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Air Monitoring
Sanctus has the capabilities to undertake occupational and environmental air monitoring to determine potential nuisance or risk to human health.
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Pure Recycling MRF, Ettington, Stratford upon Avon
Quedgeley Urban Village, Gloucester
Asbestos
Sanctus work with approved licensed asbestos removal contractors for above and below ground asbestos issues. We offer the full service from asbestos surveys and ground investigations, through asbestos removal or encapsulation to validation of the works.
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Edinburgh Avenue, Slough
Buckingham Avenue, Slough
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Barriers and Capping
Sanctus can design and install engineered capping systems and horizontal migration barriers to mitigate the risks associated with contaminated sites, and prevent cross-boundary contamination.
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Isle of Grain
Japanese Knotweed
Bioremediation
Sanctus can design and implement a range of bespoke in-situ and ex-situ treatment technologies to remediate the soils and groundwater at your site. This can include the excavation of contaminated soils and formation of windrows for treatment using bio-remediation technology, which will break down contaminants using micro organisms.
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Buried Asbestos Removal
Sanctus operatives are trained in asbestos awareness including the removal of buried asbestos containing materials from development sites, using HSE-approved methods. We can offer traditional ‘dig and dump’ or where possible cheaper onsite treatment methodologies. Please see our Slough Trading Estate case studies for more details.
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Edinburgh Avenue, Slough
Buckingham Avenue, Slough
Quedgeley Urban Village, Gloucester
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Chemical Oxidation
Sanctus holds an Environmental Permit, issued by the Environment Agency, which allows us to treat soils on your site. Sanctus can chemically treat soils impacted by hydrocarbon contamination to remove or reduce the contamination and make soils suitable for re-use on site. This process will also lower the soils waste classification for offsite disposal.
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Tesco, Risca
Plot 5200, Gloucester Business Park
Concrete Wash Waters
Sanctus can now offer services to mitigate against the harmful effects of concrete wash waters, the high pH (11-12) due to calcium hydroxide (derived from the cement); high suspended solids; and other trace materials are polluting. The environment agency has issued a regulatory position statement: www.environment-agency.gov.uk/static/documents/Business/MWRP_RPS_107_Concrete_washwaters.pdf
Consultancy
Sanctus can advise and provide recommendations on all of your contaminated land requirements, including regulatory liaison through planning and cost analysis at pre-purchase.
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Isle Of Grain
The Winding House
Cut and Fill
Sanctus has the capability to undertake cut and fill earthworks to achieve site formation levels. This may also include offsite disposal of soils to suitably licensed facilities, or importation of soils under an Environmental Permit or CL:AIRE CoP. Sanctus has in-house land surveying and 3D Digital Terrain Modelling capabilities to calculate earthworks volumes.
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Tesco, Risca
Bristol Courts, Bristol
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Demolition
Sanctus can undertake demolition works to leave your site free from above and below ground structures. We can also screen and crush the associated materials to produce a graded engineering product from the waste.
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New Barnet
New Look, Weymouth
Ram Hill, Bristol
Dewatering
Sanctus can design and undertake dewatering schemes including wellpoint dewatering, sump pumping, temporary surface water drainage systems and the onsite treatment of contaminated groundwater. We will apply for all of the necessary abstraction and discharge permits and consents from the relevant regulatory bodies.
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Sainsbury’s, Spalding
Tesco, Risca
Cheltenham Gasworks
Disposal of Soils
Sanctus can sample, classify, pre-treat and dispose of your construction arisings at suitably licensed facilities. Alternatively, we can obtain the necessary permits to allow reuse of your arisings at another construction project.
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Drilling
Sanctus undertakes site investigations using drilling methods including Shell and Auger, Windowless Sampling and Rotary Open Hole Sampling.
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Dust Monitoring
Sanctus can undertake occupational and environmental dust monitoring to ensure compliance with legislation, and in order to provide recommendations for the safeguarding of human health and nuisance to the environment.
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Air monitoring, Pure Recycling MRF, Ettington, Stratford upon Avon
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Earthworks
Sanctus has the capability to undertake cut and fill earthworks to achieve site formation levels. This may also include offsite disposal of soils to suitably licensed facilities, or importation of soils under an Environmental Permit or CL:AIRE CoP. Sanctus has in-house land surveying and 3D Digital Terrain Modelling capabilities to calculate earthworks volumes.
