Demolition of a refinery—a site exit with many winners

Dr. Karl Noé is Director Environment Europe Central for Arcadis, and has 30 yr of experience in environmental and industrial project management. He has managed and performed large scale remediation and demolition projects at more than 50 industrial sites. Sitework has included design and management of soil and groundwater remediation, deactivation, decommissioning, decontamination and demolition of buildings and industrial plants, as well as negotiations with the authorities for reasonable remediation technique and targets. Projects were performed for industrial facilities in the metal processing, automotive and chemical/pharmaceutical industries, as well as for oil refineries and power plants. Dr. Noé is a member of the Chamber of Engineers of the state of Baden-Württemberg, the Association of German Geologists (BDG), the Engineering Technology Association for Contaminated Sites (ITVA), and is the Chairman of the Contaminated Site Forum Baden-Württemberg.