About Jones Environmental Laboratory
Jones Environmental was initially established as Jones Environmental Forensics in 2007 by Jim Jones and Janet Jones as a result of an increasing demand for forensic consultancy and analysis. An industrial unit in Deeside was leased and analytical equipment including GC-FID and GC-MS was purchased to undertake forensic analysis. By 2008 although the forensic analysis was thriving, a demand for more routine work was apparent and Jones Environmental Laboratory was established to cater for a client base who required a higher than average level of technical advice and project management.
Jim Jones, a chartered chemist by profession has over 40 years experience in the Petroleum and Coal Tar industries and was Technical Director at ALcontrol Laboratories until November 2006.
Janet, originally a geologist has 18 years experience in project management within the contaminated land industry and was Commercial Manager at ALcontrol Laboratories until June 2007.
Jones Environmental Laboratory was awarded ISO 17025 (UKAS) accreditation in January 2008 and MCERTS in June 2008. We currently operate from a secure new, 13,000 square foot premises near to the M56 and employ 48 staff, of which 80% are graduates.
A comprehensive range of routine analysis is offered including full WAC testing (UK) and Murphy/KTK suites (Ireland) as well as gas analysis including trace gases from Tedlar bags and VOCs-TO15 analysis from Summa canisters,
The majority of equipment has been purchased from new from leading manufacturers/distributers including Anatune, Agilent, Labmedics, Thermo Scientific, Gerhardt, Sci Lab and Caliper Life Sciences.
Projects in 2008 ranged from 1 -500 samples (£100 - £75,000 in value) and came from the UK, Ireland, Netherlands, S Africa, Turkey, Russia, France, Spain and Azerbaijan.
Jones Environmental hold PI cover of £2m and have a DEFRA Licence for the importation of samples from outside the EU.
A range of flyers is available via the Downloads section, including the Jones Environmental overview, others are listed on the Forensics page.