Masterclass Sanscrit 2008

Together with the renewed Circular on 'Soil remediation' that will become effective at 1 October 2008, a new version of the decision support model Sanscrit becomes available. The new version will be available as a webapplication at www.risicotoolboxbodem.nl from October 2008. One of the changes is the ecological risk assessment; changing from a single substance approach towards a mixture based risk assssement.

Already this year we offer several masterclasses on Sanscrit. In one afternoon (13.00 - 17.00) we inform you about all new elements in Sanscrit and upgrade your risk assessment skills, of course by applying the new version. The Masterclass is held in several regions in The Netherlands, so you will always find a location near you. Click here for more information (in Dutch) or contact us.

Click here for a direct online registration to the Masterclass.

Are more people of your company interested in the masterclass? Please contact us for the options for an in-company class.

- May 2008-

Consoil 2008

Van Hall Larenstein will attend the Consoil conference in Milan from 3-6 June 2008 and present a poster on the application of contaminated sludge to develop a residential Dutch terp. Title of the poster is 'Sludge? Please in my backyard! and is presented at theme F Sustainable & risk based land management. We invite everybody who is intested in our (risk assessment) activities to contact us at Consoil!

- May 2008-

New training data 2008

You can check out our new training data of our risk assessment courses at the now. If you are interested in an in-company training or an individual training program please contact us.

New training on Vlier-Humaan

At 30 May 2007 Van Hall Larenstein organises a new practicle training on the risk assessment model Vlier-Humaan 2.1. The training will be held in Gent-Mariakerke, Belgium.

The training is intented for people with no/minor experience with Vlier-Humaan as well as more experienced users. For more details on the programm, please download the folder or contact us.

Release Sanscrit 1.11 upgrade

Since 16 January the upgrade version Sanscrit 1.11 is available. The Report function and the Help function in Sanscrit has undergone some improvements.

Registered users of Sanscrit 1.0 / 1.01 / 1.1 are informed about this upgrade and received information to download the upgrade for free. New users can purchase Sanscrit.

You can contact us for more information.

Release Sanscrit 1.1 update

Since 8 November Sanscrit 1.1 is available. This full functional version of Sanscrit gives the user the opportunity to use all features of Sanscrit. Besides the already implemented assessment of a case of soil contamination, the results of the assessment can now be generated and printed via report facilities. Furthermore, the Help and Knowledge system provi des the user with support to assess the risks.

Registered users of Sanscrit 1.0 / 1.01 are informed about this upgrade and received information to download the upgrade for free. New users can purchase Sanscrit.

You can contact us for more information.

Release Sanscrit 1.01 upgrade

Since 11 October Sanscrit 1.01 is available. The risk assessment of the substance lead has changed: in version 1.0 the dose of the child was compared to the Maximum Permissible Risk level (MPR). In the new version, the the average life-long dose is compared to the MPR.

Registered users of Sanscrit 1.0 are informed about this upgrade and received information to download the upgrade for free. New users can purchase Sanscrit.

You can contact us for more information.

Announcement training Sanscrit

To support users of Sanscrit in the application of the new program we organise an Introduction course as well as workshop on the softwareprogram.

Date:
4 Oktober 2006 (Introduction course)
5 October 2006 (Workshop)

Location:
Utrecht or Groningen

You can find more information in the brochures or contact us.

Release Vlier-Humaan version 2.1 and support

Since May 29, version 2.1 of Vlier-Humaan is available. Vlier-Humaan 2.1 is an update of Vlier-Humaan 2.0. This update includes new substances i.e. several mineral oil fractions, chlorophenols and trimethylbenzenes. Furthermore, some substance data have been changed. Registered users of Vlier-Humaan 2.0 have been informed about the update and can download the upgrade for free. New users and users of version 1.0 can purchase Vlier-Humaan. The latter can order it as an update from version 1.0.

