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AEECoW 2018 Conference – November 2018
AEECoW 2018 Conference – November 2018 Date: 8th November 2018 (9am – 5pm) Venue: IET Teacher Building, St Enoch Square, Glasgow
construction
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AEECoW Training Event, Pollution Prevention with Siltbuster
The Association of Environmental and Ecological Clerks of Works Pollution Prevention with Siltbuster – October Training Event Date: 25th October 2018 (9.15am – 4pm) (Registration from 8.45am) Venue: […]
Science and Technology
Developing an effective water treatment plan to prevent water pollution
At the present time businesses, govements, conservation bodies and members of the public are becoming increasingly aware and concerned about the environmental impacts associated with the discharge of silty (sediment rich) waters into our inland […]
Legislation
Temporary dewatering from excavations to surface water
You usually need an environmental permit if you discharge liquid or waste water into surface water. Source: Environment Agency 7th February 2018
Legislation
Licencing Regime for Construction Dewatering Changed on 1st Jan 2018.
On the 1st January 2018 changes to the abstraction licensing regime were implemented and most previously exempt abstractions (if over 20 cubic metres per day exemption threshold) will require a licence to continue legally abstracting […]
Env. Permitting
Changes to CAR Licencing Regime in Scotland, Implications for the Construction Industry
As of the 1st of January 2018 any construction site: • Of 4 Ha or greater; • With a construction access road of 5 km or more; or • Containing either 1 Ha of land […]
In Court
Harron Homes fined £120,000 over construction pollution
A Leeds-based house building company has been fined £120,000 for illegally polluting a watercourse from a Huddersfield construction site. Company failed to control silt run-off from its Farriers Croft estate.
Conservation
First major Enforcement Undertaking secures more than £280,000 of environmental benefits for communities impacted by AWPR pollution
Following extensive investigations and enforcement action by SEPA between 2015 and 2017, the Construction Joint Venture (CJV) building the multi-million pound Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR) have offered the funding in an Offer of Enforcement […]
Water Pollution
Work on the Aberdeen bypass has been halted for seven days after heavy rain caused muddy water to run off the construction site.
Work on the Aberdeen bypass has been halted for seven days after heavy rain caused muddy water to run off the construction site.
In Court
Engineering Firm Fined £9,000 for Silt Pollution During Construction of New Housing Development
A Castleford engineering firm has been fined £9,000 over a pollution incident relating to a housing development in Huddersfield. Flannery Civil Engineering Ltd, of Willow Bridge Way, Castleford, appeared before Kirklees Magistrates’ Court on Monday […]