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Responsibility, Safety and Operative Competence in the Geotechnical Industry Brian Stringer, British Drilling Association National Secretary Did you know that everyone in…
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ICRCL 59/83 – Beyond 20 December 2002
R G Clark, CL Associates Most AGS members are aware or should be aware that ICRCL Guidance Note 59/83, 2nd edition was…
EU ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY DIRECTIVE
This new Directive is progressing through the Commission and European Parliament and has been reviewed by the Parliamentary Legal Affairs and Monetary…
Environment Agency Draft Policy on “Building on or Adjacent to Gassing Landfill Sites”
This draft document was published as a draft for consultation in July 02. It sets out EA policy on how they should…
IT & e-COMMERCE REPORT
E-Procurement Extranets, intranets, e-commerce, e-procurement – all words we see regularly in the civil engineering press and hear more frequently in the…
NEW BS ISO SOIL STANDARDS
BS ISO 10381-2:2002 SOIL QUALITY – SAMPLING – Part 2 GUIDANCE ON SAMPLING TECHNIQUES This standard, which is compatible with and complements…
THE EXTENSION OF MCERTS TO CHEMICAL TESTING OF SOILS
Bruno Guillaume, Arup Geotechnics In October 2001, the Environment Agency launched proposals to extend its Monitoring Certification Scheme, MCERTS to the chemical…
SAFETY MANUAL FOR INVESTIGATION SITES
The AGS Safety Manual for Investigation Sites was first published in 1992. It has now been extensively revised and extended to reflect…
INSURANCE CORNER
What is insurance for loss of original documents? Do we need it? Traditionally, Loss of Documents, was covered as a specific item…
INSITE FOR SCHOOLS
In a bid to overcome skill shortages, 15,000 copies of NCE insite go to schools and colleges every term to tell students,…
GROUND FORUM
We have now been a member of Ground Forum for a number of years and the Committee receives regular reports from the…
A NEW LOOK AT GEOPHYSICS
“We used geophysics once – It didn’t work!” – This was the somewhat challenging response which the author received from a young…
AGS FORMAT – ARE YOU UNDERMINING ITS USE?
One of the benefits of using the AGS Format for the transfer of SI data is that it can be used in…
RESULTS OF THE CONTRACTUAL RISK QUESTIONNAIRE ISSUED BY THE AGS LOSS PREVENTION WORKING GROUP IN 2002
120 questionnaires were issued, 18 responses were received, giving a 15% return rate Of the responding members, 88% were consultants, 32% were contractors…
‘LATE PAYMENT’ LEGISLATION IS COMING INTO FORCE
The revised ‘late payment legislation’ is coming into force on the 7 August 2002, from this date all businesses and public sector…
CLEA LAUNCH
The official launch of the CLEA model took place on 17 March 2002, covering:- CLR 7 Assessment of Risks to Human Health…
SITE INVESTIGATION SHOULD BE FOR CONCRETE DURABILITY IN ADDITION TO SOIL STRENGTH PARAMETERS
All too often Site Investigation work is seen solely to provide soil strength parameters to enable economical foundation design. There is a…
ENVIRONMENTAL INSURANCE
The AGS Contaminated Land Working Group organised a seminar in July 2001 to provide an update on the latest position of environmental…
PI INSURANCE DOES THE CLAIMS EXPERIENCE EXPLAIN THE INCREASED PREMIUMS? A talk given to the AGS Members Day by Charles Hayward Griffiths & Armour
Recent press cuttings all testify to an increase in premium rates:- “Indemnity cover to soar by 50%” “Professional Indemnity premiums are soaring…
New Guidance from the Environment Agency
Secondary Model Procedure for the Development of Appropriate Soil Sampling Strategies for Land Contamination (Technical Report P5-066/TR) Prepared by Monitor Consultants for…
Our man in Europe..
Note by: Peter Rodd, JacobsGIBB representative on the AGS Committee and Contaminated Land Working Group who attended a meeting of the ISO/TC…