This is our first magazine since the AGS Annual Conference in July and I am pleased to report that it was a fantastic day with a great turn-out and very well received, with the added benefit of combining the event with the Geotechnica trade show. A big thank you is owed to all those involved, the sponsors, speakers, delegates and organisers.  It was great to see so many of you there and I look forward to reviewing the invaluable feedback from delegates so that we can continue to improve our conference experience for Members.

We have our focus on the environment in this month’s magazine issue, which highlights the implications of Net Carbon Zero goals on our industry and also explores the application of the DoWCoP (Definition of Waste: Development Industry Code of Practice) to developments on landfill sites. We also have advice on temporary platform engineering and an update on the future.

I hope you can join us at the AGS Geotechnical Data Conference in December, where you will hear of the roadmap for the AGSi transfer format. Read on for information on past and forth-coming events, including our popular series of on-line seminars, together with the latest news and updates on new publications and services available to Members, many for free!

I hope to see you soon.