Support contract
Simultaneously with the release of the update, we introduce the Vlier-Humaan support contract. The support includes:
- Helpdesk on content as well as technical features of the program (via phone, fax email)
- Free download of minor updates and bug fixes
- Access to forum and frequently asked questions on the RISC-site
- Reduction on training costs
You can find more information on the support page.

Click here to download the subscription form for support.

Software program Sanscrit available

Van Hall Larenstein finalized the development of Sanscrit version 1.0. This software supports the application of the Remediation criteria (Saneringscriterium). Sanscrit determines if a case of soil contamination causes unacceptable risks for human, ecosystem or transport of contamination via groundwater. Sanscrit replaces the program SUS (RUM); each registered user of SUS is informed about the availability of SUS and can download Sanscrit 1.0 for free.

More information (in Dutch)

Circular Soil Remediation in force since 1 May 2006

Since 1 May 2006, the new Dutch Circular soil remediation is in force. The Circular describes guidelines to apply the Remediation criteria (Saneringscriterium) and to determine remediation objectives on contaminated soils. These guidelines are part of the new Dutch soil policy. Van Hall Larenstein is developing a new software program Sanscrit including the guidelines as described by the Circular. It is expected that Sanscrit will be available halfway May 2006. Sanscrit replaces the program SUS (RUM). Each registered user of SUS will automaticly receive Sanscrit for free.

Circular (in Dutch)
More information (in Dutch)

Changes background concentrations 1,2-dichloroethene (Vlier-Humaan)

OVAM published changes on the 'background concentrations air' in their Newsletter of October 2005. Click here (Header: Nieuwsbrief, Nieuwsbrief van eigen bodem nr. 7) to download the Newsletter to see the changes and how you can implement them in Vlier-Humaan 2.0.

The changes will effect the outcome of the risk assessment for this substance!

Announcement course RISC-HUMAN in Paris

We organise a 2-day course on RISC-HUMAN in France (Paris). The course is intended for (potential) RISC-HUMAN users who also would like to learn more about risk modelling and risk uncertainities.

Date: 22 & 23March 2006
Location: Paris

You can found more information in the brochure or contact us.

Announcement workshop RISC-HUMAN in Brussels

RISC-HUMAN is more and more used in Belgium and users would like to have reflection on their experience with the model and discuss their bottlenecks with other users of the program. Also insight in the underlying principles of the program as well as differences with the Flemish exposure model Vlier-Humaan is often desired. For these users, we offer the workshop RISC-HUMAN.

Date: 8 March 2006
Location: Brussels

You can found more information in the brochure or contact us.

New training data 2006

Please check the training page to find out about courses and workshops we organise in 2006.

We also offer in-company and tailor made training courses. Please contact us for more information.

The training dates of the Introduction course Vlier-Humaan and the Workshop Vlier-Humaan have been changed. New dates are:

You can download brochures of the Cursus Vlier-Humaan and the Workshop Werken met Vlier-Humaan for more information.

Training Vlier-Humaan

After the success of last year, the Van Hall Instituut organises a course and a workshop on Vlier-Humaan 2.0 again. The training will take place in Leuven, Belgium.

You can download the new brochures of the Cursus Vlier-Humaan and the Workshop Werken met Vlier-Humaan.

New folders

You can download the new brochures of the Workshop Werken met RISC-HUMAN and the Workshop Werken met SUS.

Check ou the download page for more folders.

New data risk assessment trainings 2004
Also this year the Van Hall Instituut Business Center offers different risks assessment trainings. Besides model related courses and workshops for SUS, RISC-HUMAN and Vlier-Humaan, we offer general risk assessment courses. Check out the Training page for the new data.

The brochures for the year 2004 are not available yet and therefore can be downloaded.

New slides of presentations available on downloadpage

Slides of the following presentations can be downloaded from the download page:

Developments in soil contamination decision-making process result in specific human exposure models
(Ing.. M. Strikwold, at Prague 2003)

The Van Hall Instituut will attend the The Sixth International Symposium & Exhibition on Environmental contamination in Central & Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (Prague 2003).

