Practical Aspects of Ground Gas, Vapour and Water Monitoring & Sampling

This full day course will provide participants with an overview in the following:

• Introduction and understanding the role of monitoring & sampling within the overall scope of works including Conceptual Site Model, Safety, Health, Environment and Quality.
• “How to” perform gas and vapour monitoring & sampling.
• “How to” perform water monitoring & sampling.
• The role of supporting suppliers, record keeping and the “dark arts”

The course is ideal for Early Career Practitioners including geo-environmental consultants, remediation contractors and contaminated land regulators who have a knowledge of ground gas, vapour and water monitoring & sampling which they wish to develop or those more experienced practitioners wishing to refresh their skills.

Delegates should bring their experiences and questions as the day will be interactive, but a questionnaire will be distributed for completion prior to the course.

Example equipment will be available on the day, but delegates can bring their own equipment if they wish.

Paul Brennan is an independent Contaminated Land practitioner with over 30 year’s experience in the site investigation, remediation and waste management industries. Initially working for an independent contaminated land laboratory before setting up Environmental Monitoring & Sampling Services Limited (EMSS Ltd) in 2006.

EMSS Ltd provides the following services: environmental monitoring & sampling, collection of factual data, laboratory liaison, walkover surveys, project management and on-site supervision & management during site investigation, remediation and demolition contracts

Paul has worked on a variety of projects from clean and food production facilities to sites with significant contamination such as gasworks.