Cost-effective investigation of contaminated land

This Research Project Report describes the innovative 'Optimised Contaminated Land Investigation' (OCLI) method, which can be used to objectively assess whether the measurements taken to characterise contaminated land are of an acceptable standard given the costs involved. The OCLI method uses a variety of site-specific financial considerations to make this judgement, such as the measurement costs and the costs arising from misclassifying a site.