RECLAMATION OF CONTAMINATED LAND. PROCEEDINGS OF A SOCIETY OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CONFERENCE HELD AT THE CONGRESS THEATRE, EASTBOURNE, ENGLAND, 22-25 OCTOBER 1979

Papers are included as follows: Introduction (Sharp, DH). (A) Opening Address (Kenny, AW). (B) Identification of Problems: Standards for the Redevelopment of Contaminated Land (Smith, MA); Site Investigation and Material Problems (Kelly, RT); Historical Investigation of Site Use (Dumbleton, MJ); The Sampling and Analysis of Polluted Sites (Waterhouse, PS); Some Experience of Testing Soils and Materials from Contaminated Sites (Figg, JW, Souch, KW and Tublin, AP); Reclamation of a Disused Sewage Farm (Heeps, KD and Pike, ER); GLC Development at Thamesmead, Investigation and Reclamation of Contaminated Land (Lowe, GW); Reclamation of a Refuse Tip for Open Space and Housing Development (McCarthy, MJ); New Industrial Site from Steelworks Tipland (Gilchrist, AR); Trammel Filter Techniques for the Control of Leachates (Taylor, TA). (C) Problems of Metal Contamination (papers, mainly on (D) Hazards: Hazards to Immediate Workers on Site (Smith, LC); Fire and Explosion Hazards with Contaminated Land (Palmer, KN); Gas Generation and the Problems It Creates in Land Reclamation (Bromley, J); Contaminated Land--Effects on Water Resources (Young, CP and Barber, C); Mine and Quarry Waste--A Stability Problem (Searle, WJ); Structures and Standards for Waters for Amenity Purposes (Quiver, K). (E) Physical Properties: Geotechnical Problems of Building on Deep Fill (Charles, JA); Sewerage: with Particular Reference to the Beckton Development in East London (Longlands, HG and Townsend, GH); Piling in Contaminated Reclaimed Land (West, AS); (continued on TRIS 345856). (TRRL)

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• Authors:
  • Sharp, D H
  • Kenny, A W
  • SMITH, M A
  • Kelly, R T
  • Dumbleton, M J
  • Waterhouse, P S
  • FIGG, J W
  • Souch, K W
  • Tublin, A P
  • Heeps, K D
  • Pike, E R
  • Lowe, G W
  • MCCARTHY, M J
  • Gilchrist, A R
  • Taylor, T A
  • Smith, L C
  • Palmer, K N
  • Bromley, J
  • Young, C P
  • Barber, C
  • Searle, W J
  • Guiver, K
  • CHARLES, J A
  • Longlands, H G
  • Townsend, G H
  • West, A S
• Publication Date: 1980

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: v.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Contaminants; Geotechnical engineering; Hazards; Land reclamation; Landfills; Mines; Physical properties; Population; Quarries; Sampling; Sewerage; Soils
• Uncontrolled Terms: Contamination; Sewage; Site investigation
• Old TRIS Terms: Soil sampling
• ITRD Terms: 4563: By product; 3686: Compaction; 4755: Concrete; 8525: Conference; 2937: Drainage; 2801: Embankment; 7182: Filter; 1624: Fire; 4383: Ground water; 356: Land use; 2887: Landscaping; 5276: Leaching; 5117: Mine; 102: Personnel; 3399: Pile; 3361: Pipe; 2453: Pollution; 5124: Quarry; 9150: Risk; 5792: Settlement; 5722: Site investigation; 4156: Soil; 8588: State of the art report; 8119: United Kingdom; 2488: Vegetation
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Geotechnology; Highways; Society; I10: Economics and Administration; I26: Water Run-off - Freeze-thaw; I41: General Soil Surveys; I51: Earthworks and Soil Drainage;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00345855
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 090100 168 6
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 27 1982 12:00AM