AGS Annual Conference 2019 – an overview and speaker presentations
This year’s AGS Annual Conference, previously known as Members’ Day returned to the National Motorcycle Museum, where AGS Members’ Day 2018 took…
Articles
Recent changes to Landfill Tax – Implications and potential liabilities for AGS members
Background The HMRC Excise Notice LFT1 (‘LFT1’ or ‘notice’) deals with requirements under Landfill Tax legislation. The notice is primarily for operators…
Data, Technology and Engineering Geology – What does the future hold?
State of play Figure 1 – Overview of the Engineering Geology Life Cycle and data collected throughout As it stands the engineering…
SiLC, SQP and NQMS Update: Spring 2019
There are now 196 registered SiLCs. The current round of examinations (2019a) has 13 candidates and the previous round (2018b) had 14…
Q&A with Jim Cook
Full Name: Eur Ing Jim Cook BSc, MSc, C Eng, C Geol, FICE, FGS Job Title: Director Company: Geotechnical Services Bureau…
BS 8485:2015+A1:2019
In response to comments from industry, the working group for BS8485 have updated and released the following which can now be ordered…
AGS Safety Working Group Update
The first AGS Safety Working Group meeting of 2019 took place on Wednesday 23rd January 2019 and the Leader of the AGS…
AGS Helplines
All Members of the Association of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Specialists are entitled to free chemical and contractual advice through the use of…
Standards and Professionalism
I will try to limit this essay to Standards and Professionalism as they relate to the work undertaken, day-to-day by SiLCs and…
PAS 128 – The Essentials
PAS 128 – what is it? Is it simply as a way standardising utility surveys or is it an attempt to minimise…
Variability in Asbestos Analysis in Soil
Improvements in methods There have been efforts to improve the analysis for asbestos in the last ten years: Analysis methods changed significantly…
Borehole Sites and Operations Regulations 1995
The Borehole Sites and Operations (BSO) Regulations were made under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and came into…
Q&A with Marian Markham
Full Name: Marian Markham BSc (Hons) MSc CGeol FGS PIEMA Job Title: Principal Geoenvironmental Scientist Company: Jacobs Marian is a Chartered Geologist…
AGS Photography Competition – The Results
In September 2018, the AGS launched their first photography competition to try and capture the industry’s most creative working images. A staggered 71 entries…
Duty of Care: Third-Party Reliance on Geotechnical Reports
A summary of Loss Prevention Alert (68), published September 2018 On 25 July 2018 the Technology and Construction Court (“TCC”) handed down…
Environmental Liability Insurance
Most UK contracts that AGS members enter into will require them to hold various types of insurance – usually including as a…
AGS Business and Marketing Plans – Delivering the Vision
The September/October issue of the AGS Magazine had an interesting article from industry stalwart Len Threadgold who looked back at the vision…
Emerging Contaminants
The subject of emerging contaminants is floated on a regular basis – as being a regulatory challenge, a headache for industrial landowners,…
Q&A with Katherine Jones
Full Name: Katherine Jones BSc MSc CGeol. FGS RoGEP Professional Job Title: Senior Geoenvironmental Engineer Company: Dunelm Geotechnical and Environmental Ltd After…
The Importance of AGS Data Format
In an age when BIM, cloud computing and artificial intelligence constantly make the headlines, the AGS Data Format has become more relevant…
CL:AIRE Launches Introduction to Brownfield Site Investigation eLearning Course
The Introduction to Brownfield Site Investigation eLearning course has been designed to be consistent with the National Brownfield Skills Framework (NBSF), a…