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AGS Welfare Guidance, a step in the right direction
Image provided by AECOM The industries expectations to all health, safety and wellbeing requirements have changed through the years, as we understand…
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Early Career Professionals: Call for Posters
The AGS is holding a sustainability-themed poster competition at this year’s Annual Conference, and we’d like to see how Early Career Professionals…
Mitigating the risk of asbestos when using vacuum excavators in made ground
Vacuum excavation[1] is widely used in the ground investigation industry as a means of excavating inspection holes and trenches to check for…
Guidance on the Opening of Core and Dynamic Sampler Liner
Introduction For engineering geologists in the UK ground investigation industry, the opening of core and dynamic sampler liners to enable the logging…
Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Industry Accident Statistics 2022
Within the wider construction industry, the geotechnical & geoenvironmental industry has been criticised, sometimes for good reason, for a poor safety record.…
The relationship between LOLER and drilling machines
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) requires industry bodies, such as the Association of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Specialists (AGS) and British Drilling…
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…
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…
AGS Safety WG – Update
Roseanna Bloxham, Leader of the AGS Safety Working Group, has provided an update on the top issues the Safety Working Group discussed…
AGS Award Results 2021
The results are in! We’re pleased to announce the winners of this years AGS Awards: Loss Prevention Rachel Griffiths (Award) Russell Jones…
Expectant and New Mothers in Construction
Article contributed by Roseanna Bloxham, Senior Geo-Environmental Engineer, RSK and AGS Safety WG Leader. Pregnancy is a part of life, its something…
Contamination During a Ground Investigation
The Safety Working Group aims to provide guidance to inform practice and aims to produce regular updates throughout the year. It was…
AGS Helplines
Currently the AGS offer helplines to all Member companies and practitioners with respect to: the AGS Data Format (the discussion forum on…
AGS Diversity Statement
The AGS is a non-profit trade association that is managed by elected individuals from member organisations, none of whom are paid by…
AGS Safety WG – Update
Roseanna Bloxham, AGS Safety Working Group Leader, has provided an update from the Groups most recent meeting, which was held virtually on…
Working at Height During Trial Pitting: How Far is So Far as Reasonably Practicable?
This paper was the subject of a presentation at the AGS Safety in Mind conference in November 2019, and started by asking…
AGS Awards 2020
Below are the list of recipients of this year’s AGS Awards. We would like to thank all Working Group participants for their…
AGS Guidance on Safe Ground Investigations in Light of COVID-19
COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) which is commonly spread through coughing and sneezing, through close…
Health and Safety – Lego Style
The AGS Safety Working Group hosted the ‘Safety in Mind’ conference at the National Motorcycle Museum, Solihull, UK, on Thursday, 21 November…
“Emergency rescue from a trial pit – are you prepared?”
This is the second of a series of articles related to safety and trial pitting, following the June 2019 AGS Magazine article…
Manual Handling Operations – Have you assessed your risk?
As the litigious nature of society grows and employees appear to be encouraged more than ever to pursue claims with their employers,…