Geostream UK provides process-based soil and groundwater remediation systems to leading environmental consultants and contractors in the UK market.
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Working with you at an early stage, McAuliffe can help to establish the likely costs, timescales and potential methods for Remediation.
The critical aspect to all Remediation projects is the initial site investigation, subsequent risk assessments and remediation strategy; this is where the scope and costs are set, not when tenders are returned!
Sadly it is common place, particularly on complex sites, for inadequate site investigations to be carried out, which leads to inadequate or over-scoped remediation strategies.
Not only does this involve the client in unnecessary costs, but can lead to disputes with regulators leading to potential significant delays to the project by months and sometimes years.
McAuliffe can offer a range of remediation technologies to suit your project requirement. This can include:
We aim to help your project avoid the usual pitfalls and deliver best value measured by cost, time, quality and sustainability. We have long standing partnering arrangements with our clients and often provide our input at land acquisition stage at no cost, and also consultancy input on a no win, no fee basis depending on the success of land acquisition and planning.
We can have significant impact at the 3 key stages to any remediation project:
Stage One – Design
We can work with you and your consultants through the site investigation, risk assessment and remediation design stages. With our experience of different consultants and projects together with our 'trusted know how', our clients know we will achieve the optimum solution with practical and achievable remedial target values, which regulators are happy to accept.
Stage Two – Regulatory Approval
This is a critical stage which we increasingly find ourselves supporting clients and their consultants with; either following on from stage one or when discussions have broken down with the Regulators. We have excellent relationships with environmental health and environment agency officers in different regions gained through our contracting reputation and design input.
Stage Three – Implementation
This is the delivery stage where we have to deliver and meet the agreed criteria. We can offer internally and/or with our handpicked partners a variety of innovative physical, chemical and biological remediation technologies for the treatment of a wide range of contaminants.
A further important aspect is that following demolition of above ground structure remediation schemes almost always involve the reclamation of the existing concrete slabs, deep foundations/bases and underground tanks/ services.
It is critical this work is planned and carried out in conjunction with the remediation strategy to avoid cross contamination and potentially worsening the existing contamination. This is also often combined with the re-profiling of the site to ensure correct site levels (minimising off-site disposal) and geo-technical standards are achieved for the follow on development. Permitting stand alone demolition removes these opportunities.
