The Society of Brownfield Risk Assessment (SoBRA) UK

Only four weeks until registration closes for the SoBRA/RSC Winter Conference - Current Issues in Contaminated Land Risk Assessment. Tuesday 10 December in-person at Burlington House, London or online. Further details at https://lnkd.in/dQ7-jhf Registration closes 17:00 Monday 2 December.

The next SoBRA Early Careers webinar is on Thursday 14 November at 1pm, when Lindsay Bramwell will be presenting a case study on Assessing Gardeners' Lead Exposure in Urban Agricultural Sites to Improve the Derivation of Soil Assessment Criteria. It is free to attend, but you need to register. Further details at https://lnkd.in/dQ7-jhf

SoBRA / RSC Winter Conference - Early Careers Poster Competition - Entry deadline extended to 15 November 2024. First prize £200, with the first five submissions granted free conference registration. Further details at https://lnkd.in/dQ7-jhf Entries from 2023 can be viewed at https://lnkd.in/epK2YWq8

Booking is now open for the joint SoBRA / RSC Winter Conference - Current Issues in Contaminated Land Risk Assessment on Tuesday 10 December, in-person at Burlington House, London or online. Further information, and details of discounted tickets for regulators/non-for-profit employees, at https://lnkd.in/dQ7-jhf The closing date for the Early Careers poster competition is 1 November, where the prize is £200 and the first five entries will be given free conference registration.

The next Early Careers webinar is on Thursday 24 October at 13:00 when Chris Everitt will be presenting on The Importance of the Ground Model. Webinars are free to attend but you must register at https://lnkd.in/eeqgGXP7. For further information on the Early Careers webinar series see https://lnkd.in/dQ7-jhf

SoBRA has updated the Groundwater Vapour GAC (originally published in 2017) to take account of the eight C4SLs that have now been published by CL:AIRE: • cis-1,2-dichloroethene; • trans-1,2-dichloroethene; • 1,2-dichloroethane; • tetrachloroethene (PCE); • naphthalene; • chloroethene (vinyl chloride, VC); • benzene; and, • trichloroethene (TCE) https://lnkd.in/etDAc8uR

SoBRA have updated the Practical Tips documents (human health, controlled waters, field to desk, soil vapour intrusion) to reflect current legislation and guidance. The Tips will be of interest to Early Careers professionals, alongside our current series of webinars. The documents were first published following the joint SoBRA, Geological Society and RemSoc Early Careers conference in 2018. https://lnkd.in/eqJqisp2

Save the date for the SoBRA/RSC Winter Conference on Tuesday 10 December at Burlington House, London, along with the Early Careers poster competition - entries by 1 November. Bookings will open soon for the conference. For further details on the poster competition see https://lnkd.in/dQ7-jhf

SoBRA Accreditation Scheme - free applications for Regulators SoBRA are offering two free applications (worth £200 each) to Regulators in the current application window (1 - 31 August 2024), which will be awarded on a first come first served basis. Further information is available at https://lnkd.in/eJR-4GGu For all other applicants, further information on the scheme is available at https://lnkd.in/dJvKd4N

SoBRA accreditation scheme - Your chance to apply for SoBRA Accreditation is now live - the application window has been opened on the SoBRA website. Until 31 August 2024 you will be able to submit your application to become an Accredited Brownfield Risk Assessor. Further information on the scheme and how to apply are available at https://lnkd.in/dJvKd4N.  Becoming an R/ASoBRA demonstrates your competency in brownfield risk assessment as required under LCRM https://lnkd.in/dCXuifB and the NQMS https://lnkd.in/e8DTyVue .