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LRA win large soil survey contract in Scotland

28th May 2010

Land Research Associates have won a large contract to survey over 7,000 ha of land for Forest Enterprise Scotland (FES) in order to assist detailed forest coupe design planning. The contract was awarded after a comprehensive process of pre-qualification, interview and technical assessment, and will run until March 2011...

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A single voice for soil science

6th April 2010

Today the British Society of Soil Science and the Institute of Professional Soil Scientists united to form a single voice for Soil Science. Kathryn Allton Executive Officer of the British Society of Soil Science said “The creation of a single soil science organisation will enable stronger, more effective representation and help support all aspects of soil science into the future”...

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Launch of Code of Practice for the Use of Organic Materials in Land Reclamation

9th March 2010

Land Research Associates is pleased to be associated with the launch of a new national Code of Practice, the second in the last few months that the company has been involved in producing (the Code of Practice for the Sustainable Use of Soils on Construction Sites was published last September)...

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Defra launches Soil Strategy

24th September 2009

On 24th September Hilary Benn launched the Defra Soil Strategy which sets out the government’s ambitious 20 year vision to improve the sustainable management of soil and tackle the issue of soil degradation...

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Defra launches Code of Practice for the Sustainable Use of Soils on Construction Sites

24th September 2009

One commitment in Defra’s Soil Strategy is for the Government to publish a code of practice for the sustainable management of soils on construction sites. The Code was launched today hot on the heels of the new Soil Strategy and is based on work for Defra by Land Research Associates (LRA) as part of project SOIL 126. This project followed earlier research by LRA for Defra into the Use of Surplus Soils in Construction Sites...

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