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RSK Raw feature on SKY TV

RSK Raw Business Manager Ruaraidh McKinnon recently took part in filming for Sky TV for a programme titled ‘Sustainability in UK Spill Response’. The programme tackles the intrinsic importance of the spill response industry in protecting the environment, reacting to the challenges presented by climate change, and working toward a sustainable future. Opening the programme, […]

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Oil thefts increasing

Local newspapers are once again reporting an increase in fuel thefts (e.g. Top 10 tips on how to stop thieves stealing diesel and heating oil | Malvern Gazette ) from domestic and commercial heating oil and diesel tanks. With current high energy costs, fuel tanks at rural premises may look like easy pickings for thieves. West […]

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Fun and games….

We recently took the opportunity to celebrate the first chance that we have had in a long time of having all of our teams face-to-face in one location. 🕺 We spent a little time together undertaking some ‘interesting’ challenges set and supervised by RSK’s Anna Clewlow. 👑 Excessive competitiveness, quality demonstrations of leadership and motivation […]

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RSK Safety Fortnight 2023

Early in January, we held an ‘all-staff safety stand-down’ day as a part of the wider RSK group annual Safety Fortnight. This year the focus was on the human factors influencing our safety and RSK’s  Phil Hinchey led us all through engaging workshops, giving everyone a chance to discuss ‘Effective Safety Leadership’ and ‘Influencing Safety Behaviours’ […]

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Treecycling 2023!

RSK Raw’s Simon, Alex, John and Izzy joined volunteers from multiple businesses across Birmingham recently to make the annual Treecycling event another huge success! This is the ninth year RSK Raw have taken part and, as per recent years, we were delighted to be joined by teams from RSK Asbestos and RSK Geosciences This year, […]

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Filming for Sky TV

RSK Raw Technician Izzy Raitt and Business Manager Ruaraidh McKinnon have recently enjoyed several days filming for Sky TV, alongside colleagues from The UK and Ireland Spill Association and several other member organisations. Having recently joined RSK Raw (and the spill response and geo-environmental industry) Izzy was able to represent ‘the future’ for our industry and […]

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UK & Ireland Spill Awards Success!

We were delighted to hear that we had won the ‘Innovation of the Year 2022’ award at the UK & Ireland Spill Association awards dinner on 10th November 2022!   ‘Innovation is what drives the industry forward, especially during times of economic restraint – this award is for a product or a service that has […]

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UK & Ireland Spill Association Award Shortlisting

We are delighted to have been shortlisted in two categories at this year’s UK & Ireland Spill Association Awards: Marine / International Responder Innovation of the Year The winners will be announced at the Annual Conference, Dinner and Awards later this week (9th and 10th December) at the Nottingham Belfry. We wish all of those […]

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ILC Home & Property Claims Conference 2022

RSK Raw will once again be attending the ILC Home & Property Claims Conference on Thursday 10th November at the CBS Arena in Coventry. The event focusses on the data and information involved with insurance claims, it’s use, management and value. The expo hall opens at 8:30am with presentations beginning at 9:30am. Networking opportunities are […]

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Pedometer Challenge Success!

RSK Raw teams ‘Out Of The Rawdinary’ and ‘Not At All Rawkward’ counted their steps for the month of May and contributed to an incredible RSK group total of 332,268,416 steps taken worldwide! Around 1,500 people across the group joined in this year, raising £1,500 for the charity Mind, who ‘provide advice and support to empower anyone […]

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New team members!

RSK Raw is delighted to have welcomed two new starters to our teams in the last month! Phil recently joined us in Wales. His extensive geotechnical and geoenvironmental experience strengthens our comprehensive  consultancy service offering in the region and nationwide. We also welcome Izzy, who has recently joined our Malvern team, providing environmental technician support […]

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The Environmental Challenges of Property Claims

RSK Raw is delighted to, once again, sponsor an I Love Claims property event. The conference, in London on 9th June, will investigate ‘The Environmental Challenges of Property Claims’, with attendees from insurers, adjusters, surveyors and suppliers to the environmental claims sector. Environmental legislation, carbon footprint, environmental building regulation and supply chain sustainability with be […]

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Vanimals!

Please welcome ‘The RSK Raw Vanimals’! The RSK group has been applying hand-drawn illustrations of endangered species across the world to their fleet for the last six years and it is our turn to join in! We’ve already welcomed a number of species on newly delivered vans in our fleet, from the Duskytail Darter to […]

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Pedometer Challenge!

