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AGS Members’ Day 2018 – Programme
AGS Members’ Day 2018 is taking place on Wednesday 11th April at the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham. Celebrating 30 years of…
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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…
AGS Laboratories Working Group: October 2017 Meeting Update
The final AGS Laboratories Working Group meeting of the year took place on 17th October 2017 in London and the Laboratories Leader,…
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…
Explaining Laboratory Proficiency Testing
by John Masters, Director of Geolabs The use of Proficiency testing and Interlaboratory comparison schemes is an invaluable tool for laboratories to…
NEW EDITION OF BS 1377-1:2016 PUBLISHED
BSI published the sixth edition of BS 1377-1:2016 Methods of test for soils for civil engineering purposes – General requirements and sample…
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…
Quality Results in Ground Investigation Seminar Presentations
The AGS recently held a Quality Results in Ground Investigation seminar which focused on site investigation, what laboratories can provide and the…
GEOTECHNICAL LABORATORY TESTING TO BS EN ISO 17892: Briefing Note (updated December 2015)
GEOTECHNICAL LABORATORY TESTING TO BS EN ISO 17892: Briefing Note (updated December 2015) BSI recently published the first two Standards in the…
AGS Quality Results in Ground Investigation Seminar
The AGS are pleased to announce their Quality Results in Ground Investigation seminar is taking place on Wednesday 14th October 2015 at Hamilton House,…
Laboratories Working Group Report
John Powell, Chairman, Laboratories Working Group writes: The meeting had 8 member attendees and 7 apologies. BSI Committee B/526/3 Revision of BS5930:…
Eurocode 7 the Attachments
An update on progress John Powell – Technical Director Geolabs and Independent Consultant David Norbury – Independent Consultant We trust that by…
NHBC’s Role in Developing Hazardous Sites
NHBC (National House-Building Council) is the standard setting body and the leading warranty and insurance provider for new and newly converted homes…
Asbestos PII Update
The subject of asbestos cover is one that has been in the spotlight for many years since the restriction (and in some…
Asbestos in Soil
The AGS is active in establishing industry guidance for asbestos in soils. The CLWG and LPWG have formed a small sub-group to…
On Stony Ground
How standardised is MCerts analysis in stony samples? Despite articles such as that by Mark Perrin (Ground Engineering, April 2007), many engineers,…
BS 10175 Updated
BS 10175:2011 (Investigation of Potentially Contaminated Sites – Code of Practice) was published in March 2011. It is much improved compared to…
UKWIR – GUIDANCE FOR THE SELECTION OF WATER SUPPLY PIPES TO BE USED IN BROWNFIELD SITES
Peter Boyd, AECOM Limited and Neil Parry, Geotechnical Engineering Limited The UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR) has produced this document to replace…
Geophysics and the Search for Homer’s Ithaca
An extract from the paper presented at SAGEEP 2009 Greg Hodges, Fugro Airborne Surveys, Mississauga, CA David Kilcoyne, Fugro-Aperio, Wallingford, U.K. Rod…
Why AGS4?
The AGS data format is being upgraded to version 4, this note explains the thinking behind the changes, gives the reasons for…