Working Group Geotechnical

The Geotechnical Working Group aim to promote technical excellence to the wider geotechnical engineering professional community and to raise general awareness of the need for geotechnical engineering input to all construction projects and land asset management to clients and asset owners.

Strategic Plan

These aims are achieved through the Group’s activities in respect of:

  1. promoting the activities of the GWG to the AGS Membership and to the wider industry;
  2. maintaining a watching brief on the geotechnical activities of the wider national and international engineering communities, and reporting these to the membership;
  3. organising and running GWG initiatives and events on behalf of AGS;
  4. being involved closely in the drafting and reviewing of national and international standards, codes of practice and other definitive guidance;
  5. striving to become a leading national authority on geotechnical engineering matters affecting the AGS Membership and the wider industry.

AGS Geotechnical WG – Terms of Reference

Publications

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Bitesize Guides

Bitesize Guide - Foundation Selection

Published November 2024 This Bitesize Guide presents key information on foundation selection and aims to assist in making decisions about the choice…

Bitesize Guides

Bitesize Guide - Movement Monitoring Data

Published November 2024 This Bitesize Guide presents key information on the use, requirements and implementation of monitoring that can be applied to…

Bitesize Guides

Bitesize Guide – EC7 Next Generation 11 - Implementation of Design

Published November 2024 The purpose of this Bitesize Guide is to review how the topic of implementation of design is covered in…

Bitesize Guides

Bitesize Guide – EC7 Next Generation 10 – Slopes, Cuttings, and Embankments

Published November 2024 This note has been prepared based on a review of Clause 4 titled ‘Slopes, cuttings, and embankments’, of the…

Bitesize Guides

Bitesize Guide – EC7 Next Generation 09 – Stiffness, Compressibility and Consolidation

Published November 2024 The current BS EN 1997-2:2007 provides a synopsis of ground investigation techniques, with guidance on stiffness, compressibility and consolidation…

Articles

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Early Careers Video: Discover a Rewarding Career in the Geo-Industry

  Our new early careers video discusses the many different career paths which are open to graduates entering the geo-industry. If you’re…

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AGS Awards 2024

We’re delighted to announce this year’s AGS Award winners! Chosen from a select number of AGS Working Group Members, these winners were…

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Bitesize Guide – Geotechnical unit, Ground models and Geotechnical Design Models– what are these, what do they cover and who is responsible?

Introduction This note has been prepared based on a review of the draft prEN 1997 dated August 2022. Geotechnical Unit A geotechnical…

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AGS Bitesize Guides – Introduction – prEN 1997:202x

The second-generation of Eurocodes is proposed as the first major revision of the Eurocode suite of standards since original publication in 2004.…

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Early Career Professionals: Call for Posters

The AGS is holding a sustainability-themed poster competition at this year’s Annual Conference, and we’d like to see how Early Career Professionals…

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Net Zero – The Use of Timber Piles

Introduction As the construction industry works towards a ‘Net Carbon Zero’ future, we are asked to take a hard look at current…

Members

AGS Geotechnical WG Leader Alex Dent WSP
Andy O’Dea Cognition Land and Water Limited
Angus Wilson Soiltechnics
Binod Amatya RSK Environment Ltd
Carla Stephen National House Building Council
Chris Raison Raison Foster Associates
Christos Botsialas TRC Companies Limited
Daniel Stannard High Speed 2 (HS2) Ltd
Emma Anderson Royal HaskoningDHV
Emma Bell SOCOTEC
Gary Walker Arcadis (UK)
Georgina Donbroski RSK Environment Ltd
Jai Shah Ramboll UK Ltd
Janice Windle COWI UK Ltd
Lee Ashworth Geo-Integrity Ltd
Luke Wilkinson Soils Limited
Matthew Fagan-Spence Pick Everard
Matthew Penfold Geotechnical & Environmental Associates
Melanie Zacheis Fugro Limited
Morwenna Corry
Neil Chadwick Digital Geotechnical
Nigel Pickering Buro Happold, Ground Engineering
Paul Roberts
Paul Yates COWI UK Ltd
Peter Hepton Independent
Peter Reading
Richard Grainger WSP
Robert Terrell Ground and Water
Robert West Cementation Skanska
Samantha Finch
Stephen West Ramboll UK Ltd
Twana Haji RSK Environment Ltd
Vincent Nyambayo AtkinsRéalis
Will Capps Lucion Delta-Simons Limited
Yuli Doulala-Rigby Tensar International Limited