Environment Agency publish reformed land contamination guidance
Leap will be providing feedback to the Environment Agency on their draft Land Contamination Guidance published today. Click here to view it now.
Join Tim at EA Conference
LEAP Regional Manager Tim Thorpe will be presenting a recent successful project at the 2019 Environment Analyst Waste Management Conference in London on 21st May. Further info on the conference is available here: https://events.environment-analyst.com/73518/waste-management-2019/programme and more details on the project can be found here: https://www.leapenvironmental.com/portfolio/sports-hub/
Join us in London for a Landfill Tax update
Leap Director Richard Brinkworth will be highlighting the potential risks for developers arising from changes to the Landfill Tax Regime at a Trowers & Hamlins breakfast briefing in London on 28th March 2019. The changes to the regime mean that tax and additional penalties may be levied at those responsible for illegal soil movement activities….
Ditch the Timesheet
At Leap we pride ourselves on being forward thinking, and since the company’s inception the directors felt the monthly timesheet should be a thing of the past. We strongly believe that the drive to make every hour billable stifles innovation, discourages group discussion, promotes corner cutting and wastes valuable staff time. Job success should be…
LEAP proud to champion Women in Construction
As the Nation remembers the hard work and sacrifice of the suffragettes, we at LEAP are proud to declare our commitment to gender equality and to broadcast our gender statistics. As the construction industry languishes behind with only 13% women in the workforce, here at LEAP we employ 45% women with a 50/50 male to…
Leap uses Landmark GOAD Maps in L.A. Support Role
Leap has made great use of the Goad fire insurance maps in a recent project providing support to a Greater London Authority to fulfil its statutory duty under Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 to inspect its area for land that may be contaminated. You can find out more on the Landmark website here.
Technical Bulletin on Continuous Gas Monitoring
CL:AIRE has released a new technical bulletin (TB16) on a best practice approach for using complete continuous gas monitoring in underfloor void spaces for those occasions where a more robust assessment of the risk posed by ground gas on a site is required. LEAP has pioneered the use of continuous monitoring apparatus for land gas…
Second Generation of the Structural Eurocodes
The European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) has issued the first drafts of the new EN 1990 and EN1997-1 for review and informal comment. Significant changes are proposed to Eurocode 7 – Geotechnical Design, and LEAP is responding to AGS calls for all geotechnical design engineers to participate in this process to ensure the UK voice…
Leap Training Scheme gets accreditation
LEAP is proud to announce that it has just received news that its graduate training and development scheme has been accredited by the Geological Society of London. LEAP supports graduates seeking chartership with GSL, ICE and CIWEM. If you would like to join a company where training, development and CPD are an integral part…