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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…
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A response to: AGS Digital Data – why is it so difficult to get?
In July’s edition of the AGS magazine, Chris Raison posed the question: ‘AGS Digital Data – Why is it so difficult to…
Further Feedback on AGS Digital Data, Why is it so Difficult to get?
Feedback from Paul Chaplin, Data Manager, (Ground Risk & Remediation), WSP “Having worked as a Geoenvironmental Data Manager for both consultants and…
Q&A with Matthew Baldwin
Full Name: Matthew Baldwin BSc, MSc, C.Geol, FGS, RoGEP Advisor Job Title: Technical Director Company: Soil Engineering With over 36 years working…
AGS Guidance on The Description of Anthropogenic “Soils”
Accurate and consistent description of Made Ground or anthropogenic soils/materials is of importance as it may provide vital indication of the material’s…
Ground-breaking TPH Analysis of Liquids and Solids
Until recently the only way to measure and identify Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPHs) in soil, water and other environmental matrixes has been…
LPA 65 – MT Hojgaard AS v E.ON Climate and Renewables UK Robin Rigg East Ltd & Anor [2017] UKSC 59
The AGS LPA No.65 reports on the case of MT Højgaard A/S v E.ON Climate and Renewables UK and sets out some…
Geo-Intelligence for Coastal Infrastructure Seminar
Fugro are holding a one-day seminar on 15th November 2018, which will be focused on dynamic site characterisation, innovation and how an…
Ground Engineering’s Transport Geotechnics conference
The AGS has secured a special discount for members on delegate passes for Ground Engineering’s new Transport Geotechnics conference this autumn. Design,…
Network Rail – Safety Moment – Portland Park Embankment
The safety moment from Network Rail below describes discusses a worker who fell a short way down embankment and lacerated his leg…
AGS Digital Data – Why is it so Difficult to Get?
An opinion piece, written by Chris Raison, Director of Raison Foster Associates AGS digital data is the source data for most ground…
Q&A with Vivien Dent
Full Name: Vivien Dent BSc MSc CGeol FGS ASoBRA Controlled Waters Job Title: Associate Technical Director Company: RSK In 1994, I obtained…
SiLC Affiliate Scheme
The SiLC Affiliant Scheme is due to be launched later this year to assist graduates and those who have already progressed beyond…
Introduction to LPA 66 – Overview and Review of the Construction Act Payment Provisions
Part II of the Housing Grants (Construction and Regeneration Act) 1996 sets out provisions to ensure that payments are made promptly throughout…
Reservoirs – Where are the panel engineers?
The Reservoirs Act 1975 was set up to provide a legal framework for the creation, operation and maintenance of large raised reservoirs…
AGS Senate: June 2018 Meeting Update
The Senate, which meets four times a year, is made up of the current Officers, Working Group Leaders and elected representatives of…
AGS Laboratories Working Group: July 2018 Meeting Update
The third AGS Laboratories Working Group meeting of 2018 took place on 12th July 2018 at Geotechnica and the Laboratories Leader, Dimitris…
Engineering in Chalk 2018
The British Geotechnical Association (BGA) with support from the Engineering Group of the Geological Society (EGGS) will be hosting a major two-day…
Geotechnica 2018
The UK’s largest geotechnical conference and exhibition is expecting unprecedented contractor attendance in 2018. With major upcoming infrastructure projects being discussed at…
Porosity and permeability values: filling the gaps with NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance)
Balazs Rigler of Fugro discusses the group’s efforts to improve the efficiency and accuracy of hydrological analyses for nearshore and onshore foundation…
Q&A with Lynne Llewellyn
Lynne Llewellyn BSc (Hons) CGeol FGS National Technical Manager, Structural Soils Ltd I have over 15 years experience working within the ground…