RSK Raw teams have once again joined the annual RSK group ‘Pedometer Challenge’. Teams ‘Out Of The Rawdinary’ and ‘Not At All Rawkward’ will be counting their steps for the month of May in an effort to beat last year’s totals (and each other, of course!). Around 1,500 people across the group (across the world!) […]

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Welcome!

RSK Raw extends a warm welcome to recent new starters in our teams across the UK…   Alex has joined our Midlands team, bringing extensive geo-environmental and geotechnical experience and supporting the provision of our complex site investigation and remediation schemes across the UK. Callum recently joined our Glasgow team, bolstering our environmental sampling and […]

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Fiona joins the SoBRA Committee

RSK Raw Principal Scientist Fiona Townley has recently been appointed to the Executive Committee of the Society of Brownfield Risk Assessment (SoBRA).         Her twenty plus years of environmental consultancy experience ideally equips her to join the committee of experts in supporting professionals working in land contamination risk assessment, aiming to ‘improve […]

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Welcome to the team!

Time for a new (ish!) year’s update and a warm welcome to recent new starters in our teams across the UK…   Andy has comfortably settled in after joining us back in November to look after the repair, maintenance and development of our plant and equipment from our Malvern base. Mark joined the Eastern team […]

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Treecycling 2022

This weekend RSK Raw colleagues again took part in the annual Treecycling campaign to support St Mary’s Hospice, Birmingham. Not only is this the 8th time that RSK Raw have participated, this year they were again joined by teams from our sister companies in the RSK family, RSK Geosciences and RSK Asbestos. The Treecycling scheme […]

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Season’s Greetings!

Season’s Greetings from us all at RSK Raw! We take this opportunity to thank our colleagues, our supply chain, and our clients and customers for their support and hard work during this challenging year. We wish you all a peaceful, safe and happy Christmas and a wonderful new year! Whilst our offices will be closed […]

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Brownfield awards

RSK Raw is proud to be recognised alongside our sister companies within the wider RSK group as RSK was awarded the ‘Best International Project’ at this year’s Brownfield Awards. It was great to collaborate with a variety complementary businesses in our international group, providing on site expertise, and specialist pumps from our stores of remediation […]

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Drill rig selection and safety

RSK Raw Business Manager, Ruaraidh McKinnon, joins Eric Downey from Structural Soils (one of our sister companies within the RSK group) to discuss ‘Drill Rig Selection and Safety’ in a webinar hosted by the UK and Ireland Spill Association as a part of their ‘Knowledge Base’ webinar series. The event, at 3pm on Wednesday 17th […]

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ILC Home and Property Claims Conference 2021

RSK Raw will be attending the ILoveClaims Home and Property Claims conference at the CBS Arena, Coventry on Thursday this week (11th November 2021) – visit us on Stand 12 in the Expo Hall. MD Neil Stothert also joins the expert panel discussing ‘The Claims Challenges Today’, which promises to be a lively and informative […]

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Caring response to care home contamination

One of our teams really demonstrated our caring ethos last week when undertaking works to remove contaminated soil on an operational, residential care home site. The team were determined to ensure the residents, and those that so diligently care for them, were not adversely affected by the necessary works to remove contamination from a courtyard […]

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Contamination and Geotech Expo 2021

RSK Raw is exhibiting at the Contamination and Geotech Expo at the NEC Birmingham on 22nd and 23rd September this year. The event represents a huge gathering of geo-environmental professionals across the industry, enabling networking, innovation and access to the most up to date services, equipment and methods available. In addition to exhibiting, RSK Raw […]

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ILC webinars – Specialist agricultural insurance

The next in the informative series of RSK Raw sponsored webinars from ILC relates to the specialist agricultural claims sector of insurance. Jackie Evans, MD of our RSK group sister company ADAS, will join the panel of insurance and agriculture experts to discuss changes and challenges in the sector, together with future proofing and the role […]

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Highland Spill

  On what started as a pleasant late spring morning in the Highlands, a householder was startled by sudden flames from their range cooker in the kitchen. Unfortunately, the fire shutoff valve along the oil feed pipe was faulty and did not activate as intended, resulting in a continued flow of kerosene into a range […]

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ILC Webinars – Agricultural Pollution Claims

The third in the ILC Home and Commercial Environmental and Agricultural Claims webinar series goes live on 3rd June at 11am. This webinar focuses on agricultural claims, including: Types of environmental claims encountered in the sector How has diversification affected claims? Receptors, stakeholders and regulators in the agricultural claims process Challenges in managing claims in […]

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Connecting with Nature

This year’s Mental Health Awareness Week celebrates the importance of our human connections with nature in supporting our mental health, something that was keenly apparent in those lockdown weeks where a daily walk became vital to the coping strategies of many. As a business (and individuals) lucky enough to work protecting some of the most […]

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Join Our Team!

