This examination is used in disputes with neighbours, contractors, tenants, industrial facility owners and management organizations, and to assess damage to a land parcel.

When it is needed

a dispute over contamination or the quality of soil or the fertile soil layer;
a land, environmental, construction or neighbour dispute;
the need to prepare questions for court proceedings;
the need to check an existing opinion or laboratory test report;
purchase, lease, reclamation or restoration of a land parcel.

What can be established

The actual condition of the soil, signs of soil cover disturbance, a preliminary indication of the nature of contamination, the need for laboratory tests, the relevance of selected parameters to the dispute and the quality of a previous examination.

Important: the final set of parameters depends on the object, site history, disputed circumstances and the court's or Customer's questions.

A site contamination dispute requires examination not only of the substance present in a sample, but also the site's history, sampling conditions and distribution of changes. Where possible, data on conditions before the alleged event is preserved.

Subject of examination

Soil and earth materials in the suspected impact zone
Background areas and different depths
Traces of spills, waste accumulation or material deliveries

Sample questions for the expert

Which parameters confirm a change in soil condition?
Are the boundaries of the surveyed zone and selection of background samples justified?
Is there data linking the changes to the event examined?
Is there sufficient data to select restoration measures?

The final questions are formulated according to the objects and circumstances of the particular task.

What to prepare

A site plan and use history
Documents concerning the accident, work or material placement
Sampling records with coordinates and depths
Laboratory test reports and previous surveys

How the examination is conducted

Sample representativeness, the methods used and the relevance of parameters to the task are assessed. Proposed explanations of contamination origin are compared with spatial, temporal and documentary information.

Scope and limitations

An exceedance does not automatically identify a particular responsible party. A description of an individual sample is not extended to the entire area without justification.

What the deliverable records

The opinion separates confirmed changes and causal links from hypotheses requiring additional sampling or analysis for verification.

Inquiry

Describe the task

Specify the site area, address/district, what needs to be proved and which documents are already available.

Your nameContact phone number or email *Briefly describe the task *Documents, site photographs, records, plans and laboratory results I give consent to the processing of my personal data for the purpose of considering and responding to my enquiry.

How data is processed: Personal Data Processing Policy. Attach only materials relevant to the inspection; obscure unnecessary data about other people.

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An initial estimate can be made from a description, documents, photographs and information about the land parcel.

Attachments: up to 10 files of up to 10 MB each, with a maximum combined size of 15 MB. If a file is rejected, the enquiry is not sent.

Soil contamination examination