In June 2018, the Society of Brownfield Risk Assessment (SoBRA), the Geological Society Contaminated Land Group and RemSoc delivered a conference targeted towards early careers learning.  Its aims were:

• To support technical excellence in the assessment, estimation & evaluation of risks and associated uncertainties from land affected by contaminants;
• To encourage “good practice” in the practical application of risk assessment to support decisions regarding the appropriate management of land contamination; and
• To facilitate and widen access to the dissemination of knowledge regarding land contamination risk assessment.

A commitment of this workshop has been the creation of a series of short tabular reports for each of the different discipline areas.  We have produced four practical tips documents which include human health risk assessment, controlled waters risk assessment, soil vapour intrusion and improving risk assessment – field to desk. The human health, controlled waters and field to desk documents have been updated in August 2024 (v2) to reflect current legislation and guidance. The vapour intrusion document is considered to be largely superseded by the SoBRA guidance notes 1A Conceptual site model development for assessment of VI contaminant linkages in the UK, 1B Benefits of soil vapour sampling for assessment of VI risks, and 1C VI data collection considerations.

Download Human Health Tips report v2

Download Controlled Waters Tips report v2

Download Soil Vapour Intrusion report v2

Download Improving Risk Assessment – Field to Desk Tips report v2