Engineering Geology of Sustainable Risk Based Land Quality Management - 12th October

Western Regional Group of The Geological Society - Tuesday 12th October 2010, 6.00 for 6.30pm Regional Presentation of the 10th Glossop Lecture
Engineering Geology of Sustainable Risk Based Land Quality Management
Professor C. Paul Nathanail
Paul Nathanail combines research, teaching and consultancy in the roles of Professor of Engineering Geology at the University of Nottingham and Managing Director of Land Quality Management Ltd, with a focus on risk based contaminated land management and sustainable urban regeneration. He holds the Specialist in Land Condition and Chartered Geologist accreditations, as well as chairing the IAEG Commission C20: Risk Based Land Management,
represents the Geological Society on the SILC Professional and Technical Panel and is a director of the CABERNET brownfield regeneration network.
Paul will be presenting a talk based on his 2009 Glossop Lecture on applying the principals of engineering geology to sustainable risk-based contaminated land management. Focusing on the need for greater understanding of the land beneath our feet, it will include an analysis of the risk-based process currently employed in the assessment of land contamination, the development of a skills base and the benefit of applying detailed engineering geology understanding to risk evaluation.
S H Reynolds Lecture Theatre (Room G25), Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queen's Road, Bristol BS8 1RJ
Refreshments will be available from 6 pm.
Further details from the website.