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The government is to trial a radical new form of project-wide insurance on about 10 public sector schemes. The move is part of…
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Drilling into Coal Authority’s assets
The Coal Authority was established under the Coal Industry Act 1994. All in situ coal, old mineworkings, current mineworkings and all shaft…
Benchmarking Survey Results
The Business Practice WG would like to thank all those who contributed to the site investigation benchmarking survey initiative. The survey ran…
Annual meeting comes to London
The annual meeting of ISO/TC190 (Soil Quality) is to be held in London this year at the BSi Headquarters, Gunnersbury near Hammersmith,…
Drilling down into industry safety
Site investigation companies should expect increased HSE attention following the recent successful prosecution of CET Limited following an accident where a drill…
Electronic tendering protocol for geotechnical works
All electronic information provided on an extranet shall be properly indexed and organised with all information relevant to the geotechnical works being…
AGS data: improving the flow
Mark Shaw of the Business Practise Working Group recently attended a meeting of the Federation of Piling Specialists (FPS) Technical Committee to…
A new perspective in geological mapping
A new on-line service called CENTREMAPSlive® provides a means to buy custom extracts of geological mapping in a uniquely accessible new format.…
Testing times for soils
The Environment Agency has issued a revised version of its MCERTS policy for the chemical testing of soils. The Agency established its…
Modernising Waste Regulation – Environment Agency Update
Exemptions Under new procedures “simple” exempt activities can now be registered by calling the National Customer Contact Centre on 08708 506506. Trained…
The problem of made ground
The categorisation, analysis and reporting of ‘made ground’ is a recurring nightmare for the modern laboratory. Traditionally a by-product of land reclamation…
BS10175: Investigation of potentially contaminated sites, code of practice (2001) due for review
This review will be carried out by the BSi EH/4 Committee. Following on from the official announcement, expected shortly, there will be…
Semple Fraser adds Scottish dimension to Loss Prevention
The Loss Prevention WG has been aware for some time that the alerts and advice issued to Members apply to English law…
AGS guides the way
AGS Client Guides are intended to help Members get their message about good practice across to clients and to reassure Clients that…
Deadline looms as the ICE introduces the 3000 series
Members with agreed training schemes need to get these rewritten by Autumn 2006 in order to accommodate the changes being made by…
What could training do for your company?
Whether you want to improve your relationship with a client, find ways of reducing the cost of your Professional Indemnity, retain your…
AGS training takes First Steps
The AGS welcomes the BRE and First Steps initiative and look forward to working with them to develop courses relevant and useful…
Copyright Regulations Potential Loss Risk or a Hidden sources of Revenues
Every document issued in the pursuit of producing site investigation information is in some way affected by: Copyright and Related Rights Regulations…
CLAN 02/05
In September 2005, the Cabinet Office led Soil Guidance Value (SGV) Task Force issued its first (and long awaited) public pronouncement –…
BRE SD1:2005 – Implication for SI & Specifications
The Building Research Establishment (BRE) has recently revised Special Digest 1 “Concrete in aggressive ground”. This new edition (SD1: 2005), funded by…
Management of Risk Associated with Ground Reports
Michael Joyce, a chartered engineer, chartered geologist and chartered arbitrator, has written to the AGS in connection with some of our observations…