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Pamela Welburn

Pamela is a Chartered Geologist with over 25 years’ experience in the contaminated land sector with a focus on integrated geotechnical and environmental site assessments and development of remediation/redevelopment strategies.  In recent years she has focused on solving the most challenging environmental and ground related problems including expert witness experience related to determining and valuing land.   She has also continued to work on more routine sites, as workload dictates, and still writes and/or review all types of report from desk studies through to remediation options appraisals.  Her wide range of skills has meant that she is suited to solving all types of ground related problem.

Pamela Welburn
Director
Credentials

  • BSc Geology, University of Southampton

  • MSc Engineering Geology, Imperial College of Science and Technology

  • Diploma in Engineering Geology, Imperial College of Science and Technology

  • Chartered Geologist, Geological Society of London

  • Qualified Person, CL:AIRE Code of Practice on definition of waste (QP041). 

Publications

  • Lead author for CIRIA C716 ‘Remediating and mitigating risks from Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) vapours from land affected by contamination’;

  • Contributing author to BS 8485:2015 'Code of Practice for the design of protective measures for methane and carbon dioxide ground gases for new buildings’;

  • Steering group member for CIRIA C795 'Retrofitting hazardous ground gas protection measures in existing or refurbished buildings'; and

  • Steering group member and contributor for upcoming CIRIA publication 'Sustainable management of surplus soil and aggregates from construction'.

Consultancy Advice

Pamela can provide a wide range of consulting advice on ground relating problems including:

  • ​Geotechnical and Environmental Assessments

  • Waste Classification and Material Reuse Strategies

  • Qualified Person Declarations in accordance with CL:AIRE DoWCoP scheme

  • Development Constraints / Abnormal Redevelopment Costs

  • Permanent and Volatile Organic Compound Ground Gas Assessments

  • Asbestos in Soil

  • Coal Mining Assessments

  • Landfill Assessments

  • Geoenvironmental Desk Studies / Preliminary Risk Assessments

  • Quantitative Risk Assessments

  • Remediation Options Appraisals

  • Earthworks

  • Capping Design

  • Geographic Information System (GIS) Work

  • Remediation Verification/Validation

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