We have several site based roles available in our Camberley, Manchester and Malvern offices and would love to hear from anyone with domestic groundworks and construction experience who would enjoy a varied role helping to get our customers back into their homes after they have experienced an oil spill on their premises. We also have […]

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ILC Webinars – Environmental Series

RSK Raw Managing Director Neil Stothert is on the panel for ILC’s Home and Commercial webinar series, covering environmental and agriculture claims. On April 8th, ‘The Changing Face of Environmental Claims‘ will be the hot topic, covering questions including: What has changed in the last 10 years and what changes have most impacted environmental claims? […]

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RSK Raw’s Ruaraidh McKinnon appointed to UK Spill Association Board

Ruaraidh McKinnon, Business Manager at RSK Raw, has been appointed to the board of the UK Spill Association following its annual members meeting. The UK Spill Association represents companies, organisations and individuals working in the UK oil spill industry. Ruaraidh McKinnon In his new position, Ruaraidh will be the board representative for Inland Spill and […]

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RSK Raw’s Ruaraidh McKinnon

Fuel feedlines in service ducts

This week, a RSK Raw team discovered a service duct, which had been used to house a fuel feedline, an electricity cable and a blue MDPE water pipe, had kerosene leaking from the top of it. Fashioning a tap to the service duct, the quick-thinking team drained the kerosene and managed to successfully transfer the heating oil back to the […]

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New Environment Agency press release – Check your oil tank!

A new press release from the government today provides a timely reminder that the drop in the oil price may result in more spills and leaks than normal! Consumers are currently rushing to fill their tanks while the oil price is low, and since these tanks will remain filled to capacity until the end of […]

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70 litres of Red Diesel in a Day

In Lancashire, red diesel has kept one of our teams rather busy of late. A spill of up to 1000 litres from a farm’s AST caused quite a bit of bother when part of the spill migrated into a nearby stream. Retention booms and absorbents were the order of the day, and within 24 hours […]

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Looking after our clients

Sometimes, regularly working in an industry known for challenging scenarios can really pay off! Our teams report the continued use of temporary work area partitions, to further socially distance field personnel from clients and other workers, is proving a huge success, effectively providing additional protection for vulnerable homeowners. Of course, now our working lives have dramatically […]

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COVID partitions and CIOB posters being used on a RSK Raw site

Waste oil tanks – the forgotten risk

Last week, one of our RSK Raw teams attended a site to examine a spill of an unconfirmed volume of waste engine and gear oil from a 2700 litre oil tank, and this incident served as a reminder of how  businesses need to be aware of the rolling repercussions of COVID-19.   Like all other service […]

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Social distancing – a masterclass!

There was some impressive social distancing in action in an English woodland this week. While off to do some essential pollution containment works, the teams from our Malvern and Camberley offices made sure there was not a smidgen of a chance they weren’t adhering to the 2-metre distancing rule, and it is great to have photographic evidence our teams are taking social distancing extremely seriously.    […]

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All hands to the pump!

A diesel spill from an unknown source at a commercial property in Bedford has been a long running project for our Cambridge staff. After an extensive period of monitoring, while liaising with the Environment Agency and the client, a remediation system has recently been implemented to treat contaminated groundwater and remove diesel from the groundwater’s surface. Five abstraction pumps are already in place and soil vapour extraction on each […]

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RSK Raw team extract diesel contamination from groundwater

Catch of the Day

Recently, A homeowner showed some impressive initiative after noticing kerosene on the ground around the boiler. By contacting the International Spill Accreditation Scheme and getting hold of RSK Raw’s number, our local team in Cambridge were able to get out to the property that very day, letting insurance take over after that. And the homeowner’s quick thinking really […]

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booms are employed in a pond to limit the spread of oil contamination

The importance of digital management systems

Providing our teams with access to the latest digital software has always been a priority at RSK Raw, and recent conditions created by the COVID-19 pandemic have overwhelmingly justified our long-running investment in computer technology. Luckily, with GDPR compliant digital management systems already in place, working from home has taken on a whole new meaning! By allowing our project managers to constantly track active projects, this management software means our customers’ needs […]

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Simple solutions

There’s nothing like an emergency call out that can be solved quickly and easily! Much to the homeowner’s relief, this leaking heating oil tank proved to be quite a drama-free day for the Camberley team, and rapid response, assessment, mitigation, remediation and all site works were completed efficiently and cost-effectively during one site visit. Our in-house OFTEC registered engineer had to […]

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Installing SVE lances

Greg and Clemence, from our Camberley team, have been hard at work! Recently, they were tasked with the installation of sacrificial soil vapour extraction (SVE) lances below the floor of a house, in preparation for a third-party contractor to begin reinstatement works. The result? Neat work efficiently completed to schedule! Nicely done, Camberley team!  

