SearchAGS 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…
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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…