save money on remediation

Is a fixed cost remediation scheme good value?

September 9, 2011

We are constantly being asked to provide a fixed cost for remediation schemes but is this good value for the client…? It is very normal for us mere remediation contractors to have had no involvement with the site investigation stage of a sites redevelopment.  For some reason our experience is not called upon until the client needs [...]

Read the full article →

Develop a green belt or brownfield site…?

June 29, 2011

Clean or contaminated site…which would you choose…? With developers looking for asurity of budgets and the remediation cost percieved as being the big unknown what chance do contaminated sites have of being developed in the present economic market.   Well I reckon they have just a good a chance as green sites do…I would, I’m a remediation expert…!   [...]

Read the full article →

Remediation and Landfill Tax?

February 2, 2011

The way to the boss’s heart, save money. Time flies doesn’t it, only a few years ago we were sending everything to land-fill, paying relatively little, and the landfill site owners were richer than us. The government then introduced the landfill tax escalator in order to encourage investment in alternative waste management options.  The increases in [...]

Read the full article →