Fellows International Limited

As the first British holder of BS EN ISO 9002 accreditation in bomb and mine disposal and clearance diving operations our position is recognised internationally as being on the forefront of munitions location and disposal.

Large areas of the World have been subject to armed conflict, and the unexploded remnants of war still remain in the ground today. Oceans have been used as dumping grounds for unwanted conventional, nuclear, chemical and biological ordinance for the past 200 years, but because most military explosives do not hydrolyse, munitions still lie intact on the sea bed today. Significant risks exist when any form of intrusive engineering disturbs these land and sea munitions. Bombs, mines and other items of ordinance still waiting to fulfil their design function can - and often do - explode, destroy and kill.

The demand for environmental contamination remediation services in support of city redevelopment and roadway construction, harbour deepening to take larger shipping, and the exploitation of offshore seabed resources has increased rapidly. Health and Safety has assumed a greater importance and the Construction Design and Management (CDM) Regulations now places more responsibility upon land owners and developers to address site contamination and eliminate risks.

Fellows International Limited works in partnership with clients to analyse munitions contamination problems, conduct non-intrusive surveys and create viable sustainable solutions using state-of-the-art technology.

Fellows International Limited (FIL) is an independent British company which has developed a total rapid response unexploded munitions locations and remediation service, on land and underwater, to Governments, NGOs, Civil authorities, Industry and Commerce worldwide. FIL's development in company prominence and stature has been due to a continual investment in technology and project achievement.

The company has been and is actively involved in a wide variety of munitions environmental contamination remediation projects on land and offshore worldwide. FIL conducted the marine site contamination surveys for all the prestigious River Thames Millennium Projects and has certified as "free from explosives" major port areas in the UK, Eritrea, Somalia, Laos and Greece. (A list of recent completed projects is available on request.)