Courses, lectures and field visits.
This lecture will first give a definition of the goal of investigation in the French approach.
The different kind of sampling strategies will be presented, ant the way to choose the type and the number of chemical analysis that have to be done.
A lot of real cases and examples will be brought to the students during this lecture in support.
Those lectures will first propose an introduction to soil pollution problems in the Netherlands. Then, the soil protection policy and legislation in the Netherlands will be highlighted.
In a third time, a definition of the goal of investigation in the Dutch approach will be given.
Then the standard protocol for preliminary soil quality investigation will be detailed. The different kind of sampling strategies will be presented, ant the way to choose the type and the number of chemical analysis that have to be done.
During the final part of this lecture the techniques for writing a summary report will be presented and the case study will be introduced.
Following those first lectures, students will have to work on a specific case study. Students will be split in different groups and will have to play the role of young engineers working in a consulting agency (One group of students = one consulting agency).
Based on the same document introducing the site, each group will have to build the best proposal (from the technical and financial point) to the customer needs. This proposal, presenting a sampling plan with the different drillings and chemical analysis proposed, will have to be justified and explained during a short oral presentation. There will be opportunities for class comments/feedback/discussion after each presentation.
The exercise will have to be done both using French and Dutch methodology! An open discussion about the main differences observed will then be done with the students.
During these last lectures within Dutch framework, the topics of soil quality standards and interpretation of results will be presented and discussed.
Students will have the opportunity to visit a site where soil investigations are held. This will be a good opportunity to observe the way this is done and the drilling and sampling equipment.
The cooperation will consist of a two day project case, scheduled in January.
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Group oral presentation and individual written exam based on the lectures.