AGS Guidance on the Description of Anthropogenic Materials – A Practitioners’ Guide
Published 3rd September 2018 BS:5930:2015 and BS EN ISO 14688-1 provided the basis for the description of soils in the UK; however,…
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AGS Photography Competition
The AGS are holding their first official photography competition for the geotechnical and geoenvironmental industry. We’re on the look out for your…
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AGS Magazine: November/December 2018
The Association of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Specialists are pleased to announce the November/December issue of their bi-monthly publication; AGS Magazine. To view…
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AGS Magazine: November/December 2018
The Association of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Specialists are pleased to announce the November/December issue of their bi-monthly publication; AGS Magazine. To view…
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Duty of Care: Third-Party Reliance on Geotechnical Reports
A summary of Loss Prevention Alert (68), published September 2018 On 25 July 2018 the Technology and Construction Court (“TCC”) handed down…
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Environmental Liability Insurance
Most UK contracts that AGS members enter into will require them to hold various types of insurance – usually including as a…
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AGS Business and Marketing Plans – Delivering the Vision
The September/October issue of the AGS Magazine had an interesting article from industry stalwart Len Threadgold who looked back at the vision…
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Emerging Contaminants
The subject of emerging contaminants is floated on a regular basis – as being a regulatory challenge, a headache for industrial landowners,…
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Q&A with Katherine Jones
Full Name: Katherine Jones BSc MSc CGeol. FGS RoGEP Professional Job Title: Senior Geoenvironmental Engineer Company: Dunelm Geotechnical and Environmental Ltd After…
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Guidance on Working on Highways and Trunk Roads
Current edition published November 2018. 1st Edition published September 2018. Roads are a very hazardous working environment and require a commensurate level…
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Guidance on the Investigation of Derelict Sites
Published September 2018 Derelict sites will inevitably be ‘brownfield’ sites on account of previous development on the site. By implication such sites…
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AGS Guidance on Dangerous or Injurious Plants
Published September 2018 Geotechnical and geo-environmental engineers often need to visit sites as part of desk study work to determine potential site…
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LPA 68 - Guidance on Duty of Care arising from Third Party reliance on a geotechnical report: BDW Trading Ltd v Integral Geotechnique (Wales) Ltd [2018] EWHC 1915 (TCC)
On 25 July 2018 the Technology and Construction Court (“TCC”) handed down judgment in the case of BDW Trading Ltd v Integral…
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AGS Guidance on the Description of Anthropogenic Materials – A Practitioners’ Guide
Published 3rd September 2018 BS:5930:2015 and BS EN ISO 14688-1 provided the basis for the description of soils in the UK; however,…
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Guidance on the Risk of Unexploded Ordnance (UXO)
Published 3rd July 2018 The legacy of Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) contamination in the UK is becoming an increasingly prevalent issue, with more…
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