Marije Strikwold will give a presentation with title 'Developments in soil contamination decision-making process result in specific human exposure models'. Furthermore the Van Hall Instituut Business Center will be present at the Exhibition were we will present out products.

More information on the symposium can be found at: http://www.prague2003.fsu.edu/

More information? Check the training page, download a brochure or contact us.

RISC-HUMAN and Vlier-Humaan incorporated in model comparison study

RIVM (National Institute for Public Health and the Environment) has carried out a study in which seven European exposure models are compared. RISC-HUMAN and Vlier-Humaan, both developed by the Van Hall Instituut, are incorporated in this comparison. The study is described in the report 'Variation in calculated human exposure. Comparison of calculations with seven European exposure models', which can be found at http://www.clarinet.at.

Vlier-Humaan Training in Belgium
The Van Hall Instituut organizes in cooperation with OVAM en VITO a course and a workshop on the risk assessment model Vlier-Humaan. The course will be held in Leuven at June the 24th and 25th.

More information? Check the training page, download a brochure or contact us.

New Publications added
You can find publications on risk assessement, from presentations held at the ConSoil 2003 conference, on the Publication page.

Slides of presentation available
Slides of the presentation given by Mr. Peter Smit at 1 May 2003 at the SETAC meeting in Hamburg, Germany can be downloaded at the Download page.

The Van Hall Instituut Business Center will attend the following symposia during the next period:

SETAC Europe 13th Annual Meeting in Hamburg, Germany (27 April - 1 May 2003).
During the SETAC Meeting Peter Smit takes part in the Platform Program session 5B b - RA: Site Specific on Thursday morning 1 May 2003. The title of his is "Development of human exposure models depending on decision making process" (abstract). More information about the SETAC meeting can be found at: http://www.setac.org/hamburg.html#PL.

8th International FZK / TNO Conference on Contaminated Soil in Gent, Belgium (May 12 - 16, 2003)
During the ConSoil conference Peter Smit takes part in Lecture Session B.11 Tools-2 on Thursday 15 May 2003. The title of his presentation is “Seven years Remediation of Urgency Method: bottlenecks to be eliminated”.
Marije Strikwold takes part in Poster Session D Risk Based Land Management on Tuesday 13 May 2003. The title of her poster is “Practical application of the human risk assessment model RISC-HUMAN in risk based land management”.
Furthermore the Van Hall Instituut Business Center will be present at the Exhibition. You can find us in booth 8, were we will present our products.
More information about ConSoil 2003 can be found at: www.consoil.de.

New: 'Praktijkdag SUS'
Recently an optional supplementary day to the introduction course of SUS is offered; the ‘Praktijkdag SUS’. The main goal of that day is to improve the course members’ experience in applying SUS in daily practice. The ‘Praktijkdag SUS’ is intended for SUS users who have already followed the introduction course but have no or minor experience in applying the model. The Van Hall Instituut Business Center organizes The ‘Praktijkdag SUS’ in co-operation with Grontmij.

Check out the Training page for more information on the SUS course, or download a brochure with registration form at the Download page.

New data risk assessment trainings 2003
Also this year the Van Hall Instituut Business Center offers different risks assessment trainings. Besides model related courses and workshops (e.g. SUS and RISC-HUMAN) we offer general risk assessment courses. Check out the Training page for data of risk assesssment trainings in the year 2003 or download a brochure with registration form at the Download page.

