Planit Eod at International Clean Up (ICU 2006)

Planit Eod is featuring their range of Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) risk assessment, site investigation, survey and clearance services at this year's International Clean Up (ICU 2006)

Unexploded Ordnance Risk Assessment, Site Investigation, Survey and Clearance.

PLANIT EOD is featuring their range of Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) risk assessment, site investigation, survey and clearance services at this year's International Clean Up (ICU 2006) at the Birmingham NEC (16-18 May Sources of Contamination.

UXO contamination is commonly found on land that was significantly bombed during WWII (for example parts of central and east London, the Midlands, the Northern and Scottish Industrial heartlands and the larger southern and east coast ports), explosive ordnance from military ranges, former MoD sites or the legacy of the ordnance manufacturing industry (the Woolwich Arsenal development would be the most recent example of this).UXO is just another contaminant, like heavy metal, asbestos or petrol.

It has certain risks associated with it, but also has it's own set of engineering solutions to mitigate those risks.

Risk Assessment.

PLANIT EOD has, over the last five years, developed the industry's most rigorous UXO Risk Assessment.The risk assessment is key as it defines all subsequent UXO related work on a particular site.

The basic source-pathway-receptor model was used to develop an assessment that applied meaningful levels of risk, justifying how those levels were reached.The risk assessment is transparent and understandable and has proven to be a valuable planning tool for Clients working on UXO contaminated ground, throughout the construction development cycle.

Non-Intrusive UXO Detection.

PLANIT EOD utilises the latest generation of proven magnetometry to achieve non-intrusive detection depths beyond the current industry norm.

Utilising the Foerster Ferex family of equipment, UXO can now be detected to a maximum depth of 10.8 metres below ground level.

(Other non-intrusive equipment can only achieve maximum depths of between 5-6.5 metres).

The additional reach of PLANIT EOD's equipment covers the most common depths at which WWII German unexploded bombs (UXB) are found (6-10 metres), on, for the first time, to be detected non-intrusively through a range of piling depths, ensuring that pile placement and other intrusive earthworks can proceed in safety.If required, deeper detection depths can be achieved utilising borehole and CPT technologies.

Both can achieve deeper detection depths, but are more time and manpower intensive, so have attendant cost disadvantages versus purely non-intrusive technology.These technologies have their application on certain sites and have both been used by PLANIT EOD in the past.

Non-intrusive technology is also applied in PLANIT EOD's support to Client site investigations.

After consideration of any existing geotechnical profile of a particular site, non-intrusive technology is used to place boreholes and trial pits safely within UXO contaminated areas, allowing subsequent trial pit excavation and drilling/ sampling to proceed unhindered.

ICU 2006.

Should you have a particular UXO issue or wish to find out more about our services, PLANIT EOD will be at stand B52 where our CEO, Danny Whelan, and Sales and Marketing Manager, Scott Bolton, will be happy to field any questions.

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