AGS Yellow Book Photography Competition
The AGS are holding a photography competition to source a potential cover for the third edition of the UK Specification for Ground…
Articles
AGS Instrumentation & Monitoring WG – Update
Jonathan Gammon, Leader of the AGS Instrumentation & Monitoring Working Group, has provided an update on the top issues the AGS I&MWG…
New CIRIA Guidance on Sustainable Management of Surplus Soils
Article provided by Andy O’Dea – Technical Director at Cognition Land and Water Materials management is a key commercial and compliance issue…
Q&A with Jonathan Gammon
Full Name: Jonathan Robert Arthur Gammon Job Title: Non-Executive Director / Advisor Company: Geotechnical Observations Limited (GeO) I am very fortunate to…
Inside Datgel
Name: Phil Wade Job title: Managing Director Company name: Datgel What does the company do and what areas does it specialise in?…
The Standard Penetration Test – Its Origin, Evolution and Future
Article provided by Stephen West, Ramboll On 15th September the AGS hosted a webinar on the evolution and use of the Standard…
Urban Geoscience: Opening the Industry to Inclusive and Diverse Communities
Article provided by Dr Nick Koor – Reader in Geological Engineering University of Portsmouth Over the last 15 years, we have seen…
Better Risk Management in Ground Engineering
Article provided by Phil Hines, Federation of Piling Specialists Almost all construction experts agree that the greatest risk to a construction project…
AGS Helplines
Currently the AGS offer helplines to all Member companies and practitioners with respect to: the AGS Data Format (the discussion forum on…
Coal Authority and Mining Risk Assessment
Background An AGS Member Company has raised concerns regarding the Coal Authority and Coal Mining Risk Assessments (CMRAs). In summary, those concerns…
AGS Loss Prevention WG – Update
Hugh Mallett, AGS Loss Prevention Working Group Leader, has provided an overview on the groups top three items which were discussed at…
AGS Helplines
All Members of the Association of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Specialists are entitled to free chemical and contractual advice through the use of…
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…
Q&A with Steve Hadley
Name: Steve Hadley Job title: Managing Director and Chair of the Federation of Piling Specialists Company: Central Piling and the Federation of Piling Specialists At…
Ground Investigation – Scottish Law Variations
Note provided by Beale & Co The case of Midlothian Council v Raeburn Drilling and Geotechnical Ltd, RPS Planning & Developments Ltd,…
The Importance of Field Filtering and Preservation for Dissolved Metals to Prevent Significant Bias in Sampling and Analysis
Article contributed by Geraint Williams (ALS Global) and Claire Stone (i2 Analytical UK) Member of the Contaminated Land Working Group Introduction Most…
Should we get excited about the Mining Waste Directive and DoWCoP?
Article contributed by Peter Witherington, Professional and Technical Panel Member of SiLC I hesitate to suggest it is ever possible to become…
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…
Ground Investigation – Is it time for change?
The article entitled “are traditional sampling techniques really that bad” published in April’s AGS Magazine has provoked much discussion and debate amongst…
Introduction to the AGS Instrumentation and Monitoring Working Group (I&MWG)
Background In March last year an international Instrumentation and Monitoring (I&M) Conference in London concluded with a Ground Engineering Round Table debate…
BS 10176:2020 TAKING SOIL SAMPLES FOR DETERMINATION OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOCs) – SPECIFICATION
This new standard is intended to raise the reliability of sampling soils for determination of VOCs in the UK, by introducing methods…