The British Standards are not statutory documents and compliance with the standards does not necessarily guarantee compliance with legislation, however, in the UK they are regarded as the foremost guidance documents for best practice.
BS10175 compliments BS5930 (code of practice for ground investigations) and aims to help users to:
- Set the objectives of an investigation
- Develop a strategy for the investigation
- Identify risks arising from the presence of contamination
- Design the different phases of the investigation
- Carry out sampling, field testing
and laboratory analysis - Conduct risk assessment of a potentially contaminated site