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The MIST Programme again received funding
from Defra’s ALSF Programme to distribute from 2008 to 2011. The
7th call for bids, announced in November 2008,
focussed on the gaps and recommendations which came out of the
benchmark reviews produced during the ALSF 2007-2008 programme.
The call closed on 17th December 2008 and out of 46
applications which were received, 13 projects were funded,
varying in length from 3 to 26 months.
The following 10 projects are currently being
undertaken:
|
Project No |
Project Title |
Applicant |
Project Reports |
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MA/7/G/1/006 |
Abstraction Licensing Case Studies for Quarry Dewatering |
Capita Symonds Limited |
 |
|
MA/7/G/2/006 |
PROTODUST - Protocol
and guidance improvement for Quarry Dust |
AEAT |
|
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MA/7/G/2/001 |
Full Scale
Investigation into the Origins of Air Overpressure from
Quarry Blasting |
University of Leeds |
|
|
MA/7/G/1/007 |
Investigation and
Monitoring of Aggregate Deposits Using Geo-Electrical
Resistivity Imaging (IMAGER) |
British Geological Survey |
|
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MA/7/G/5/002 |
Deposit Knowledge of
Efficient Production; an evidence based approach to the
sampling of sand and gravel deposits |
Leicester University |
|
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MA/7/G/7/010 |
Exploring the Landscape
of the National Forest |
British Geological Survey |
|
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MA/7/G/7/011 |
Promoting Geodiversity;
A practical approach with SME's |
The National Stone Centre |
 |
|
MA/7/G/5/004 |
Towards meeting the
challenges of sustainable aggregate production |
Tarmac Limited |
|
|
MA/7/G/4/003 |
Safer by Design |
Mineral Products Association |
|
|
MA/7/G/6/003 |
The use of quarry dust
in new road foundation materials |
Tarmac Limited |
|
The following 3 projects were completed in
March 2009:
|
Project No |
Project Title |
Applicant |
Project Reports |
|
MA/7/G/1/002 |
Quantification of the beneficial effects of quarry voids
in reducing flood risk and optimising quarry design
criteria for flood risk reduction |
GWP Consultants |
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MA/7/G/5/001 |
Measuring the potential reactivity of sulfides in
aggregates |
TRL |
|
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MA/7/G/7/002 |
The use of quarry dust in reactive barriers to remediate
contaminated soils and water for the development of
growing media |
Tarmac Limited |
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