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A guide to small brownfield sites and land contamination

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Advice for housebuilders for small brownfield sites

This guide prepared by CIRIA (supported by the NHBC Foundation) gives advice for house builders on navigating the particular barriers and issues that characterise small brownfield sites. It deals with ground conditions such as contamination, derelict structures and buried services and other characteristics of small sites that can impinge on viability.

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