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RSK Raw install SVE lances under a house

A simmering issue

A leaking external boiler, adjacent to the house, caused a homeowner a little agitation recently. Luckily, our Malvern team promptly carried out a walkover survey and were able to mitigate risks to the house structure, internal air and groundwater abstraction borehole with the speedy removal of contaminated materials. It just goes to show that when an unexpected problem […]

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A job not to be sniffed at!

A contaminated septic tank would have most people fuming, but when the tank is located adjacent to an English river then there’s no point getting incensed about it – let’s face it, who nose where that might lead? When this particular septic tank became impacted with kerosene contamination, Wayne, John and Noah from the Malvern team took the scent-sible approach – indeed, […]

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Soil Vacuum Extraction in Cornwall

Down in Cornwall, our local team is busy checking key systems! Thirteen months ago, an SVE system was installed at a property where the depth of the contamination under the floor of the house combined with structural issues meant deep excavation wasn’t feasible. When undertaking system monitoring this week, the team was happy to see the VOC output had gradually reduced from an […]

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Extending our services

At RSK Raw, we are doing everything we can to give you added peace of mind. In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, we are now working with our insurance industry partners to offer further protection to staff and clients.   Collaborating with RSK Response, our teams are extending their provision to include decontamination services, assisting essential businesses to […]

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Mud and positivity!

Recently, South East Water needed our assistance with a fly-tipping incident close to their drinking water abstraction site. Sadly, conditions proved to be rather damp for the Camberley team who were managing and mitigating risk on-site.  Even after a rather late night and 3 consecutive days in the muck, it’s great to see nothing could muddy their cheery approach […]

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Helping where we can

Working to protect our country from the devastating effects of the COVID-19 virus is vitally important to everyone at RSK Raw, so some of our teams have been working with RSK Response to help with decontamination work around the UK.   As a nation, we all need to do what we can to help, so we are […]

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Remote working and ready to respond!

RSK Raw’s response services are still fully active and our teams are ready to deal with your spill emergencies!   We’d like to assure our clients, suppliers and colleagues that our careful preparations for national emergencies have been very successful and have ensured our response service is still running as normal.  Even with remote working, our office landlines and our national numbers  […]

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Thinking Ahead

As a spill responder, we always like to be ready – for any spill, any emergency, any unforeseen event. In fact, so much so that we’ve spent a great deal of time and capital over the last few years investing in robust disaster recovery infrastructure to deal with the unexpected.   The COVID-19 outbreak has taken […]

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Building Bridges

Recently, our Exeter team have been busy building bridges – and that’s not only in the metaphorical sense!   They were faced with the challenging task of completing remediation works at a property where ongoing building works made the main entrance unusable. Not only that, a stream at the back of the property was blocking their […]

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Storm Dennis

Neil Stothert, Managing Director of RSK Raw, voices his concerns to The Independent about the continued effects of Storm Dennis and vulnerability due to lack of flood defenses. https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/voices/storm-dennis-flooding-tenbury-wells-wales-climate-crisis-a9348346.html

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Everyone is an expert!

Graeme West from our Cambridge office was feeling a little sheepish recently! Having completed a controlled water DQRA, he was in the middle of some additional low flow groundwater sampling when he made a ewe turn and found himself chewing the cud with a curious environmentalist.   Naturally, he ruminated – Had he met herbivore? She claimed she […]

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New Senior Staff at RSK Raw

RSK Raw resources have been further bolstered by the addition of two new senior and highly experienced team members!  We are delighted to announce that Matt Renshaw has joined us as an insurance sector specialist who will be concentrating on technical assistance and client management. Based at our Exeter office, Matt will spread his skills and knowledge […]

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Take precautions in the storms!

Storm Ciara has caused mayhem up and down the country and such severe weather can often cause damage to heating systems. There are precautions which can be taken, so don’t leave it until it is too late!   Oilcare.org.uk, a joint initiative between the UK environmental regulators, trade and professional bodies and industry, offer some useful tips.   […]

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A Day at the Beach!

