Preliminary Site Investigation NSW – Make Sure Your Project Is Safe

Site investigations are also key to ensuring the safety, soundness, compliance and usability of land for its intended use. Providing two challenging tasks in this paper, such as the Preliminary Site Investigation and the Detailed Site Investigation are also treated.

A Preliminary Site Investigation NSW first task is to establish the degree of contamination at a site. Individual/specific processes include the acquisition of historical information about the site and site context, assessment of historical land use, and identification of potential risk factors that are contaminating the environment.

While consulting, field practitioners travel to and are on site to subjectively identify contamination i.e., the presence of oil, waste disposal of contaminated material, and the presence of chemicals. The primary task performed by a Detailed Site Investigation NSW is to decide whether the process should be continued otherwise not. Nevertheless, of course, if no interferences are detected, the task can be stopped directly, and time and money can be saved.

 

A Detailed Site Investigation NSW is a much more complete and technical task which is performed when the Preliminary Site Investigation NSW believes or observes the presence of a possible or actual pollution event. This stage entails the gathering of soil, water, and occasionally air for laboratory assessments.

The results assist in ascertaining the kind and the degree of pollution or contamination and its effects on the people and the surroundings. This Detailed Site Investigation NSW also evaluates whether the deemed required remediation or mitigation measures can be completed to make the site use compliant for its intended activity as residential, commercial, industrial etc.

Both are important for the respect of the laws on the protection of the environment. The Preliminary Site Investigation NSW facilitate stakeholders such as builders, landholders, and government agencies with vital information so as to avoid faulty decisions. These investigations limit pollution and therefore shield the environment, the communities, and future investments by recognizing hazards early on.