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Climate Change

• CIRIA – Climate change and contaminated land – why should we care? – Click
• UK State of the Climate – https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/maps-and-data/about/state-of-climate
• AGS Magazine article – COP27 and a ‘Way Forward’ – Click

Planning

• National Planning Policy Framework – Achieving sustainable development – Click

Standards

• BSI Sustainability Standards – Click
• The sustainability of standards in contaminated land investigation – Presentation by Chris Swainston, Apr 2022 – Click
• ICE Manual of Geotechnical Engineering: Volume 1 – Chapter 11 Sustainable geotechnics – Click

Risk Assessment

• CL:AIRE Good Practice for Risk Assessment for Coal Mine Gas Emissions (2021) – https://www.claire.co.uk/home/news/1561-new-cl-aire-publication
• SoBRA Controlled Waters and Climate Change (2022) – https://sobra.org.uk/climate-change/controlled-waters-and-climate-change/
• SoBRA Summer Workshop – The Climate Emergency (2022) – https://sobra.org.uk/category/summer-workshop-reports-s/
• Coastal risk screening tool – coastal.climatecentral.org/map
• AGS Mag Oct/Nov 2021 – Climate Change and Land Contamination Risk Management: A multi-disciplinary crisis management challenge – Click
• AGS Magazine article – New SoBRA Guidance on the Incorporation of Future Climate Change Effects into Controlled Waters Risk Assessments of Land Contamination – Click

Remediation, Soil Management and Circular Economy

• SuRF-UK – Framework for Assessing the Sustainability of Soil and Groundwater Remediation – Click
• SuRF-UK Sustainable remediation video – Click
• SuRF-UK Sustainable Management Practices – Click
• AGS Magazine article – Responding to the UK’s Soil Crisis – Sustainable Soil Management & the Future of Soil Reuse – Click
• Sustainable Resilient Remediation – ITRC (Interstate Technology Regulatory Council – USA) – Homepage – Click
• ITRC (Interstate Technology Regulatory Council – USA) – Sustainable Resilient Remediation – Green and Sustainable Remediation: A Practical Framework – Click

Instrumentation and Monitoring

• AGS Mag Nov 2023 – Assessing the possible sustainability benefits of using instruments and monitoring on site – Click

Brownfield regeneration

• Webinar series – Sustainability in the Delivery of Brownfield Regeneration – Click

Resilience

• NHBC Future Proofing Against Climate Change (2023) – https://www.nhbc.co.uk/foundation/future-proofing-against-climate-change
• ICE news article – Geotechnical engineering – how sustainable and resilient is it? – Click

Climate data sources

• UK Climate Projections (UKCP) data – https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/approach/collaboration/ukcp/data/index
• Climate Risk Indicators – https://uk-cri.org/
• eFLaG portal – https://eip.ceh.ac.uk/hydrology/eflag/
• SEPA future flood maps – https://map.sepa.org.uk/floodmaps/FloodRisk/FutureFloodMaps
• BGS GeoCoast and GeoClimate – https://www.bgs.ac.uk/map-viewers/geoindex-onshore/

Ground Engineering

• AGS news article – Sustainability in Ground Engineering – Click
• AGS Magazine article – Net Zero – The Use of Timber Piles – Click
• Ground Engineering article – Sustainability: Shrinking the carbon footprint of ground engineering (article available to GE Subscribers) – Click
• AGS Magazine article – The impact of ‘Net Carbon Zero’ on the Geo-Engineering Industry – Click
• PhD thesis – Sustainable Assessment for Geotechnical Projects – Click
• Ground Engineering article – Pile reuse lays foundations for sustainability (article available to GE Subscribers) – click
• FPS Sustainability Charter – Click
• EFFC Circular Economy Guide – Click

Biodiversity Net Gain

• AGS Magazine article – Brownfield and Biodiversity Net Gain – opportunities and risks – Click

Foundation Re-use

• BRE, Reuse of foundations for urban sites: a best practice handbook, 2006: https://www.brebookshop.com/details.jsp?id=286884
• BSI, BES 6001 Responsible Sourcing of Construction Products: https://www.bsigroup.com/en-GB/bes-6001-responsible-sourcing-of-construction-products/
• CIRIA, C653 Reuse of foundations, 2007: https://www.thenbs.com/PublicationIndex/documents/details?Pub=CIRIA&DocID=283141
• CIRIA, Geotechnical baseline reports: a guide to good practice (C807), 2023: https://www.ciria.org/ItemDetail?iProductCode=C807&Category=BOOK&WebsiteKey=3f18c87a-d62b-4eca-8ef4-9b09309c1c91#:~:text=Geotechnical%20baseline%20reports%3A%20a%20guide%20to%20good%20practice%20(C807),ground%20conditions%20for%20infrastructure%20projects.
• EFFC Carbon Reduction Guide, 2022: https://www.effc.org/effc-carbon-reduction-guide/
• PAS 2080:2023, Carbon management in buildings and infrastructure: https://knowledge.bsigroup.com/products/carbon-management-in-buildings-and-infrastructure?version=standard
• DFI Journal – The Journal of the Deep Foundations Institute, 2019, Estimating Capacity and Reliability of Existing Foundations for Evaluation of Reuse: https://dfi-journal.org/papers/?abstract=2019130102
• Arup, Transform & Reuse: Low Carbon Futures for Existing Buildings, 2020: https://www.arup.com/perspectives/publications/promotional-materials/section/transform-and-resuse-low-carbon-futures-for-existing-buildings