Safety Guidance - First Aid Provisions
Published November 2024. This guidance replaces Guidance on First Aid at Work which was published in March 2014. The Health and Safety…
The Safety Working Group’s aims are to promote safety awareness for the geotechnical and geoenvironmental industry.
The Safety Working Group aims to provide guidance and links to relevant documents via this web page.
We produce regular updates throughout the year and all guidance documents are downloadable to make them as accessible as possible.
We aim to provide generic guidance to inform practice – it should be noted that for every site a specific risk assessment must be made to assess the actual site hazards present and how they can be addressed to minimise risks to people and property.
Published November 2024. This guidance replaces Guidance on First Aid at Work which was published in March 2014. The Health and Safety…
Published November 2024. This guidance replaces ‘Guidance on the Risk of Unexploded Ordnance (UXO)’ which was published in January 2019. Between 2006…
The AGS Annual Conference 2025 is taking place on Thursday 1st May at One Great George Street in Westminster, London. Chaired by Vivien…
The AGS are hosting a webinar this autumn entitled, How Can We Achieve an Equitable, Diverse, and Inclusive Industry? This virtual event…
Published May 2024. This version replaces ‘AGS Guidance on Dangerous or Injurious Plants’ which was published in 2018. Geotechnical and geo-environmental investigations…
Published May 2024. This version replaces ‘Guidance on Legionella for Transient Sites’ which was published in 2018. In 2019 over 500 cases…
The British Drilling Association (BDA) Health and Safety Sub-Committee and the Association of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Specialists (AGS) Safety Working Group have…
Marking the second year of gathering accident and incident data from across the geotechnical & geoenvironmental industry, there has been a 127%…
Our new early careers video discusses the many different career paths which are open to graduates entering the geo-industry. If you’re…
We’re delighted to announce this year’s AGS Award winners! Chosen from a select number of AGS Working Group Members, these winners were…
Image provided by AECOM The industries expectations to all health, safety and wellbeing requirements have changed through the years, as we understand…
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…