Our Redruth team have been spending time at the beach recently, but not for a dip and some winter sun! A domestic oil spill from a kitchen Aga in the popular seaside village of Perranporth kept them far too busy as the spill had impacted the surface waters of a local stream. Since the stream […]

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Exeter’s new belt skimming unit!

The Exeter team have been hard at work on an unusual job! For the first time in years, they’ve had to build a new belt skimming unit to deal with a large volume of engine oil that was being lost to ground on shallow perched groundwater. By skimming the free phase oil off the groundwater […]

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All in a day’s work!

Working at RSK Raw means you are always putting your best foot forward and nothing better illustrates the great mix of office and site work in our average working day than the confused footwear on one of our environmental scientists.  John Holdridge from the Malvern office was caught on the hop as he headed out […]

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Treecycling for St Mary’s Hospice

Once again, one of our teams donated muscle power and transport to St Mary’s Hospice’s annual tree-cycling initiative in Birmingham and it was great to have our colleagues from RSK Asbestos equally committed to hauling Norway Spruce!  Thanks to all the people who made a donation and signed up, the scheme will be collecting over 4,500 trees […]

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RSK Raw will donate to charity again this Christmas.

Merry Christmas to all our colleagues, clients and friends!

A rainy day treat

When it’s a grim, rainy day on a remediation site, there is nothing quite like a steaming cup of coffee and some delicious cake! RSK Raw scientist, John Holdridge, was the lucky recipient of this tray of goodies from an appreciative homeowner, reminding us how wonderful simple acts of kindness are. It’s quite heartening to be able […]

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SoBRA Conference 2019

Recently, Fiona Townley, from our Malvern office, ably represented RSK Raw at Burlington house in London for the Society of Brownfield Risk Assessment (SoBRA)’s joint conference with the Royal Society of Chemistry Toxicology Group.   The topic for this year’s annual Christmas event was ‘Current Issues in Contaminated Land Risk Assessment’, resulting in a fascinating day […]

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Training – you just can’t get enough of it!

At RSK Raw, ensuring our staff have the necessary skills to deal with every potential hazard in the field is incredibly important to us. Recently, following the guidelines for health and safety guidance HSG47, a number of RSK Raw employees took part in a course that focused on essential skills and competency when detecting and avoiding underground […]

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Collaboration with Dynamic Sampling

It’s inspiring to report on more great teamwork within the RSK group of companies! Just recently, RSK Raw’s Cambridge team collaborated with associate company, Dynamic Sampling, in a drilling investigation to measure groundwater contamination. The investigation was complex and required the advancement of boreholes through rock chalk to assess the underlying Principle Aquifer.   The resting groundwater was […]

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ISOQAR

At RSK Raw, we believe independent, third-party assessment and certification is very important in our industry. Not only does it demonstrate credibility and competence to our customers, but ISO certification, the leading international assessment standard for manufacturing and service organisations, essentially indicates a company is working effectively to national or international best practice.   On that note, we […]

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Collaboration within the larger RSK family

A recent RSK Raw project that certainly deserves highlighting involved a collaboration between RSK Raw and our fellow RSK associate, Structural Soils.  Investigating the extent of kerosene contamination to groundwater in an underlying chalk aquifer gave RSK Raw’s Camberley team their 2nd opportunity to work with the team from Structural Soils, whose work with a multifunction rig, […]

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ILC Home Claims Conference

The ILC Home Claims Conference at the Ricoh Arena is coming up fast, so don’t forget to mark 14th of November in your diary! Neil, Steve and Nick will be there at our RSK Raw stand (No.7), so please swing by and catch up on all the latest services RSK Raw can offer the insurance industry! 

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RSK Raw at work in beautiful Co. Sligo

Once again, a RSK Raw team has the good fortune to work in beautiful surroundings, and this site in Knocknarae, with the Co. Sligo mountain  in the background, is truly exceptional! Congrats to our Sligo team who have taken great care to protect the beauty and gardens of this site, while they restore it and […]

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Contamination Expo 2019

RSK Raw are looking forward to exhibiting at the Contamination Expo Series at the NEC in Birmingham on 11th and 12th September. This series of trade shows covers a variety of complimentary environmental and geo-environmental sectors, and we will be joining colleagues in the ‘spill response’ area for two days’ of networking and development, but […]

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Looking ahead with RSK Raw

It has now been a month since RSK Raw joined the RSK family, gaining the support of 66 businesses and more than 3,100 colleagues. RSK Raw, led by managing director Neil Stothert, joined RSK’s contracting division. Neil updated us on what has been going on since the acquisition and RSK Raw’s plans for the future. […]

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Introducing RSK Raw!

