Frame the question
The investigation is designed to test a defined source, pathway or receptor question.
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Soil, groundwater and soil gas
Resolve a specific contamination question before a transaction, redevelopment or response to a release. ACED Miljø plans soil, groundwater and soil-gas investigations, coordinates fieldwork and laboratory analysis, and explains what the results mean for the property's next step.
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When this service is useful
- Phase II follow-up after due diligence
- Redevelopment or change-of-use projects
- Known or suspected releases and environmental incident follow-up
- Tank sites, fill areas and neighbouring contamination sources
What we can examine
- The investigation question and preliminary conceptual site model
- Incident location, affected area and available response records where a release has occurred
- Sampling locations, depths, media and laboratory parameters
- Soil, groundwater and soil-gas fieldwork with suitable contractors
- Analytical results, migration pathways and need for delineation, monitoring, risk assessment or remediation
How the assignment develops
Plan the evidence
Locations, media, methods and analyses are selected for that question.
Complete the fieldwork
Sampling and observations are documented with appropriate quality controls.
Update the model
Results are interpreted together and used to decide whether further work is justified.
Each stage informs the next decision
Investigation locations and analyses are selected to answer the specific question. We interpret the results alongside the site history and ground conditions, then explain whether further delineation, monitoring or remediation planning would add useful evidence.
Related insight
Section 8 permits on contaminated land: plan the environmental track before the design is fixed
A Section 8 process is easier to control when contamination, future use, earthworks and authority requirements are considered while the project can still adapt.
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Not sure where to begin?
Send the address, planned use and decision date.
We can review the starting point and suggest a proportionate first step without turning a focused question into an unnecessarily large investigation.
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