Risk
Assessment
The risk assessment team
at ARCADIS Geraghty and Miller
International Ltd. are recognised as
leaders within the field, and are highly
experienced in undertaking a variety of
forms of qualitative and quantitative
risk assessment in line with the UK
methodology for assessing contaminated
land.
We adopt an integrated
approach to risk assessment, through
considering risks to human health, water
resources and ecological receptors. Our
in-house Generic Assessment Criteria
have been developed for a wide range of
contaminants, where UK Soil Guideline
Values have not yet been developed, and
consider potential risks to both on-site
and off-site receptors. Where a generic
quantitative risk assessment indicates
that unacceptable risk may be present,
ARCADIS GMI is able to undertake
detailed quantitative (site-specific)
risk assessments which are robust,
defensible and often include innovative
risk-based solutions.
The type of sites we
assess range from small scale retail
sites, through to larger scale
industrial & chemical works and housing
developments. Quantitative risk
assessment is seen as integral within
ARCADIS GMI, with desk studies, site
investigations and remediation
undertaken following a risk-based
approach.
ARCADIS GMI is widely
experienced in understanding appropriate
methodologies for the risk assessment of
contaminated land in individual
countries, and for individual sites. In
addition to our strong understanding of
risk based solutions in individual
countries we have also been involved in
international studies.
An example of one such
study is the Risk Assessment Comparison
Study, which ARCADIS GMI was
commissioned to carry out by NICOLE -
the Network for Industrially
Contaminated Land in Europe. This
pan-European study identified different
risk assessment systems in use in all
the major countries. Similarities and
differences were identified from a
policy and legislative level through to
a detailed understanding of software
tools used in the risk assessment
process.
As a result of our
commission for this important strategic
study, ARCADIS GMI is ideally qualified
to advise clients on the most practical
and cost-effective risk based approaches
for problem sites across Europe.
