Working Group Safety

The Safety Working Group’s aims are to promote safety awareness for the geotechnical and geoenvironmental industry.

Strategic Plan

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.

AGS Safety WG – Terms of Reference

Publications

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Safety Guidance

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…

Safety Guidance

Safety Guidance - Unexploded Ordnance

Published November 2024. This guidance replaces ‘Guidance on the Risk of Unexploded Ordnance (UXO)’ which was published in January 2019. Between 2006…

AGS Annual Conference 2025

The AGS Annual Conference 2025 is taking place on Thursday 1st May at One Great George Street in Westminster, London. Chaired by Vivien…

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How Can We Achieve an Equitable, Diverse, and Inclusive Industry?

The AGS are hosting a webinar this autumn entitled, How Can We Achieve an Equitable, Diverse, and Inclusive Industry? This virtual event…

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Safety Guidance

Safety Guidance - Management of Invasive & Injurious Plants

Published May 2024. This version replaces ‘AGS Guidance on Dangerous or Injurious Plants’ which was published in 2018. Geotechnical and geo-environmental investigations…

Safety Guidance

Safety Guidance - Legionella for Transient Sites

Published May 2024. This version replaces ‘Guidance on Legionella for Transient Sites’ which was published in 2018. In 2019 over 500 cases…

Articles

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A New Dawn: Renewed collaboration between the BDA and AGS to improve Health and Safety across the Geotechnical Industry

The British Drilling Association (BDA) Health and Safety Sub-Committee and the Association of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Specialists (AGS) Safety Working Group have…

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Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Industry Accident Statistics 2023

Marking the second year of gathering accident and incident data from across the geotechnical & geoenvironmental industry, there has been a 127%…

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Early Careers Video: Discover a Rewarding Career in the Geo-Industry

  Our new early careers video discusses the many different career paths which are open to graduates entering the geo-industry. If you’re…

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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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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…

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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…

Members

Adam Branson
Adam Latimer Ian Farmer Associates
Chris Dimelow Lankelma Ltd
Fiona White Geo-Integrity Ltd
James Massip RSK Environment Ltd
Jon Rayner AECOM Limited
Julian Lovell Equipe Training Limited
Katie Clark Jacobs UK Ltd
Lee Healey Story Contracting Ltd
AGS Safety WG Leader Liz Withington CC Ground Investigations Ltd
Madeleine Bardsley WSP
Margaret C.Y. Lo Soils Limited
Michael Smith Specialist member
Nick Brown Hydrock Consultants Ltd
Owen Seymour WSP
Paul Breslin
Rachael Parry Geotechnical Engineering Ltd
Roseanna Bloxham RSK Environment Ltd
Steve Everton Jacobs UK Ltd
Tom Collins Applied Geology Ltd
Wendy Jones Geotechnical Engineering Ltd
Will Capps Lucion Delta-Simons Limited