RSK, the UK’s leading integrated environmental, engineering and technical services consultancy, has formally acquired the business, operating assets and employees engaged in the business of RAW Technology Ltd. The acquisition is RSK’s fourth of this financial year. RAW, a leading specialist in inland oil spill response and remediation, operates worldwide from 16 offices in the […]

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AGS Annual Conference 2019

RAW sponsored and attended the AGS Annual Conference 2019 at the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham yesterday, and thoroughly enjoyed networking with colleagues from across the geotechnical and geoenvironmental sector and attending the wide ranging seminars covering challenges in the industry, working group achievements, and the technical position around a variety of engaging topics.   […]

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New premises for Sandhurst team

It’s been a glorious, sunny start to life in our new Sandhurst office and stores, the team have been busy settling in to their new premises, setting up working areas and laying out the workshop to accommodate storage of plant, tools, equipment and materials to support the 24/7 spill response services they provide across south-eastern […]

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Aviation spill response

Recently more RAW scientists from across the UK attended an aviation spill response training course, providing them with enhanced awareness of the unusual hazards that we may encounter following an aviation accident, and enabling them to respond and provide environmental advice in the aftermath of an incident. The training also equips our team to undertake risk assessments […]

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RAW awarded SafeContractor Approved status

We are delighted to announce that, following a stringent assessment process, RAW has been awarded SafeContractor Approved status. Along with our other accreditations (see Accreditations and Awards), and our ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certifications by UKAS approved ISOQAR, achieving this status again demonstrates RAW’s commitment to maintaining continuous improvement in our Health […]

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New equipment

This week sees the roll out of the first of our newly-designed fleet of specialist LEV (Local Exhaust Ventilation) units to our depots across the UK and Ireland. Designed and specified by our in house team of specialists, the units operate quietly and effectively in a domestic setting, protecting homeowners and their belongings from hydrocarbon […]

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Welcome Dr. Waduge

All at RAW are delighted to welcome a new Principal Scientist, Dr. Anil Waduge, to the team. Anil brings many years’ valuable experience in the geo-environmental sector, including geo-environmental and remediation roles in consultancy, contracting and regulatory positions. Anil is based in our Ely office, and will be joining our technical team, bringing considerable expertise in […]

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Treecycling 2019

Last weekend, in what has become an annual tradition, staff from RAW’s Malvern office took part in Birmingham St Mary’s Hospice’s ‘Treecycling’ fundraising campaign for the fifth time. The scheme relies on generous volunteers, this year including Simon, Kim, John and Henrik from RAW, giving up their time in early January to collect redundant Christmas trees from […]

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‘5 Gold Rings’ 2018

It’s that time of year again when our thoughts turn to helping others and we begin our series of five festive charity donations in place of sending traditional corporate Christmas cards. This year, our teams were once again asked to nominate any causes close to their hearts, and five have now been chosen to receive our ‘Gold […]

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Merry Christmas from all at RAW!

RAW’s offices are looking extra festive this year, with some beautiful trees going up, party plans underway, Christmas jumpers being donned, and our annual ‘Five Gold Rings’ charity campaign off to a great start this morning!                  Thank you all for supporting RAW this year, we look forward to continuing to work […]

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To 2019 and beyond….!

Earlier this week, some of RAW’s management team met in the glamorous surroundings of the Library in the Great John Street Hotel in central Manchester, for a day of collaboration and planning for 2019 and beyond.           The beautifully appointed former school house made an highly appropriate and more than comfortable venue for the learning and discussions […]

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Moving in….

Things are coming together nicely at our shiny new Manchester premises, giving the team better storage for plant, tools and equipment and a much-improved working space for our scientists and consultants. We are all moved in now (bar some finishing touches!) but, if you want to get in touch, don’t worry as our contact details have […]

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Welcome (back!) to RAW!

We’ve seen lots of fresh faces (and some more familiar ones!) with scientists, civils teams, and administrators joining our locations across the UK in recent weeks. All at RAW are delighted to welcome Jamie, Lisa and Richard back to our Manchester, Swansea and Edinburgh offices, as well as welcoming newly appointed team members in Exeter, Sandhurst, Salisbury, […]

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Welcome back!

