PFAS – Nomenclature
Per- and Poly-Fluoro Alkyl Substances (PFAS) are a universe of several thousand manufactured fluorinated organic chemicals with very varying chemical and physical…
Articles
Granular working platforms for construction plant: An overview on guidance documents available
Temporary granular platforms for construction plant (including haul roads, working platforms and general hard standings) are a necessary feature of almost all…
The impact of ‘Net Carbon Zero’ on the Geo-Engineering Industry
The UK Government has committed to Net Carbon Zero by 2050 Net Zero Strategy: Build Back Greener – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Underpinning this…
Use of DoWCoP for Landfill Developments
There have been a number of incidences of the Environment Agency (EA) objecting to the use of the ‘Definition of Waste: Development…
Sustainability in the Delivery of Brownfield Regeneration Webinar Series Summary
On 17th May and 26th May 2022, the AGS Contaminated Land Working Group hosted their first webinar series entitled Sustainability in the…
AGS Annual Conference 2022 – An inspiring event all round
On the 6th July, we were delighted to hold the AGS Annual Conference 2022, on the first day of Geotechnica. Over 86 industry…
AGS Annual Conference 2022 – Presentations
The AGS Annual Conference 2022 took place on Wednesday 6th July 2022 at Warwickshire Event Centre in Leamington Spa. The conference was…
AGS publish roadmap for AGSi
AGSi is a transfer format for ground model and interpreted data, created and maintained by the Association of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Specialists…
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…
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…