Land quality – managing ground conditions

4.1.11Further information

  • BRE: Report BR211 – ‘Radon: Guidance on protective measures for new dwellings’
  • Report BR212 – ‘Construction of new buildings on gas-contaminated land’
  • Report BR376 – ‘Radon: guidance on protective measures for new dwellings in Scotland’ Report BR413 – ‘Radon: guidance on protective measures for new dwellings in Northern Ireland’
  • Report BR414 – ‘Protective measures for housing on gas contaminated land’
  • Digest 383 – ‘Site investigation for low-rise buildings: Soil description’
  • BS 10175 – ‘Investigation of potentially contaminated sites’
  • BS EN ISO 14688 – ‘Geotechnical investigation and testing. Identification and classification of soil: Part 1. Identification and description. Part 2. Principles for a classification’
  • BS EN ISO 22476 – ‘Geotechnical investigation and testing. Field testing’
  • BS 8485 – ‘Code of practice for the design of protective measures for methane and carbon dioxide ground gases for new buildings.’
  • CIRIA C665 – ‘Assessing risks posed by hazardous ground gasses to buildings’
  • CIRIA SP164 - Remedial treatment for contaminated land, Volumes I - XII
  • DCLG and its predecessor departments
  • Approved Documents A and C – ‘Structures and site preparation and resistance to contaminants and moisture’
  • DEFRA and its predecessor departments
  • CLAN 02/05 ‘Soil guideline values and the determination of land as contaminated land under Part 2A’
  • Environmental Protection Act 1990: Part 2A Contaminated Land Statutory Guidance - April 2012
  • Department of the Environment Industry Profiles – ‘Information on the processes, materials and wastes associated with individual industries’
  • Department of the Environment – Waste Management Paper No 27 – ‘Landfill Gas: A technical memorandum on the monitoring and control of landfill gas’
  • CLR11 ‘Model procedures for the management of land contamination’
  • CLEA (Contaminated Land Exposure Assessment) guidance and software Science Reports SR 1,2,3 and 7
  • 'Guidance for the safe development of housing on land affected by contamination’.