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AGS Magazine – January/February issue
The Association of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Specialists are pleased to announce the January/February issue of their new bi-monthly publication; AGS Magazine. To…
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AGS Magazine – November/December issue
The Association of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Specialists are pleased to announce the launch of their new bi-monthly publication; AGS Magazine. To view…
AGS Members’ Day: 7th April 2016
The AGS is pleased to announce details of Members’ Day 2016, which is taking place on Thursday 7th April 2016 at the…
Work permits for Non-UK and EU Ground Engineers
Although there are indications that the supply of UK and EU graduate engineers is increasing, there are still sufficient hard to fill…
Ground Engineering Talking point on RoGEP
UK Register of Ground Engineering Professionals (UK RoGEP) It is nearly a year since we launched UK RoGEP and things have moved…
BIM Regional Hubs Events
A BIM Focus Learning or extending your Building Information Modelling (BIM) knowledge through the BIM Hubs In line with the launch of…
BGS Question and Answer
BGS – Legal Obligations Regarding Drilling Many Members of the AGS received a letter on the 31st May referring to legal obligations…
Eurocode Readers Question
AGS Comment on Geotechnical Sampling to Eurocode 7 In the September 2011 issue of the AGS Newsletter “ Advice to AGS Members…
University Meets Industry
Engineering Geology and Geotechnical Engineering MSc courses – what is the problem? A recent meeting arranged by the AGS on behalf of…
UK Registration of Ground Engineering Professionals (RoGEP)
In June 2011, a new initiative for ground engineers was launched in the United Kingdom, after nearly ten years of discussions between…
Eurocode 7 the Attachments
An update on progress John Powell – Technical Director Geolabs and Independent Consultant David Norbury – Independent Consultant We trust that by…
Engineering, Geology, Geotechnics
University of Portsmouth’s Industrial Alliance in Engineering Geology & Geotechnics starts to show results The University of Portsmouth is the only institution…
Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010
DEFRA announced that the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 came into force on April 6th 2010. Water discharge consenting, groundwater…
CSCS Cards – Explained!
There are four types of red cards which are new or recent entrants to the construction industry for experienced workers whose occupation…
The Importance of Keeping Good Written Records
Here at Griffiths and Armour, we are acutely aware that being able to produce clear evidence of the advice given to a…
Retention of documents – how long is long enough?
Introduction How long is a piece of string? Tricky. Twice the length from one end to the middle, you say? Well, yes,…
Builders Profile
Is Builders Profile the answer to Pre-Qualification Questionnaires? When Members of the National Specialist Contractors Council (NSCC) complained about the number and…
Markets for Professional Indemnity insurance – the not so ‘super market’
The aim of this paper is to summarise the workings of the UK Professional Indemnity insurance market and the hard/soft cycle that…
EN 1990 Alteration
EN 1990 Altered to Avoid UK Liability Problems The head code, EN 1990, has been changed to make sure that civil and…
Sign off Responsibility
It is common for Clients to request that their consultant obtains “sign off” of proposals for site investigation, risk assessment and in…