deep DNAPL source zoneClient requirements:• Regulatory approval

• Minimal long term liability

• Sale of landThe solution:• Cutting edge investigation using Waterloo profiler• Source treatment using surfactant flushing and EVO injectionDr Joe Teer, QDSMr James Baldock, ERM

14:40 Sustainable remediation

• Defining sustainability in remediation - what progress is being made on providing a clear road map?

• Measuring sustainability; primary and secondary impacts?

• What are the options for sustainable remediation technology selection?

Sarah MacKay Senior Technical Director, WSP Remediation Ltd

15:00 Remediation of Ince Central Estate in Wigan

Mouchel were commissioned in 2004 by Wigan Council to undertake an appraisal of remediation options for a housing estate in Wigan suspected to have been built on Contaminated Land. The three year remediation scheme is the largest Part IIA project in the UK.

Tony Brown SiLC, Mouchel

John Crowther SiLC, Mouchel

15:25 UK megasites panel discussion - update on planning, sustainability and evolving remediation technology choices

• Olympics• Avenue Coking Works

Dr Jan Hellings, Project Sponsor - Enabling Works, Olympic Delivery Authority

Mike Fenton, Project Manager, East Midlands Development Agency 16:00 Coffee and tea break Remediation techniques toolbox - innovative, affordable, viable

solutions for challenging economic conditions - a snapshot

16:30 Case Study - St. Modwen - Remediation Case Studies from South West - Coed Darcy and Baglan Bay•The Regeneration proposals•Coed Darcy - remediation strategy and progress

Neil Williams, Construction Manager, St. Modwen

16:50 Case Study

Use of microwave energy for the remediation of hydrocarbon contaminated soils

Authors: Sam Kingman, Richelieu Barranco, Chenbo Yi, John Robinson

The presentation will introduce microwave processing fundamentals and explain the interaction of microwave energy with soils.

Dr John Robinson, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Univestity of Nottingham

17:10 Case Study

In-Situ Radio Frequency Heating (ISRFH) - technology update

The presentation will focus on the application of ISRFH at a former Total UK service station where the underlying chalk soil had been impacted by hydrocarbon contamination.

Dr Giacomo Maini, Managing Director, Ecologia Environmental Solutions Ltd

17:30 Q&A

Start time:

9:00

Start date:

22 September, 2009

End time:

17:40

End date:

22 September, 2009

Venue details

The Novotel Hotel, Tower Hill

10 Pepys Street

London

England

EC3N 2NR

Price:

£355

VAT:

Excl VAT

Concessions:

For subscribers, Government agencies, Charities and Early Birds

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