RAW’s Manchester team are delighted to welcome Jamie back today, as our Civils Team Leader for our Manchester, Leeds and Newcastle offices. Jamie re-joins the team at our new Manchester premises (photos to follow!) and will be back out on site maintaining the quality of our remedial works later this week, once he has been […]

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New project documents

This month, our Health and Safety Advisor, Hannah, is touring our offices and depots delivering training on the roll out of RAW’s new user-friendly Construction Phase Plan. The purpose-built template document is designed to meet all Health and Safety and legal requirements whilst minimising form-filling  and paperwork, allowing our teams to get the job done effectively, […]

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Happy Birthday!

This week marks a successful first year for both our Salisbury and Bodmin offices, celebrated in Salisbury yesterday with a birthday cake! The project teams in these two offices have responded to nearly forty spills this year, and Salisbury are currently recruiting four new team members to ensure they can continue to provide the same […]

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Powerboat prize!

As part of our commitment to health and safety, and to minimising our adverse impact on the environment, all of RAW’s commercial fleet vehicles are tracked using the Lightfoot system. Beyond the basic tracking system, this innovative system provides in-vehicle feedback directly to the driver to help to improve their driving style, maximise fuel efficiency […]

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Everything is RAWsome!

Our congratulations go to RAW’s team of Hannah, Patrick and Simon who successfully completed the Severn Trent Mountain Challenge this weekend, raising funds for WaterAid to support their valuable work in providing clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene for everyone. The team tackled 25 miles of beautiful (steep!) Derbyshire countryside, finishing in a very respectable time of 9 […]

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Welsh National Land Contamination Working Group training

RAW’s Operations Manager, Simon O’Rourke, was invited to present to the Welsh National Land Contamination Working Group yesterday, during a training day focussed around hydrocarbons. Simon presented to the gathering of representatives from Local Authority Contaminated Land Officer groups, NRW, Public Health Wales and Welsh Government on the subject of ‘Dealing with Oil Spills’. He provided case studies […]

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On your feet, Britain!

Last Friday, RAW accepted the ‘On Your Feet Britain’ challenge, a national day encouraging people to stand more and sit less in an effort to promote good health and wellbeing. Unhindered by the weather, RAW’s Malvern team successfully took on the task of climbing the 1,394ft of the Worcestershire Beacon at lunchtime, substituting repeated trips up […]

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Continued UVDB Verify success

    Earlier this year, RAW undertook our annual ‘B2′ audit with Achilles to maintain our UVDB Verify accreditation. Designed with the utilities’ industry in mind, this two-day, independent audit of our safety, health, environment, quality (SHEQ) system, and its implementation on site, reflects our commitment to continuous improvement and the highest possible standards in these areas. We are very […]

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InterSpill 2018 presentation

  Following a successful three days at Interspill 2018 at ExCel London, Neil Stothert, RAW’s Managing Director, reflected ‘This is a valuable event for our industry, bringing together like-minded stakeholders keen to innovate and develop cost-effective and practical ways for the UK to respond to spills inland and offshore. Whilst RAW’s expertise lies in providing […]

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And the snow spread far and wide!

Whilst we are more than used to cold weather in our Inverness and Edinburgh offices, ‘the Beast from the East’ and ‘Storm Emma’ last week affected nearly every one of our 18 offices across the UK and ROI. From 6ft drifts to frozen doors, from impassable roads to buried vehicles, the weather certainly kept everyone talking!   […]

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Interspill London 2018

This year, the leading European oil spill conference and exhibition, Interspill, will be held at ExCel in London over 13th to 15th March. Oil spill industry professionals, regulators, and those with academic interests, will meet to discuss ‘potential issues to be raised from any future oil spills, including Spill Prevention, Preparedness, Response and Restoration’. You can visit us throughout […]

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Treecycling 2018

Not content with our ‘Five Gold Rings’ charity efforts in the run up to Christmas, Simon and John from RAW’s Malvern team recently took part in Birmingham’s Treecycling 2018.                       Volunteers from RAW have given up their weekend time to support this cause for the […]

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In the news

In an incident reported across the media today, RAW responded to a significant diesel spill back in 2014 (RAW’s spill response team and equipment are pictured in the published articles), successfully mitigating the impacts of the spill to the satisfaction of the Environment Agency. Read all about it here: Local news article Gov.uk article However, as the saying goes […]

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Season’s Greetings!

Winter has arrived!

RAW Malvern was taken by surprise by unusually large amounts of snowfall this weekend! However, the team were back in the office first thing, keen to show our more northerly teams that they could handle the weather, even it wasn’t the common occurrence that it is for our Edinburgh and Inverness depots!   

