Guidance for Working on Rail Infrastructure
Published July 2019 This guidance is written for anyone involved in geotechnical or geo-environmental work on Network Rail’s Managed Infrastructure (NRMI). Separate…
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AGS Commercial Risks and How to Manage Them Conference 2020 – Speaker Presentations
The AGS Commercial Risks and How to Manage Them Conference 2020 was held on 22nd January 2020 at the Manchester Conference Centre…
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AGS Magazine – February 2020
The Association of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Specialists are pleased to announce the February 2020 issue of their publication; AGS Magazine. To view…
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AGS Magazine – February 2020
The Association of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Specialists are pleased to announce the February 2020 issue of their publication; AGS Magazine. To view…
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Q&A with Phil Crowcroft
Full Name: Phil Crowcroft Job Title: Technical Fellow Company: ERM Phil Crowcroft is a Technical Fellow in the Asset Management team of…
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Health and Safety – Lego Style
The AGS Safety Working Group hosted the ‘Safety in Mind’ conference at the National Motorcycle Museum, Solihull, UK, on Thursday, 21 November…
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On Stoney Ground Re-Visited
The way a soil sample is prepared prior to analysis varies between laboratories. In the September 2011 issue of AGS News we…
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AGS Commercial Risks and How to Manage Them Conference 2020 – Overview
Following the success of the first AGS Commercial Risks and How to Manage Them Conference in July 2019, the conference was held…
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AGS LPWG Input to NEC4 Professional Services Contract
The Loss Prevention Working Group has been in communication with the NEC4 drafting committee regarding the extent of professional indemnity insurance cover…
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Loss Prevention Alerts
LPA 70 - Liability of Parent Companies for overseas subsidiaries - Vedanta Resources PLC and another v Lungowe and others [2019] UKSC 20
Published December 2019. In April 2019, the Supreme Court held in the above case that a parent company based in the UK…
Safety Guidance
Guidance for Working on Rail Infrastructure
Published July 2019 This guidance is written for anyone involved in geotechnical or geo-environmental work on Network Rail’s Managed Infrastructure (NRMI). Separate…
Position Paper
Position Paper on 2004 BRE AGS Cover Systems Document
Published April 2019 Starting in 2017, the AGS Contaminated Land Working Group (AGS CLWG) undertook a review of the 2004 BRE/AGS cover…
Guidance
AGS Guidance on Waste Classification for Soils - A Practitioners Guide
Published 13th February 2019 It is apparent that the classification of waste soils (as either hazardous or non-hazardous) is not always completed…
Safety Guidance
Guidance on the Risk of Unexploded Ordnance (UXO)
Current edition published January 2019. 1st Edition published July 2018. The legacy of Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) contamination in the UK is becoming…
Guidance
AGS Guide to Environmental Sampling
Updated guide published in January 2019 (Original guide published in May 2010) This document is intended to provide practical guidance on the…