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Guidance on Working on Soft Ground
Published May 2021 This guidance considers access to construction work on soft ground and in particular ground investigation. Working in areas of…
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Overhead Services Safety
People are killed every year in accidents involving overhead power lines. Operators of machinery such as cable percussion and rotary drilling rigs…
Risk Assessments and Method Statements for Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Specialists
Published March 2020. This version replaces ‘Health and Safety Risk Assessment for Ground Investigation’ document which was published in 2010. Health and…
Rotary Rig Supervisor’s Check List
Published October 2020. This version replaces Rotary Rig Inspection Sheet.
Safe Ground Investigations in the Light of COVID-19
Published May 2020 COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) which is commonly spread through coughing and…
Safety Guidance – Accident Reporting, Investigation & Learning
Published July 2023. While the geotechnical and geoenvironmental industry aims to eliminate all accidents and harm to health, from time-to-time accidents could…
Safety Guidance – Asbestos in Soils
Published January 2024 Works which involve or encounter asbestos fall under the requirements of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 (CAR 2012).…
Safety Guidance – CDM 2015 for the Geotechnical Industry
Published May 2023. This version replaces CDM 2015 Clients guide for the geotechnical industry published in 2015. The Construction Design and Management…
Safety Guidance – Classification of Potentially Contaminated Sites for Intrusive Investigation Activities
Published March 2024. This version replaces ‘Comment on the approach for classifying sites into green, yellow or red’ published in 2022. This…
Safety Guidance – Competence
Published January 2024. This version replaces Guidance on Training and Competence published in 2020. Competence is not solely training and is definitely…