An Introduction to Geotechnical Laboratory Testing for Routine Construction Projects
Published in December 2008 This guide explains the purpose of laboratory testing, and highlights factors that may affect the validity and usefulness…
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Published in December 2008 This guide explains the purpose of laboratory testing, and highlights factors that may affect the validity and usefulness…
Published January 2021. This document provides a practical means of how the land drilling industry can comply with PUWER and LOLER but…
Published May 2021 This aim of this guidance is to assist employers in their duty to protect personnel undertaking ground investigations against…
Published May 2021 This guidance is split into two parts; Part 1 provides information on the assessment and control of asbestos risk…
Published December 2015 This is short information note on Environmental Quality Standards for some heavy metals (manganese, copper, zinc, nickel and lead)…
Published January 2024. BRE Special Digest 1(2005) gives guidance on the specification of buried concrete for installation in natural ground and in…
Published October 2020. This version replaces Cable Percussion Rig Inspection Sheet.
Published March 2023 The process of ground engineering assessment, design and construction, and how these aspects dovetail into the RIBA stages (RIBA…
Published in July 2021 (replaces Version 2 which was published in October 2017) Increasing the size of domestic properties by digging basements…
Published August 2022. This version replaces ‘Client’s guide to desk studies’, which was published in December 2006. This guide is for clients…