About this event
The revisions of the 2023 version of The Building Research Establishment document BR211 Radon: Guidance on protective measures for new buildings (including supplementary advice for extensions, conversions and refurbishment projects) are now one year old and well established.
This Brownfield & Regeneration Network event will provide a clear explanation of how to avoid the pitfalls already experienced, as recorded in the last 12 months, during the design, application and verification stages of the radon protection systems. This will include references to the Radon Protective Measures Quality Management Record of the brand new chapter Section 7.
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Team member
Ian Grant Director/writer @ Environment AnalystT
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Guest speaker
Gavin Gillmore Professor Emeritus (Bath Spa University) & Director & Chairman, (The Radon Council)G
Gavin is a geoscientist whose research interests are focussed on human-environment interactions. He has published around 100 international peer-reviewed articles many on radon. Gavin began his career as an academic researcher before moving into the hydrocarbon industry. His return to academia lead to posts as a senior lecturer at the University of Northampton (which led him into his involvement with the Radon Council and co-authorship of The Radon Manual); Head of Department of Geography and Environmental Science University of Bradford; Professor of Environmental Geoscience and Head of School, Geography, Geology and the Environment at Kingston University; and Head of Geography at Bath Spa University. Gavin has been involved with radon research and The Radon Council almost since its inception in the 1990s. He is currently Director and Chair of the Council.
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Guest speaker
John Sparks Global Operations Director @ GeoshieldG
Operating, both at home & internationally for over 30 years, John has been involved in implementing integrity testing & verification on-site quality assurance programs for subterranean waterproofing & hazardous ground gas protection systems. He has developed & delivered training lectures at the universities of Budapest, Helsinki & Minsk and closer to home to clients throughout the UK with the CPD accredited GeoShield hazardous ground gas training programme (GeoShield are founder members of the British Verification Council).
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Team member
Emily Ridge Community & Events Manager, and Chair of Early Careers Advisory Boards @ Environment AnalystT
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Guest speaker
Michael Jaggs Associate Director & Principal Trainer @ Building Research EstablishmentG
Mike is a construction engineer with over 30 years of radon experience, joining BRE in 1994 he has contributed to research and testing work resulting in the development of radon remedial measures for existing buildings and radon proactive measures in new buildings. Mike has also managed BRE’s airtightness and infrared thermography teams, testing many 100’s of buildings. For the last 10 years Mike has developed and delivered training programmes for the BRE Academy and delivers lectures to Hertfordshire University on their degree and Masters Civil Engineering and Construction Management courses.
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Guest speaker
Peter Atchison Director @ PAGeotechnicalG
A professional engineer, with over 35 years’ experience, Peter sat on the steering groups for the PIT report as well as BRE 414, CIRIA C665 and chaired the technical committee which produced BS8485. Peter sits on B553 the BSi committee for geomembranes, is the UK expert on CEN TC189, chairs ISO TC221 (geosynthetics), the EIC Contaminated-Land Working-Group; Confederation of Construction Specialists & is treasurer of the British-Geomembrane-Association. Peter chaired the UK Radon Council for >5 years and believes lessons learned in other ground gases can be useful in our battle to improve the consideration of the risks from radon gas.