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Tesco, Risca
Elizabeth Farm, Newbury
Bristol Courts, Bristol
Enabling Works
Sanctus has experience in being the Principal Contractor on an extensive multi million pound enabling works packages.
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Tesco, Risca
Bristol Courts, Bristol
White Rock Business Park
Enhanced Natural Attenuation
In some circumstances groundwater contamination can be allowed to naturally reduce in concentration over time, depending on the starting concentration, ground conditions and distance to sensitive receptors. Sanctus can design and undertake a detailed monitoring scheme in order to understand and monitor the progress and concentration of known contamination on your site.
Environmental Monitoring
Sanctus can undertake many forms of environmental monitoring, including dust, groundwater and ground gas monitoring.
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Air monitoring, Pure Recycling MRF, Ettington, Stratford upon Avon
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Free Product Recovery
Sanctus has the capability to remove free product hydrocarbons from groundwater (LNAPL & DNAPL), as well as dissolved phase contaminants.
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Gas Monitoring
Sanctus undertake ground gas monitoring on a regular basis to provide information required to design ground gas protection measures for new buildings. Instant Volatile Organic Compound recognition using Photoionization Detector (PID) .
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Gasworks Remediation
Sanctus has undertaken soil and groundwater remediation at various gasworks sites including Cheltenham, Hilsea, Swindon, Wells, Isle of Grain, Crindau and Darlaston.
Ground Improvement
Sanctus can undertake geotechnical testing to evaluate ground conditions at your site in order to determine the most effective ground improvement technique. We can then implement the associated technologies to provide a suitable solution for redevelopment. Ground improvement techniques include soil stablisation, RIC (Rapid Impact Compaction), RDC (Rolling Dynamic Compaction) and traditional compaction methods.
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Groundwater Remediation
Sanctus has the capability to investigate, test, design and undertake a bespoke remediation scheme for contaminated groundwater using our own groundwater pump and treat systems. This system has been implemented successfully on many high profile sites, such as the BBC Studios at Plymouth Harbourside, and multi-million pound brownfield land redevelopments for Tesco, Sainsbury’s and SONY to name a few.
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Cheltenham Gasworks
Maison Dieu Road, Dover
Groundwater Monitoring
Sanctus can design and undertake groundwater monitoring regimes in order to provide information on contamination issues or to prove compliance with guidance.
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Himalayan Balsam Removal
Sanctus operatives are trained in the application of herbicides for the treatment and removal of invasive weeds. Sanctus can supply a treatment and monitoring programme to leave your site free from invasive species, and will also apply for licences and permits for the operation from the relevant regulatory bodies.
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Hydraulic Barriers
Sanctus has the capability to design hydraulic barriers, permeable reactive barrier systems and impermeable barrier systems. These systems can prevent or remove mobile contamination entering your site from elsewhere, or leaving site and contaminating third party land.
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Invasive Species Removal
Sanctus has the capability to excavate and screen soils for invasive species, to remove the potential for further spread across your site, and to remove the associated potential liability. Sanctus can design and implement a scheme for the onsite burial of invasive species in accordance with the latest environmental legislation and guidance. This can be a useful engineering solution to avoid the costs associated with disposal at a landfill facility. Sanctus can design and install bespoke root barrier systems to protect your site from invasive species. These barrier systems are designed in accordance with the latest environmental legislation and guidance and will prevent invasive species from impacting upon your development.
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Japanese Knotweed Removal
Sanctus offers various solutions for invasive weeds including herbicide treatment, hand-picking, onsite encapsulation/bunding and offsite disposal. Sanctus can supply a treatment and monitoring programme to leave your site free from invasive species, and will also apply for licences and permits for the operation from the relevant regulatory bodies.
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See Japanese Knotweed Case Studies
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Part 2A (IIA)
Part 2A (IIA) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 describes the legislative regime under which local authorities are required to identify (‘determine’) contaminated land and deal with any risks to human health or the environment. Sanctus are fully up to speed with the requirements of Part 2A and can carry out any contracting works required.
Pre-Purchase Site Approval
Sanctus can provide guidance and advise relating to contaminated land issues including cost appraisals at pre-purchase and planning stages.
