Building from the Ground Up

Summary

Following on from our Soil and Stones webinar, our speaker will explain why construction is not just about layout and creating pretty buildings but why the ground we build on matters too.

The session will be introduced by Amanda Williams, CIOB Head of Environmental Sustainability who will give a brief overview of the CIOB's involvement in this sphere.

Jonathan will then explain soil care practices, look at project flow, GI, layout, BNG, SuDs and explore the circular economy. He will also address Quality control, costs, declarations, and the effect on the total project timeline, rounding off with a look at liabilities and who is responsible for what.

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Members: gain 3 CIOB CPD points when you reflect on the ethical aspects of your learning from this activity.

Speaker

Jonathan Atkinson, Technical Director, Claire

Having spent most of his youth in places like Africa, Chile and Fiji, after his degree in Environmental Sciences at Plymouth and postgrad Diploma in Soil and Water Engineering at Silsoe, Jonathan continued his travels by doing Voluntary Service Overseas in the Philippines and two short stints on soil projects in Papua New Guinea and Burkina Faso. On return to the UK he started work with the Kent County Council geotechnical group and then the Waste regulation group. He then joined the Environment Agency after it was formed in 1996. He has attended and presented at several international conferences in the UK, France and Taiwan.

After 34 years in the Environment Agency Jonathan moved to work with CLAIRE in 2022, an industry leading organisation dealing with best practice guidance and frameworks for positive materials management on sustainable development sites, enabling land contamination issues to be dealt with comprehensively.

He has worked on risk assessment of developed closed landfill sites, landfill engineering and environmental controls enforcement on permitted sites, and a variety of land contamination projects. He was part of a team of Groundwater&Contaminated Land specialists and a national advisor on a number of specific projects related to soil remediation and waste management, including the DoWCoP and emerging substances like PFAS. He is a Chartered Environmentalist and a Member of the Institution of Environmental Science

Online Platform

The webinar will be held using MS Teams. Before the session, you will receive an email from Eventbrite containing a link to complete your registration on Teams. After registering with Teams, you will receive the link for joining the webinar.

CIOB Assist

The webinar is free to attend, but if you would like to make an optional donation to CIOB Assist you can do this during the registration process.

Time Zones

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Contact

Vicky Coxon
Member Services and Events Coordinator
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