SearchNet Zero – Rolling Dynamic Compaction
The construction industry is one of the largest contributors to carbon emissions across the globe and is under growing pressure to find…
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What is PAS2080 and how is it relevant to Geotechnical engineers?
What is PAS2080? The full name is PAS2080:2023 Carbon Management in buildings and infrastructure, which gives a good basic idea. It is…
AGS Sustainability Survey: Insights and Sustainability Route Map
The first aim of the AGS Sustainability Working Group is to advocate and promote sustainable good practice within the geotechnical and geoenvironmental…
Carbon Net Zero Reporting Requirement for AGS members
The UK government has set a target to achieve carbon net zero by 2050, compelling businesses to drastically reduce their greenhouse gas…
Early Careers Poster Competition 2025
The AGS Early Careers Poster Competition is returning for a second year, this time with a new theme of workplace innovations. This…
Implementing systemic sustainability: reducing single use plastic with core liner recycling
Sustainability has become one of the most important factors to consider in any construction project, both within and outside of the ground…
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…
Do geotechnical engineers truly understand sustainability?
Photograph taken during restoration of the Walthamstow Wetlands (Ramboll, 2016) As an industry, we need to widen our sustainability focus away from…
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…
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…
Assessing the Possible Sustainability Benefits of using Instruments and Monitoring on Site
Overview The AGS has asked each of its working groups to discuss sustainability issues at their meetings and the Instrumentation and Monitoring…
COP27 and a ‘Way Forward’
Between 6-20 November 2022, the COP27 (‘27th Conference of Parties’) conference was held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. This built on discussions…
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…
Responding to the UK’s Soil Crisis – Sustainable Soil Management & the Future of Soil Reuse
“The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself” President Franklin D Roosevelt, February 1937. Summary Humans have relied on soil for millennia…
Brownfield and Biodiversity Net Gain – opportunities and risks
Biodiversity net gain (BNG) is an approach to development that aims to leave biodiversity in a measurably better state than before. BNG…
New SoBRA Guidance on the Incorporation of Future Climate Change Effects into Controlled Waters Risk Assessments of Land Contamination
Overview In May 2021 a SoBRA sub-committee was established to develop guidance to help practitioners in the land contamination sector to account…
The impact of ‘Net Carbon Zero’ on the Geo-Engineering Industry
The UK Government has committed to Net Carbon Zero by 2050 Net Zero Strategy: Build Back Greener – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Underpinning this…
Climate Change and Land Contamination Risk Management: A multi-disciplinary crisis management challenge
Article provided by Paul Nathanail (GHD), Claire Dickinson (Geo Environmental Matters) and Dr. Tom Henman (RSK Geosciences) Climate change is causing extreme…
Sustainability in Ground Engineering – Good Design or Good Marketing?
Stephen Lawrence West of Ramboll, this year’s winner of the Sustainability Award at the GE Awards discusses sustainability in Ground Engineering. The…