Welcome to the September issue of the AGS Magazine. I hope you managed to take a break from work over the summer and have come back feeling refreshed.

In this edition, Fugro share with us how they are reducing single use plastic with core liner recycling, which brings a number of positive environmental benefits. Bradley Falcus from the Business Practice Working Group shares with us the importance of Employee Networks and how they are beneficial to both the company and employees.

We present our next EC7 Next Gen: Bitesize Guide – Georisk is intrinsic to reliability of structures – what aspects must we consider when determining the risk categorisation of a structure? The article reminds us that reference to BS EN 1991:2023 is mandatory and essential to understand how to use and apply FprEN 1997:2024.

Also in this edition, is an article on the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 and its possible implications for environmental law in the UK.

As always we provide details of our upcoming events. I hope some of you will be able to join us for these. Looking ahead, we are holding an EDI themed webinar on 25^th September discussing various initiatives and campaigns which have made a lasting impact for our workforce and consider what the next steps may look like for our industry. In November we have an in-person event in Manchester exploring a range of topics considering the impact and effect of groundwater during all stages of the design and construction process. Work has also started on planning our 2025 Annual Conference to be held at London’s One Great George Street. Please save the date of Thursday 1^st May.