AGS Business Plan
Published in November 2018 This document is the AGS Business Plan which was published in November 2018.
Publications
AGS Guidance on the Description of Anthropogenic Materials – A Practitioners’ Guide
Published 3rd September 2018 BS:5930:2015 and BS EN ISO 14688-1 provided the basis for the description of soils in the UK; however,…
AGS Guidance on Waste Classification for Soils – A Practitioners Guide
Published 13th February 2019 It is apparent that the classification of waste soils (as either hazardous or non-hazardous) is not always completed…
AGS Guide to Environmental Sampling
Updated guide published in January 2019 (Original guide published in May 2010) This document is intended to provide practical guidance on the…
AGS Quick Start Guide to Contaminated Land Investigation
Published in August 2011 This document is intended to provide practical guidance on the investigation of potentially contaminated land in order to…
Bioavailable Environmental Quality Standards for Metals
Published December 2015 This is short information note on Environmental Quality Standards for some heavy metals (manganese, copper, zinc, nickel and lead)…
Issues of Scale and the Potential Impact of SGVs for Land Remediation
Published in 2006 This short paper has been prepared by the AGS for the SGV Task Force. Its objective is to illustrate…
LAND CONTAMINATION – INFORMATION FOR PURCHASERS OR OWNERS OF POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATED LAND
Published in March 2014 The Home Buyers Guide Has the Property been identified as Potentially Contaminated? The following information is provided to…
Position Paper on 2004 BRE AGS Cover Systems Document
Published April 2019 Starting in 2017, the AGS Contaminated Land Working Group (AGS CLWG) undertook a review of the 2004 BRE/AGS cover…
Potable Water Supply Pipes in Land Potentially Affected by Contamination
Published in June 2014 UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR) produced a guidance document for selection of water pipes in contaminated land in…