EPG has recently advised a Local Authority in Scotland on the removal of gas monitors from houses affected by landfill gas migration. The monitors had been installed in over 30 houses in response to landfill gas migration. The migration had been dealt with by installing a gas extraction system and vent trenches and there was an extensive in ground gas monitoring network around the site. Continue reading
Uplifting Solution to Complicated Settlement Problem in Guildford
EPG joined forces with Uretek Ltd to resolve a slab settlement problem that was exacerbated by the presence of an under-slab gas protection system. Continue reading
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SUDS for ISG at Millwood SEN School, Radcliffe
EPG has designed a sustainable drainage solution for Bardon Contracting under a design and build sub-contract package to main contractor ISG. Continue reading
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Tagged EPG, MUGA, SuDS, surface water drainage, The Environmental Protection Group
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Risk Based Framework For Aberdeenshire Council
EPG has been appointed by Aberdeenshire Council to develop a risk based framework for reducing the planning consultation zones around old small landfill sites. Continue reading
Waste Not Want Not – SUDS and Rainwater Harvesting for Kirkby HWRC
EPG has designed a source control SUDS for yet another Household Waste Recycling Centre owned and operated by Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority at Kirkby. The scheme incorporates multi-phased treatment techniques for the management of surface water run-off from all of the hardstandings and the run-off from a large canopy is routed via a rainwater harvesting system to provide wash-down facilities at each end of the site. Continue reading
Alternative Method Of Gas Risk Assessment For Development Sites
Steve Wilson along with Geoff Card have been working on an alternative method of gas risk assessment for development sites. Continue reading
FRA for London Borough of Hillingdon
EPG has recently completed a flood risk assessment for a site at Belmore Allotments, Hayes for the London Borough of Hillingdon. The proposal is to convert part of the area into a mixed development comprising supported and general housing and flats. Continue reading
All-Weather SUDS solution at Hull School
Work was completed this month on a new artificial all weather sports pitch at Malet Lambert School, Hull, which incorporated an innovative sub-base replacement layer as an integrated attenuation component within the greater sustainable drainage system. EPG provided the pitch design for Thornton Sports Contractors under a design and build contract with local main contractor Sewell Group. Continue reading
Sustainable Drainage for Sisk at Hanworth Trading Estate, Feltham
John Sisk and Son is progressing a sustainable drainage scheme at Hanworth Trading Estate, Feltham designed by EPG in conjunction with Odyssey Consulting, the principal engineer for the scheme. Continue reading
More SUDS designs for Carillion BSF schemes
As much of the surface water drainage works draw to a conclusion on several of the Tameside BSF schools, EPG has progressed SUDS designs for several of the sports pitches on the Tameside and Rochdale BSF schemes. Continue reading