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AGS Awards 2024
We’re delighted to announce this year’s AGS Award winners! Chosen from a select number of AGS Working Group Members, these winners were…
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BRE365 Soakaway Testing; Discussion on Safety and Alternatives
Since 2007 when the first SuDS manual was published, AGS members have increasingly been asked to provide services to support design of…
INSIDE SOILCLOUD
Name: Tomasz Daktera Job title: President Company name: SoilCloud SAS What does the company do and what areas does it specialise in?…
AGS Early Careers Webinar Series – Common Risks of GIs, Identification and Mitigation Summary
On 24th January 2024, the AGS held an Early Careers webinar entitled Common Risks of GIs, Identification and Mitigation. The webinar was…
Gain Skills to Champion Excellence in the Geoprofessions at GBA’s Annual Conference
Geoprofessionals from across North America will gather at Geoprofessional Business Association’s (GBA) 2024 Annual Conference, April 18-20, 2024, at the JW Marriott,…
INSIDE IGNE
Name: Peter Widdowson Job title: Director Business Development Company name: Igne Group Limited What does the company do and what areas does…
AGS Welfare Guidance, a step in the right direction
Image provided by AECOM The industries expectations to all health, safety and wellbeing requirements have changed through the years, as we understand…
Calibration of Whatman Grade 42 filter paper for soil suction measurements
Abstract The correlation between the water content of filter-paper disks and the porewater suction in soil samples is used to determine soil…
Bitesize Guide – Geotechnical unit, Ground models and Geotechnical Design Models– what are these, what do they cover and who is responsible?
Introduction This note has been prepared based on a review of the draft prEN 1997 dated August 2022. Geotechnical Unit A geotechnical…
AGS Bitesize Guides – Introduction – prEN 1997:202x
The second-generation of Eurocodes is proposed as the first major revision of the Eurocode suite of standards since original publication in 2004.…
Early Career Professionals: Call for Posters
The AGS is holding a sustainability-themed poster competition at this year’s Annual Conference, and we’d like to see how Early Career Professionals…
INSIDE HUESKER
Name: Dave Woods Job title: Technical Manager Company name: Huesker Ltd What does the company do and what areas does it specialise…
Assessing the Possible Sustainability Benefits of using Instruments and Monitoring on Site
Overview The AGS has asked each of its working groups to discuss sustainability issues at their meetings and the Instrumentation and Monitoring…
Unconscious bias in recruitment
Whether we think so or not – we are all biased. Decisions we make about people are impacted by our unconscious bias…
Some insights into the geotechnical implications of pyrite and its consideration and management
The assessment of ground aggressivity and suitability of construction materials are fundamental aspects of geotechnics. Ground hosted sulfide and sulfate minerals are…
AGS Photography Competition 2023 – The Results
In March 2023, the AGS launched their fourth photography competition. Members of the AGS Executive and Business Practice Working Group including Vivien…
Second Generation Eurocode EN 1997: Where are We and Where are We Going? Webinar summary
On 20th September 2023, the AGS held a webinar entitled Second Generation Eurocode EN 1997: Where are We and Where are We…
Mitigating the risk of asbestos when using vacuum excavators in made ground
Vacuum excavation[1] is widely used in the ground investigation industry as a means of excavating inspection holes and trenches to check for…
Surface emission surveys to measure ground gas
Surface emission surveys are used to measure the rate that ground gases are emitted into the atmosphere, which can be quantified in…
Use of chemical preservation – the importance of quality in sampling and analysis
Geraint Williams, ALS Laboratories and Tim Rolfe, YES Engineering, both members of the AGS Contaminated Working Group, discuss how representative samples should…
Q&A with Bradley Falcus
Full Name: Bradley Falcus Job Title: Senior Geo-Environmental Administrator Company: Central Alliance Pre-Construction Services Ltd I’m an early career professional who believes…