SearchManagement 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…
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AGS Benchmarking Initiative gets underway
After several false starts, the Business Practice WG has finalised plans for an AGS initiative to evaluate the quality of site investigations…
New Pile Cutting Method
A Federation of Piling Specialist’s Member has reported a new Pile Cutting method that appears particularly efficient. Details about The Cropper can…
The Role of an Expert Witness
Introduction Experts play an important and unique role in the adversarial court process as they are required to provide an independent opinion…
The site investigation industry is launching a series of initiatives to improve client awareness, says Jim Cook.
The need, quality and sufficiency of site investigations has been of paramount importance since the early 1960s and the issue of client…
Work Permits to involve less Red Tape
There is big news for the Industry with a new addition of Geotechnical Engineers to the Shortage Occupations List for Work Permit…
Bothered by unwanted telemarketing calls?
Under Government legislation introduced on 1st May 1999 and replaced on 11th December 2003 by the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive)…
Report of AGS Chairman’s visit to ASFE Conference
At the invitation of the President of ASFE, I attended the ASFE Autumn Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona. The conference was held over…
Notes on Asbestos liability and Insurance Issues
From ABI Seminar on the availability of insurance for asbestos related risks and the impact of the new asbestos regulations The ABI…
Electronic Tenders and Email
Both the Loss Prevention WG and the Business Practice WG have raised questions about e-business and email that highlight a degree of…
Cover systems for land regeneration
The report prepared by RSK ENSR on behalf of the AGS in partnership with the BRE is now available. Cover systems are…
CSCS – What you need to know
The CSCS Scheme was set up in 1995 and there are currently more than 600,000 card holders covering more than 170 occupations.…
The CML initiative – how does it affect geo-specialists?
In order to prevent homes being sold and occupied before completion, the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) initiative was implemented in April…
AGS Response to Nigel Griffiths, MP
On his appointment as Minister for Construction, Nigel Griffiths wrote to all trade associations and professional bodies and invited them to submit…
Soil Quality – BS ISO 17155:2002
Determination of Abundance and Activity of Soil Microflora Using Respiratory Curves This standard specifies a test method for determining the activity of…
Guidelines for the Preparation of the Ground Report
When the late Sir John Knill spoke to the AGS Committee in May 2000, he was less than complementary about the quality…
Electronic Tenders – The Future?
A survey of Members in January/February 2003 revealed that a majority have some experience of tendering based on information provided electronically. Responses were…
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…
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,…
‘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…