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With more developments taking place on brownfield sites, environmental risk assessments are becoming increasingly important to ensure schemes avoid potentially nasty surprises. Chris Loaring, Head of Consultancy at Argyll Environmental, takes a lookhttps://www.pbctoday.co.uk/news/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Landmark.jpg1200872