How the Dust Guidance for HS2 Evolved - Part 1 Location: Kilburn, London Client: Planning and Consulting Background DustScanAQ’s Gordon Allison relates the development of the air quality guidance for HS2, where he was air quality lead during the development of the Act of Parliament for Phase One (London to Birmingham) Daniel Quinn Air QualityConstructionHS2 2020-06-16 72 0
Air Quality Real Time Particulate Matter Monitoring Case Study Location: Kilburn, London Client: Planning and Consulting Background The client had been granted planning permission by the London Borough of Camden (LBC) for a 27-unit, five storey residential development. Before works could commence, a planning condition relating to air quality monitoring had to be discharged. DustScan Editor 2020-02-24 70 0
Air Quality Lancaster University Case Study Location: Bailrigg, Lancaster Client: Lancaster University Background Lancaster University (LU) union representatives raised concerns about poor air quality in an Underpass at the Bailrigg campus. LU contacted DustScanAQ seeking assistance on rectifying the problem. DustScan Editor 2020-02-24 70 0
MIC and SEM Case Study Location: Derry/Londonderry Client: Apex Housing Background The client instructed DustScanAQ to carry out optical light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy on dust samples taken from a heat exchange unit from a property at Derry/Londonderry. The client was interested in the contents of the fungal material present on the grids of the unit and the overall makeup of the dust. DustScan Editor 2020-02-24 32 0
Air Quality Residential Feasibility Case Study Location: Burton-upon-Trent Client: AM Planning Ltd Background The client was seeking planning permission for the erection of four detached residential properties on a parcel of land adjacent to a heavily trafficked A-Road. To support the planning application, an air quality assessment was required. DustScan Editor 2020-02-14 32 0
Air Quality Power Modelling Case Study Location: Stockport, Greater Manchester Client: Carrington Power Ltd Background The client was seeking planning permission for a 49.5 MWe energy facility within Greater Manchester. The proposed facility consisted of eleven 4.5 MW natural gas fired engines, anticipated to operate for approximately 2000 hours per annum at times of peak electricity demand. To support the planning application, an air quality assessment was required. DustScan Editor 2020-02-14 27 0
Air Quality Case Study Location: Malvern Hills Client: Confidential Background The clients were looking to purchase a prestige detached property in the Malvern Hills but had reservations due to a consented waste incinerator being built some 400m south of the property. The consented incinerator would be capable of incinerating 8,000 tonnes of medical waste each year and utilises 15 m stacks. DustScan Editor 2020-02-14 23 0
Workplace Dust, Diesel Emissions, Weld Fume, VOC and Isocyanate Exposure Assessment Location: Northampton Client: Fusion Building Systems Background DSAQ were approached by a manufacturing company specialising in the production of pre-insulated cold-roll steel framed building wall and floor panels. The company occupied a large factory building that housed production/assembly lines, automatic welding and hot-wire cutting machinery and an expanded polystyrene (EPS) production plant. Employees of the company had raised concerns relating to their occupational exposure to dust and fumes. SuperUser Account 2019-12-19 50 0
Construction Dust Risk Assessment Location: Bailrigg, Lancaster Client: NTA Planning Ltd Background The client was seeking planning permission for a mixed-use development within an inner London Borough. The proposed development consisted of a new ten-storey building, comprising of 3,000 m2 of B1(a) office space, 544 m2 of B1(c) light industrial use, 100 m2 of shared B1(a) and B1(c) use and 508 m2 of ancillary and plant space. SuperUser Account 2019-10-30 71 0