| Details | | A talk by Cardiff u3a member, Jeremy Hucker.
Jeremy spent almost 40 years working as an engineering geologist, generally investigating and assessing ground hazards on future construction/development sites. At the start of his career, in the mid 1980s, consideration of the past contamination of the ground on such sites was a very small element in investigations. However, by the end of his career, investigating and assessing contaminants within the soil and groundwater had become a major part of his work, and had become the main risk driver for many investigations. In this talk, Jeremy will provide a background as to why this change in the assessment of contamination occurred, provide examples of sources of contamination present, and how the risks from such contamination are assessed and mitigated during the development of sites. |
