ABSTRACT

The purpose of this section is to review the general background of ground contamination, the cost implications of current legislation and to consider the various remedial measures and to present helpful guidance on the cost of Land Remediation.

It must be emphasized that the cost advice given is an average and that costs can vary considerably from contract to contract depending on individual Contractors, site conditions, type and extent of contamination, methods of working and various other factors as diverse as difficulty of site access and distance from approved tips.