AGS Ground Risk Conference – Speaker Presentations
The AGS Ground Risk Conference was held on 12th September 2018 at the Cavendish Conference Centre in London. Special thanks to the…
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Ground Engineering’s Transport Geotechnics conference
The AGS has secured a special discount for members on delegate passes for Ground Engineering’s new Transport Geotechnics conference this autumn. Design,…
Network Rail – Safety Moment – Portland Park Embankment
The safety moment from Network Rail below describes discusses a worker who fell a short way down embankment and lacerated his leg…
AGS Magazine: July/August issue
The Association of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Specialists are pleased to announce the July/August issue of their bi-monthly publication; AGS Magazine. To view…
AGS Digital Data – Why is it so Difficult to Get?
An opinion piece, written by Chris Raison, Director of Raison Foster Associates AGS digital data is the source data for most ground…
Q&A with Vivien Dent
Full Name: Vivien Dent BSc MSc CGeol FGS ASoBRA Controlled Waters Job Title: Associate Technical Director Company: RSK In 1994, I obtained…
SiLC Affiliate Scheme
The SiLC Affiliant Scheme is due to be launched later this year to assist graduates and those who have already progressed beyond…
Introduction to LPA 66 – Overview and Review of the Construction Act Payment Provisions
Part II of the Housing Grants (Construction and Regeneration Act) 1996 sets out provisions to ensure that payments are made promptly throughout…
Reservoirs – Where are the panel engineers?
The Reservoirs Act 1975 was set up to provide a legal framework for the creation, operation and maintenance of large raised reservoirs…
New AGS Members
The AGS is pleased to announce three new members and one affiliate member have been accepted by the Membership Panel and approved…
AGS Senate: June 2018 Meeting Update
The Senate, which meets four times a year, is made up of the current Officers, Working Group Leaders and elected representatives of…
AGS Laboratories Working Group: July 2018 Meeting Update
The third AGS Laboratories Working Group meeting of 2018 took place on 12th July 2018 at Geotechnica and the Laboratories Leader, Dimitris…
Geotechnica 2018
The UK’s largest geotechnical conference and exhibition is expecting unprecedented contractor attendance in 2018. With major upcoming infrastructure projects being discussed at…
*Early Bird Offer* AGS Ground Risk: Why Take the Chance? A Lessons Learnt Conference
We’re pleased to announce an *EARLY BIRD OFFER* for Ground Risk: Why Take the Chance? A Lessons Learnt Conference, which is taking…
Porosity and permeability values: filling the gaps with NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance)
Balazs Rigler of Fugro discusses the group’s efforts to improve the efficiency and accuracy of hydrological analyses for nearshore and onshore foundation…
Q&A with Lynne Llewellyn
Lynne Llewellyn BSc (Hons) CGeol FGS National Technical Manager, Structural Soils Ltd I have over 15 years experience working within the ground…
Sustainable Remediation – The role of the geotechnical specialist
Let’s get some harsh truths out of the way first. Remediation is not necessarily sustainable. Excavation and disposal (ok, ok – dig…
AGS Members’ Day 2018 – an overview from Neil Parry, AGS Chair
This year’s Members’ Day was held in the new venue of the National Motorcycle Museum, where the successful AGS Geotechnical Data Conference…
AGS Loss Prevention Guidance 2017
The AGS Loss Prevention Guidance 2017 was published on Members Day at the National Motorcycle Museum in April and is available free…
New Leader for AGS Business Practice Working Group
Andrew Milne, Managing Director of Geotechnical Engineering and new Leader of the AGS Business Practice Working Group, gives an overview on his…
AGS Geotechnical Working Group: April 2018 Meeting Update
The second AGS Geotechnical Working Group meeting of 2018 took place on 20th April and the Geotechnical Stand-In Leader, Stephen West of…