Supporting the Aldous Bill
The AGS have joined a confederation of almost 70 trade bodies and industry groups to back the so-called ‘Aldous Bill.’ The aim…
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Version 3.1 of the AGS Format to be retired from 8th March 2018
An earlier version of the digital data transfer format used to transfer ground investigation, laboratory testing and monitoring data rapidly between contributing…
A New Era for AGS Data Format
The AGS Data Format organisation is going through a period of change within AGS to ensure it can meet the demands of…
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 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 2018
The Association of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Specialists annual Members’ Day event is taking place on Wednesday 11th April 2018 at the National…
BSI Shop – Affiliate Scheme
The AGS are now part of the BSI affiliate scheme, which means the AGS will get a small amount of commission from…
Progress on the test standards cited in EN 7-2
New Standard BS EN ISO 17892 Test Superseded/will supersede Current Status Publication BS EN ISO 17892-1:2014 Water content BS1377-2,…
AGS Members’ Day 2017
Thank you for your attendance and contributions at this year’s Members’ Day 2017 at the Barbican, which was a great success. Special…
Guidance for the Operation of Cable Percussion Rig and Equipment
The Guidance for the Operation of Cable Percussion Rig and Equipment which was driven by HS2 has been recently published by The…
John Litten of ESG
ESG regret to inform that John Litten, Principal Engineer in Southam, died unexpectedly in the early hours of Friday 19 August. John…
Take the AGS-BDA Survey on Industry Standards
The AGS and the BDA have collaborated to create a new taskforce to investigate what the UK Ground Investigation industry thinks of…
Reflections on the AGS 2016 Members’ Day and Speaker Presentations
From Matthew Baldwin, AGS Chairman Each year the AGS Chairman assisted by various committee members and the Secretariat, are faced with organising…
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…
AGS Members’ Day 2016
AGS Members’ Day 2016 will take place on Thursday 7th April at the prestigious Barbican Centre in London. This full day seminar…
AGS BYELAWS
They have been a long time in the making, but finally the AGS new byelaws are with us! Following a vote by…
AGS Supports GE Next Generation Awards 2015
The AGS is pleased to announce they’re supporting the 2015 GE Next Generation Awards which will take place on 19th November at the…
Tier2 Work Permits reach monthly ceiling
It has been announced, for the first time, the number of Tier 2 work permits (for skilled workers from outside the EU)…
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,…