BS 8576:2013
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Guidance on investigations for ground gas. Permanent gases and Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
Hardcopy , PDF
English
30-04-2013
Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 General
5 Health and safety
6 Development of preliminary conceptual model and
preliminary risk assessment
7 Setting objectives
8 Developing the investigation strategy
9 Field work - permanent gases
10 Field work - VOCs
11 Monitoring and sampling reports
12 Quality assurance
13 Refining the conceptual model
14 Report on the investigation
Annexes
Annex A (informative) - Regulation of land contamination
Annex B (informative) - Radon
Annex C (informative) - Anaerobic degradation and the
formation of methane and carbon dioxide
Annex D (informative) - Sources, properties and hazards of
selected gases
Annex E (informative) - Sampling protocols - Permanent
gases
Annex F (informative) - Assessment of whether sufficient
gas monitoring data have been collected
Annex G (informative) - Portable equipment for measurement
of concentrations of permanent gases
Annex H (informative) - Apparatus for measurement of
gas-flow rate
Annex I (informative) - Installation and sampling train
leakage tests
Bibliography
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