Speaker profile
Sarah Mortimer
Sarah is a Principle Engineer at the Environmental Protection Group Limited (EPG). She has over 16 years’ experience in the investigation and assessment of contaminated sites. Sarah has a degree in Engineering Geology & Geotechnics and is a Fellow of the Geological Society. Sarah has been responsible for investigating and assessing some of the most challenging gassing sites in the UK. Sarah is one of the authors of CLAIRE Research Bulletin 17, which underpins the assessment of gassing sites using organic carbon data and outlines an approach to understanding gas generation in fill materials. She has been at the forefront in applying this approach to manage earthworks operations for development sites. She is currently working on several sites where she has developed the approach to include verification of earthworks using surface emissions data.