SearchCollaboration for the future: practical sustainability guides for our sector
Sustainability is a great catch-all term, covering everything from carbon reduction and water use through to wellbeing and inclusion. But this breadth…
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Guidance on SPTs terminated early, extended tests and reporting of seating blows
This guidance note on standard penetration test (SPT) procedure and reporting covers some issues that have recently arisen, specifically: Procedure for tests…
Horizontal Directional Drilling
Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) is a form of trenchless crossing that is used to install utilities (e.g. power cable ducts and pipelines)…
Three Voices, One Industry: How Storytelling Can Help Secure the Future of Ground Engineering
Engineering has the power to shape lives, communities and futures. Every day, geotechnical and geoenvironmental professionals contribute to safer homes, resilient infrastructure,…
Overview of pesticide use on agricultural land, and human health risk assessment
Pesticide is a generic term for a substance used for preventing and controlling insects or other organisms harmful to cultivated plants or…
Hazard Observations: Strengthening Safety Through Awareness and Action
Introduction Learning more about the situations which harm workers, through planned formal and informal hazard observation, can play a critical role in…
Q&A with Jonathan Gammon
This year, the AGS has presented two lifetime achievement awards. Here, we speak to the second recipient, Jonathan Gammon. Jonathan has been…
Updating the DoE Industry Profiles
This article describes work that has been undertaken to begin updating the industry profiles that were created by the then Department of…
PFAS Analyses – the numbers alone are not enough
It has been said that a professional is someone who has specialist knowledge, skills and expertise that has been independently validated and…
Early Careers Poster Competition 2027 – Attracting the Next Generation of Professionals
The AGS is delighted to announce the return of its Early Career Professionals Poster Competition for a fourth consecutive year. Following the…
AGS Development Fund Open for Applications
The AGS is pleased to announce that the AGS Development Fund is open for applications. The fund supports projects and initiatives that…
Q&A with Yasamin Bayley
Yasamin Bayley (Graduate Engineering Geologist at Fairhurst) is the winner of the AGS Early Career’s Poster Competition 2026. Here we talk to…
Q&A with Jackie Bland
This year, the AGS has presented two lifetime achievement awards. Here, we speak to the first recipient, Jackie Bland. Jackie has been…
Sustainable soil management – how to turn the Cinderella into a Princess
Soil is a critical component of healthy, functioning ecosystems, playing a vital role in agriculture, water quality, and flood risk management, biodiversity…
1,2,4-Triazole as a Model Polar Contaminant: Rethinking Environmental Fate Through Molecular Interactions
Abstract The environmental behaviour of organic contaminants has traditionally been interpreted through hydrophobic partitioning frameworks, in which parameters such as the octanol–water…
SiLC Leadership for a New Era: Welcoming Tom Henman, Lucy Bethell and Freddie Kennedy
The Specialist in Land Condition (SiLC) Register enters a new chapter in 2026 with a refreshed leadership team bringing deep expertise, fresh…
AGS Members’ Free Legal Helpline
As an AGS member, you have access to a free specialist legal helpline provided by AGS member Beale & Co, an internationally…
Collaboration between the AGS Safety Working Group and the BDA Health & Safety (H&S) Sub-Committee
The AGS Safety Working Group provides a platform where industry safety guidance and developments can be shared and promoted to the industry.…
Ground Investigation Data Professionals Invited To Support BGS Common Ground Project
Professionals responsible for procuring, producing or using geotechnical data are being encouraged to complete a short industry survey to support the British…
Q&A with Sandra Carvalho
Name: Sandra Carvalho Job title: Instrumentation and Monitoring (I&M) Contracts Manager for BAM What company do you work for, and what do…
HVO vs Synthetic Fuels: A Practical Comparison for the GI Industry
The ground investigation (GI) sector is under mounting pressure to decarbonise. Clients, regulators, and the public expect visible progress, and the industry…