Meetings

Below are PDF documents featuring the meeting notes produced by SuRF-UK. Please note some of these documents are provided in two parts due to file size.

1. Inaugural Sustainability Meeting, 18th June 2007

Presentations:

• Sustainable Remediation: A Regulator’s Perspective – Brian Bone, Environment Agency
• Innovation, Policy and Costs for Soil Remediation – Hans Vanduijne, TNO
• Industry Perspective: Sustainability Calculator – Frank Evans, National Grid Property
• Sustainability in Remediation: SURF and DuPont – David Ellis, DuPont Engineering
• Integrating Sustainability into EPA’s Cleanup Programs – Deborah Goldblum, US EPA
• Economic Analysis for Sustainable Remediation Decision Making – Stuart Arch, WorleyParsons  Komex
• The Shell Approach – Philippa Scott, Shell
• Inaugural Sustainability Meeting Notes

3. SuRF-UK "Open Forum" Meeting, 18th November 2008

Presentations:

• Sustainable Forum Meeting Notes
• Progress From Last Meeting - Nicola Harries, CL:AIRE
• Consultation Responses and Pertinent Points - Dr Richard Boyle, English Partnerships
• A Framework for Assessing Sustainable Remediation - Jonathan Smith, Shell Global Solutions and Frank Evans, National Grid Property
• NICOLE Working Group on Sustainable Remediation - Johan de Fraye, Olivier Maurer and Paul Bardos, NICOLE
• Update from the US Sustainable Remediation Forum - David E. Ellis, DuPont Engineering
• An Indicator Hierarchy - Prof Paul Bardos, r3 environmental technology Ltd

4. SuRF-UK "Open Forum" Meeting, 18th March 2009

Presentations:

• Sustainable Forum Meeting Notes
• Agenda
• Progress From Last Meeting - Nicola Harries, CL:AIRE
• Conceptualisation of SuRF UK Framework - Dr Richard Boyle, Homes and Communities Agency 
• SuRF UK Framework: Final Draft - Jonathan Smith, Shell Global Solutions and Frank Evans, National Grid Property  
• SuRF UK: The Project Deliverables - Jonathan Smith, Shell Global Solutions 
• SuRF Open Forum Meeting: Phase 1 Final -  Prof Paul Bardos, r3 environmental technology ltd  

5. SuRF-UK Phase 2 Workshop Meeting, 14th July 2010

Presentations:

• Agenda
• Meeting Notes
• Aim of the Day - Jonathan Smith, Shell Global Solutions
• Exercises - Specialist and Non Specialist
• Background to SuRF-UK - Dr Richard Boyle, Homes and Communities Agency 
• Case Study 1 - Petroleum Retail Site - Jonathan Smith, Shell Global Solutions
• Case Study 2 - Historic Copper Mine - Prof Paul Bardos, r3 environmental technology Ltd
• Case Study 3 - Brownfield Redevelopment - Frank Evans, National Grid Property Ltd

6. SuRF-UK Phase 2 Workshop Meeting 20th October 2010

Presentations: PLEASE NOTE the same presentations were delivered as July 14th 2010 except Case Study 3 which is attached.

• Agenda -Attached
• Meeting Notes - Attached
• Aim of the Day – Nicola Harries, CL:AIRE
• Background to SuRF-UK - Dr Richard Boyle, Homes and Communities Agency
• Case Study 1 - Petroleum Retail Site - Prof Jonathan Smith, Shell Global Solutions UK
• Case Study 2 - Historic Copper Mine - Prof Paul Bardos, r3 environmental technology Ltd
• Case Study 3 – Presentation and working through Case Study No.3 – Brownfield Redevelopment. – Attached : SuRF Developing a sustainability assessment on a brownfield site

7. SuRF-UK Phase 2 Workshop Meeting 19th January 2011

Presentations:

• Agenda
• Meeting Notes
• Aim of the Day - Nicola Harries, CL:AIRE
• Introduction and benefits - Dr Richard Boyle, Homes and Communities Agency 
• Case Study 1 - Petroleum Retail Site - Jonathan Smith, Shell Global Solutions
• Case Study 2 - Initial Sustainability Assessmentof a C-CURE biochar application - Prof Paul Bardos, r3 environmental technology Ltd
• Group work - Developing a Sustainability Assessment on a Brownfield site - Naomi Regan
• Exercise 1 - Group 1 - Output Reporting - Stakeholders Feedback
• Exercise 1 - Group 2 - Output Reporting - Options Feedback
• SuRF-UK Indicator Worksheet - Final with Feedback

8. First International SURF Groups and Partners Meeting 17th July 2012

Discussions:

• Agenda
• Welcome and Objectives
• Aim of the Day - Nicola Harries, CL:AIRE
• Introductions 
• Brainstorm
• Next steps
• AOB

Conference Presentations

SURF-UK Steering Group members have presented at numerous events and conferences on the work of the Forum.  Please contact Nicola Harries (nicola.harries@claire.co.uk) if you require further information on the different events that have been presented at.

SuRF-UK Webinar on The SuRF-UK Framework for Assessing the Sustainability of Soil and Groundwater Remediation, 12th May 2011

Content:

• Speaker introductions- Prof Paul Bardos, r3 environmental technology Ltd
• What is SuRF-UK? - Prof Paul Bardos, r3 environmental technology Ltd
• What do we mean by ‘sustainable remediation’? - Prof Paul Bardos, r3 environmental technology Ltd
• Drivers for sustainable remediation - Prof Paul Bardos, r3 environmental technology Ltd
• The SuRF-UK framework - Prof Jonathan Smith, Shell Global Solutions UK
• How do sustainability considerations fit into the existing risk-based framework for soil and groundwater? - Prof Jonathan Smith, Shell Global Solutions UK
• SuRF-UK framework in a nutshell - Prof Jonathan Smith, Shell Global Solutions UK

To download the free webinar please visit the "Knowledge Centre"

Consultations

1. SuRF-UK Consultation - draft framework document

SuRF UK  went out to consultation to a small group of organisations that indicated an interest in assisting with developing a framework for measuring sustainability. We received an excellent response. After an open forum meeting held on Tuesday 18th November 2008 it was agreed to go out for wider consultation on the first workings of the framework. This consultation closed on January 5th 2009.

SuRF - UK steering group welcomed views on the final draft framework document titled “ A framework for assessing the sustainability of land and groundwater remediation” for managing land and groundwater contamination in a manner compatible with sustainable development principles. The document was a culmination of 18 months work and has been subject to wide remediation industry and regulation consultation throughout. The Consultation closed on 31st October 2009.