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Five gold rings

It’s that time of year again, when our thoughts turn to ‘All things merry and bright’. For the last few years, instead of sending out corporate Christmas cards, we have been supporting local ‘good causes’ across the UK and Ireland as part of our ‘Five Gold Rings’ Christmas campaign. Each year our teams nominate causes close […]

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ILC Home Claims Conference

After a valuable event last year, RAW are delighted to be exhibiting at the 5th ILoveClaims Home Claims Conference on 9th November 2017 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry. Tickets are still available at ILC conference tickets and the event promises to provide a valuable opportunity for those in the industry to shape the future of domestic insurance […]

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Standing room only at seminar

RAW returned to the Spill Response Expo (part of the wider Contamination Expo Series 2017) at EXCEL London this year, on 27th and 28th September 2017. On 27th September, Director Andy Kyle presented an informative, ‘standing room only’ seminar on ‘The Application of Treatment Technologies in the Real World’, discussing the benefits and disadvantages of various treatment types and […]

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RAW shares best practice in The Parliamentary Review

RAW appears alongside Prime Minister Theresa May in the environment edition of the 2016/17 Parliamentary Review. Established by former minister The Rt Hon David Curry in 2010, The Parliamentary Review’s September release is now a key fixture in the political calendar. RAW features alongside the Prime Minister and a small number of outstanding organisations in a […]

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Government guidance

The Environment Agency has recently published repeated advice that domestic heating oil tanks, and their pipework, should be checked regularly, particularly as we move into the colder months of the year and fuel deliveries are underway. The most recent advice, published at Check your oil tanks for winter, included the recommendation the householders check that their insurance cover is appropriate […]

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SCLF conference presentation

RAW’s Dr Haydn Cole presented to attendees at the ‘8th Annual Conference on the Advances in Land Contamination Assessment and Remediation’, organised by the Scottish Contaminated Land Forum (SCLF) and sponsored by RAW, yesterday. His presentation, on the subject of ‘Managing Risk from Infrastructure and Gasworks Sites’, was well received as part of a programme of informative […]

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CPD presentations

This week Associate Director Brian Doyle and Operations Manager Sally Kelly have begun a programme of CPD presentations to the Irish Brokers Association (Brokers Ireland) at their regional meetings across Ireland.    The presentations are on the subject of ‘Environmental Risk’ and cover the importance of a timely and expert response to domestic and commercial spill events […]

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SCLF conference sponsorship

RAW is very proud to be sponsoring this year’s annual Scottish Contaminated Land Forum (SCLF) Conference for the fourth time. The event takes place on Wednesday 6th September 2017 at the University of Strathclyde Business School in Glasgow and aims to facilitate knowledge transfer in the contaminated land sector. Dr Haydn Cole, one of our Principal […]

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RAW is on the move!

  With new offices opening in Salisbury and Bodmin in the last few weeks, as well as much-needed expansions into larger premises in Swansea and Exeter, RAW’s teams are now even faster to respond! Work is also coming along well at RAW’s central workshop in Malvern, where purpose built storage, maintenance and development facilities are allowing us to progress […]

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Spill Response Expo 2017

Following our success last year, RAW are exhibiting at the Spill Response Expo (part of the wider Contamination Expo Series 2017) at EXCEL London on 27th and 28th September 2017. Director Andy Kyle will also be presenting a seminar on ‘The Application of Treatment Technologies in the Real World’ in Theatre 10 at 2.45pm on 27th discussing […]

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Spill Responder of the Year

RAW were delighted to receive the UK Spill Association’s ‘Responder of the Year’ award for the second year running. The UK Spill Association awarded RAW ‘Responder of the Year 2017’ following our emergency deployment of a multi-skilled team to site, within two hours of the first call, to mitigate the effects of a 2.2 million litre slurry spill, which had impacted […]

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New Remediation Technology Agreement

RAW UK is very pleased to announce that it has agreed an exclusive co-operation venture in China with Shanghai Zhuo Yu Environmental Engineering Company Limited, a subsidiary of Shanghai Construction Group. RAW UK has been developing business in China for 7 years and this venture brings all that experience together with Shanghai Construction Group’s undisputed engineering […]

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Flooding! Get fired up about oil heating systems!

This has been another difficult year for those affected by bad weather and the resultant flooding of their properties. While the water damage is the most visible problem, secondary issues may be overlooked until much later.

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Achilles UVDB Verify B2 Audit

We are proud to have passed our recent annual Achilles UVDB Verify B2 Audit with flying colours, gaining outstanding results in all categories, and achieving a total score of 299 out of 300 for our site inspection!

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