UK Specification for Ground Investigation (third edition) – Now Available for Purchase
We’re pleased to announce the launch of the third edition of the UK Specification for Ground Investigation – also known as ‘Yellow…
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AGS Loss Prevention Guidance Photography Competition – The Results
In January 2022, the AGS launched their third photography competition, this time to source a suitable cover for the 2022 edition of…
Q&A with Roger Clark
Full Name: Roger Clark Job Title: Director Company: Marlowclark Consulting Limited Roger is a Chartered Civil Engineer, SiLC and NQMS SQP with…
Release of AGS 4.1.1
The AGS has long been associated with the method of exchanging ground investigation data. The AGS data transfer format has evolved over…
Ground movements on Underpinning – An Update from the Geotechnical Working Group
In April 2021, the Geotechnical Working Group issued an article titled Ground movements on Underpinning – A problem with data?, with the…
Driving at Work
Introduction In 2020, a government task force estimated that a third of all road traffic accidents involve someone at work. This accounts…
Serviceability Limit State and Sustainable Shallow Foundations Design
With the Net Zero target initiatives set, shaping the future of the construction industry around a greener approach must be one of…
BS8661 Geotextiles: Guidance for specification for basic separation and filtration functions
Article provided by Ian Fraser, Chair – BSI Committee B553: Geosynthetics. Note: the views expressed above are those of the author and…
The Development of a Degree Apprenticeship in Geoscience Webinar Summary
The AGS webinar on The Development of a Degree Apprenticeship took place on 23rd March 2022. 248 people registered to attend the…
SiLC Affiliate Scheme Video
We’ve made it; a 15 minute video to promote the SiLC Affiliate Scheme, which you can watch at https://www.silc.org.uk/affiliate-scheme. We had a…
Loss Prevention Alert 71 – Duty to Warn on a Construction Project – Managing the Risk
In the January 2022 issue of the AGS Magazine, there was an article featured by Julian Lovell and Jon Rayner on the…
Ground Forum Undergraduate Mentoring Programme 2022/23
The Ground Forum Undergraduate Mentoring Programme is currently in its second year and is in the process of reaching out to students…
AGS Annual Conference gets a new home at Geotechnica 2022
The Association of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Specialists (AGS) is pleased to announce that it is partnering with geotechnical training specialists, Equipe, to…
An Introduction to Pressuremeters
Pressuremeter testing (PMT) is a recommended insitu testing technique for ground investigation, referenced in Eurocode 7 (EN 1997-2). The objective of a…
CL:AIRE guidance on mine gas risk assessment
In 2013 reports of illness among residents in Gorebridge, Scotland led to the discovery that carbon dioxide was entering newly-built homes. A…
Q&A with Rob Terrell
Full Name: Rob Terrell Job Title: Senior Geotechnical/Geo-Environmental Engineer Company: Ground and Water Limited What is your background and how did you…
WAC Testing of Soils – should we bother?
The appended table provides an extract from the analytical results of a Waste Acceptance Criteria test (WAC) from an anonymised site. Such…
Desert Island Geotechnical Papers
The process of returning to work offices in mid-2021 following a year and half of working from homes has prompted another (probably…
Understanding your people is essential to building workplace inclusion
Building inclusion at work starts with understanding your people, who they are and what they need to be successful. Embracing difference, the…
AGS Photography Competition: Loss Prevention Guidance 2022
The AGS are pleased to announce they are holding a new photography competition, this time to source a new striking cover image…
Q&A with Lauren Hunt
Full Name: Lauren Hunt Job Title: Geo-environmental Consultant Company: Arcadis I am a geo-environmental consultant with Arcadis and joined two years ago…