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Regulatory Liaison and Sign-off
Sanctus has built up strong relationships with Local Authorities and the Environment Agency and can aid in achieving regulatory sign-off for your development.
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Remediation
Sanctus undertakes a wide range of in-situ and ex-situ soil and groundwater remediation techniques in order to facilitate development. Please see our case studies for more details.
Remediation Strategy and Design
Sanctus designs bespoke remediation strategies to provide a solution to your contamination problem, and can also undertake the steps to gain regulatory approval.
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Residential Projects
Sanctus can implement remediation schemes to allow residential redevelopment of brownfield sites.
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Risk Assessment
Sanctus carry out soil, groundwater and ground-gas risk assessments in-line with the latest legislation, guidance and models.
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Screening and Processing
Sanctus can provide a sustainable solution to excess site materials by screening, crushing and blending to produce workable engineering materials to a specification for use on the site, or elsewhere.
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Elizabeth Farm, Newbury
Plot 2600, Oxford Business Park
Silt Removal
Sanctus utilises tried and tested plant and equipment to remove suspended solids from pumped groundwater in order to comply with foul sewer or surface water discharge consents
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Site Clearance
Sanctus can provide site clearance services to ready your site for development, or as part of a larger scheme of works. This can include waste management, asbestos removal, treatment and removal of invasive weeds, tree clearance, vegetation strips, fuel tank removal, relic structures and demolition of existing structures. Sanctus also offer soil and material screening and crushing services, which can be used to recycle materials currently found at your site to produce a useable product to specification, for piling mats, landscaping or cut and fill earthworks.
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Site Investigation
Sanctus has significant experience in undertaking site investigations for the purposes of environmental sampling, contamination quantification and geotechnical design in order to facilitate future development on brownfield sites.
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Soil Sampling
Sanctus regularly undertakes soil sampling for the purposes of contamination and waste classification.
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Quedgeley Urban Village, Gloucester
Soil Stabilisation
Sanctus offers a soil stabilisation service, which, by the addition of products to the material during the screening and blending process, can turn contaminated soils into a workable engineering product suitable for future development. This process is used to immobilise contaminants and/or improve the geotechnical properties of soil.
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Soil Washing
Soil washing can provide a sustainable and cost effective alternative to disposal of soils at landfill, removing hydrocarbons and metals, and allowing the soils to be re-used on site as engineered fill.
Soil Vapour Extraction
Sanctus can design schemes to utilise steam injection technology to remove volatile and some semi volatile contaminants (VOCs and SVOCs) from the soil. SVE is a quick and effective solution to remove chlorinated solvents and non aqueous phase contaminants.
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Tank Removal
Sanctus has a wide experience of removing both above and below ground fuel storage tanks, including those associated with petrol stations, aircraft bases and commercial units. We have the capability of treating the surrounding soils should they be contaminated, and can then validate the surrounding material to ensure that there is no risk to the end site user.
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Plot 5200, Gloucester Business Park
Topsoil Manufacture
Sanctus has the capability to undertake and manage the enrichment of site-won soils for the compliance with topsoil or landscape specifications.
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Plot 2600, Oxford Business Park
Topsoil Testing
Sanctus can sample, analyse and categorise soils for in accordance with the BS 3882 Topsoil Specification
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Underground Storage Tank Integrity Testing
Sanctus can provide the use of the MassTech system to detect any leakages or failures, the system uses advanced sensors initially developed for the aerospace industry and is a compact, light and portable system, making it ideal for remote or limited access scenarios. It is reputed that there is no known leak scenario that the system cannot detect.
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Vacuum Extraction
Sanctus can design schemes to utilise vacuum pressure to remove volatile and some semi volatile contaminants (VOCs and SVOCs) from the soil.
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Waste Classification
Sanctus offer a waste classification service. We can classify waste based on analysis provided by others, or complete the full service from sampling and analysis through to the disposal/recovery of the waste.
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Waste Classification Case Study
Quedgeley Urban Village, Gloucester
Waste Disposal
Sanctus can sample, analyse and classify soils for offsite disposal. We can offer very competitive disposal prices nationwide.
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Tesco, Risca
Edinburgh Avenue, Slough
