Brownfield Development Articles & Analysis
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The Risks and Rewards of Petroleum Brownfield Remediation Many LUST brownfields are located near or within towns where developable land is scarce. ...
Brownfields no longer have to be unused, derelict sites. Land contaminated with explosive materials, hydrocarbons and other organic contaminants, can be safely reclaimed for residential and mixed-use purposes to help address housing and real estate shortages. And contaminated soil no longer has to be trucked to a landfill where it will create future environmental liabilities. Treating the ...
Urban and Soil Remediation (the action of reversing or stopping environmental damage) and health risk assessment are increasingly required by both industry and property developers as more is understood about risks from contaminated land, and regulations become more stringent. ...
Clearly much of the land available for development is brownfield, an Anglo-American term used in urban planning to describe any previously developed land that is not currently in use, whether contaminated or not. ...
This was to ensure that the best decisions could be made in the process of developing places where future communities would be able to thrive. The project utilised a staged approach to understanding the site through the baselining of several existing elements and the consideration of innovative and exemplar approaches for future systems. ...
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A contaminated brownfield site with a history of industrial use and failed development attempts has been given the green light for a much-needed local housing development thanks in part to a revolutionary barrier membrane. Permission to build nine new homes at Upper Bar, Newport, Shropshire was granted to Days Homes by the local council subject ...
The Future of the Site: The site of the former sewage treatment works at Luggie Glen has been remediated in support of a major regeneration programme by Fusion Assets to transform the three acres of former brownfield land into a new Drumpelier Business Park, with a range of owner-occupied office space and mixed commercial development. ...
The USEPA’s Brownfields Program was developed to facilitate the rehabilitation of contaminated property for re-development. ...
The latest Ground Gas monitoring innovations The traditional methodology for ground gas monitoring has been ‘spot monitoring’ – taking event readings at various set times to predict the sub surface gas regime on both on Brownfield and Landfill sites. This methodology is in general current practice under both the EU Landfill Directive 1999/31/EC which ...
Brownfields are properties that have, or may have, contamination or the stigma of contamination that hinders the reuse of land for new development. ...
The aim of the research is the analysis of renewal of disused and derelict buildings as a complex process and a search for rational decisions on derelict buildings management with an emphasis on sustainable development. A technique for effective model conforming to the main principles of sustainable development is proposed and its essential planning and technical ...
The limited availability of greenfield sites has led to more developments being situated on brownfield sites, which have been used for other purposes. In many cases, such development involves the demolition of existing buildings and structures. ...
BROWNFIELD REGENERATION remains key to the government’s plan for creating sustainable communities. However, crucial to brownfield regeneration is the issue of restoring the land to a high quality as quickly and cost effectively as possible. ...
What Are Brownfields? These guidelines are provided pursuant to Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance # 66.818. The Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act (“Brownfields Law” or “the Law”, P.L. 107-118) requires the U.S. ...
Anyone who buys property that is actually or potentially contaminated should consider it as a risk management option, and they should do so very early in the brownfield transaction process. Two types of insurance policies are now available that provide meaningful and inexpensive coverage to sites that are actually or potentially contaminated: the new pollution liability policy ...
Some of these sites — often referred to as “Brownfields”— are contaminated; others are perceived or suspected to be contaminated. ...