In response to new laboratory industry standards and updated UK practice, the ‘Electronic Transfer of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Data AGS4 Edition 4.0 – AGS 4’ (February 2017) document has been extensively reviewed and updated to produce a revised document know as “AGS 4.1”. AGS 4.1 represents a substantial update of the Data Dictionary, introducing 19 new Groups, some of which replace Groups such as ERES, IPRG and IPRT.

The Rules have not changed between versions, but they have been moved into a new section (4.1.1) and tabulated for clarity. This new section will allow the format and the document to be developed using other AGS approved file formats to maximise the potential for web-enabled transfer of data.

Jackie Bland, Working Party Chair