Japanese course member completed training on human risk assessment of soil contamination with success
The Van Hall Instituut organised a course on human risk assessment of soil contamination for a Japanese course member who works in Japan as an engineer at a Gas company. The course member visited the Netherlands for a period of a month to follow the course. The first 2,5 week, the Van Hall Instituut organised training on the following topics: risk perception, risk communication, model approach, decision support and uncertainties of risk assessment. Besides theoretical information a lot of practical risk assessment cases were carried out by the course member in order to apply the theory in daily practice (e.g. a risk assessment case study of a Japanese contaminated site, a former gas work). Learning to work with risk assessment software (in this course RISC-HUMAN) was also part of the course. After completing the course at the Van Hall Instituut, the member visited several governmental organizations, industries and consultancy firms in order to study on Dutch soil legislation, soil remediation techniques and the application of (human) risk assessment at contaminated sites.

For more information on risk assessement trainings visit the training page. Click here for photos of the course and information of our other activities in Japan.

For more information about the contents or the registration of the worksop see the training page or contact us.

Release of new version Vlier-Humaan
Since 10 September is the latest update of Vlier-Humaan available, Vlier-Humaan 2.0. New developments such as modelling inhalation indoor air for buildings without a crawl space or basement are incorporated, but also new substances as well as some adjustments to substances from version 1.0. You can download a Vlier-Humaan information package for a more extended overview of the new developments of Vlier-Humaan 2.0 and its order form at the Download page.

View photo impression or download the powerpoint presentation of Mission Japan
On 19th of June 2002 a Japanese Soil Remediation Mission visited the Van Hall Instituut as part of more days visit to the Netherlands.

Check the photo impression on the coverage of the visit or dowload the poster presentation at the Download page.

See for more information the coverage of the visit.

Change data of course 'Rol van Humane risico's van bodemverontreiniging'
Due to circumstances, the data 28 March, 4 and 25 April of the 3 daily course 'Rol van Humane risico's van bodemverontreiniging' are moved.
The course will take place at: 14 and 21 May and 11 June 2002.

For more information about the contents or registration see the training page or contact us.

New data risk assessment trainings 2002
Also this year the Van Hall Instituut Business Center offers different risks assessment trainings. Besides model related courses and workshops (e.g. SUS and RISC-HUMAN) we offer general risk assessment courses. Check out the Training page for data of risk assesssment trainings in the year 2002 or download a brochure with registration form at the Download page.

See for more information the training page (in Dutch).

New 3 daily practical training: Human Risk Assessment of Contaminated sites starts.
The aim of the course is that users, after following the course, can apply risk assessment in their own daily practice with knowledge and/or application of the following subjects:

• appplications and steps of risk assessment;
• risk communication;
• several risk models;
• in- and output of data of the risk assessment and it's uncertainties;
• during the course, the course members will carry out their own risk assessment and will receive feed-back from the trainers.

For more information about the training check the training page.

Release English demo of the model SUS in June 2001

At the moment the Van Hall Instituut and the Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment are working on an English interface of the model SaneringsUrgentieSystematiek (SUS). SUS is a priority ranking system to derive the need to remediate contaminated sites and the time to start with the remediation. In The Netherlands, the Dutch model is available and used since 1996. To show the Dutch approach to other countries, an English demonstration version of the model SUS will be developed. The demonstration version of SUS will be presented at the ClARINET conference at 21 and 22 June in Vienna.

Title of his presentation is: 'HUMAN health risk model - an overseas experience'. Peter Smit will demonstrate the application of the RISC-HUMAN model by examining the redevelopment of a former gasworks in the city of Groningen, The Netherlands.

20 December, release of SUS 2.2

After a delay, for wich we excuse, we can say that the updated version of the model SaneingsUrgentieSystematiek is a fact. We sent the update version (SUS 2.2), free of charge, to all the registered SUS users. The new version SUS 2.2 contains the following additions and adaptions:

• Added are the fourth series of compounds (chloroanalines, 4 metals, 4 volatile chlorinated hydrocarbons, MCPA (pesticide) and 4 other compounds;
• Standards are changed for four compounds (atrazin, butylacetate (1,2), tetrahydrothiofene, Cyanide complex (pH<5) and Cyanide complex (pH> = 5);
• Additions and adaptions to the report and the help-file