On Wednesday 5^th June 2024, the AGS held an Early Careers webinar entitled Drilling Techniques and In Situ Testing.

The webinar was chaired by Harry McAllister (Senior Geotechnical Consultant, TRC Companies) and included presentations from Martyn Brocklesby (Director at Geotechnical Engineering and Director of the British Drilling Association), Harry McAllister (Senior Geotechnical Consultant at TRC Companies), Simon Harlow (Senior Consultant at Arcadis), Eleanor Cook (Senior Consultant at Arup) and Julian Puzyna (Director at Sackedgate).

Martyn Brocklesby began the webinar by looking at intrusive ground investigation techniques and their practical application. This was followed by a presentation from Harry McAllister who provided an overview of the consultant’s role in supervising intrusive ground investigations. Simon Harlow then introduced on site in situ geotechnical testing methods and Eleanor Cook gave a brief overview of geoenvironmental in situ rapid measurement techniques. The webinar finished with a video presentation from Julian Puzyna which introduced the use of a handheld XRF spectrometer for soil analysis and presented the basic principles (physics) of XRF testing.

If you missed the webinar, the recording is now live on the AGS website and is free for AGS members and £50 + VAT for non-members.