Sharing sustainable practices at Brownfield Expo

Brownfield regeneration is a key element of the government’s plans for creating sustainable communities. Brownfield sites are the nation’s land bank and, with the continual rise in Landfill Tax, and the need to pre-treat soils prior to removal off-site

Taking place at the NEC in Birmingham May 20-22, Brownfield Expo is the UK's national event for discussion and debate for local authorities, property developers, consultants and suppliers of remediation and technology services. It forms part of Sustainability live!, the UK’s most comprehensive event for excellence and innovation in the water, environment, energy and land sectors.

Proving its continuing importance, this year’s Brownfield Expo has the support of the British Urban Regeneration Association (BURA), the Environmental Industries Commission (EIC), the Environment Agency and Brownfield Briefing.

Conference and seminar programme
Under the industry leadership of the Brownfield Expo Steering Group, the event encompasses a high-level technical seminar programme running across the three-day show. The themes for the informative and thought-provoking programme presented by well-known industry figures are: legislative and legal issues, technologies for contaminated land, along with risk assessment and insurance.

Taking to the podium this year will be Sam Deacon, senior ecological risk assessment consultant at Environ. With the imminent launch of the ecological risk assessment (ERA) framework, Environ will describe what this means for contaminated land practitioners in the UK. As the former Environment Agency project manager responsible for the development of the framework, Deacon will provide expert insight and explain it in the context of an applied example.
Other speakers will include representatives from Atkins, Contaminated Land: Applications in Real Environments (CL:AIRE), Conestoga-Rovers & Associates (CRA), Environmental Resources Management (ERM) and CON-FORM Contracting.

Exhibiting and attending
Over 450 organisations have already confirmed their presence at the 2008 show making it the UK’s leading environmental event. Those exhibiting at Brownfield Expo include: Aitkens, McArdle Group; Bluesky; Carus Europe; Cleansing Services Group; Geosolutions; Land Science Technologies; Pageotechnical; Regenesis; Parsons Brinckerhoff; and, exhibiting for the first time, LCM Environmental.

Marc Orr, corporate development director at LCM Environmental is delighted that the company will be exhibiting at Brownfield Expo: “As a well established company within the industry and as specialists within our sector we will of course be promoting our services at Brownfield Expo. However, we will also seek to draw attention to the importance of reusing as much material as possible on-site. We will discuss techniques that can be adopted to treat contaminated soils minimising the need to landfill unless absolutely necessary, and demonstrating the importance of early contractor involvement in any remediation project.”

Attending Brownfield Expo will give visitors the opportunity to gather the latest industry and legislative news, network with peers and source the latest technology and services.

Sustainability live!
Following the success of last year, the Faversham House Group will again incorporate Brownfield Expo within Sustainability live! Brownfield Expo will continue to be co-located with the Environmental Technology and Environmental Services Exhibitions (ET&ES), the National Energy Management Exhibition (NEMEX), and the International Water and Effluent Exhibition (IWEX). The collocation of these events offers the perfect platform to network face-to-face with colleagues, customers, clients and peers to increase market awareness and developments.
Sustainability live! brings together a multitude of experts in the environment, energy, water and land sectors creating the ideal location for sharing and gaining industry knowledge, inspiration and answers.

To register for free attendance, receive up-to-the-minute news on exhibitors, the features programmes and the Environmental and Energy Awards, visit: www.sustainabilitylive.com or call +44 (0) 208 651 7151.