remediation work

Meaning

1. 1noununcountabletechnical

   Repairs or cleanup carried out to put right damage, pollution or a safety fault in a building or site.

   Grammar: No plural and no a: remediation work is planned, not a remediation work.

   Patterns

   • remediation work on something
   • carry out remediation work

   Remediation work on the old factory site removed oil from the soil.

   The owner paid for remediation work after the survey found mold.

   Residents were moved out while remediation work on the flats took place.

Common combinations

carry out remediation work

Contractors will carry out remediation work next month.

remediation work on

Remediation work on the roof began in June.

costly remediation work

Costly remediation work delayed the sale.

begin remediation work

The council will begin remediation work at the landfill.

environmental remediation work

Environmental remediation work cleaned the river bank.

Synonyms and how they differ

repair work

Repair work is plain and can mean any fixing, whereas remediation work implies putting right a harmful defect or contamination.

cleanup

Cleanup mostly concerns removing mess or pollution, but remediation work can also fix structural faults.

restoration

Restoration aims to return something to its original look, which remediation does not always aim for.

rectification

Rectification is formal and legal in tone, often used about correcting faults in building contracts.

Opposites

Word family

remediate verb

to put right or clean up

remediation noun

the act of putting a problem right

remedy noun

a cure or solution

remedial adjective

intended to correct a fault

Commonly confused: remediation work or mediation?

Practice

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