SearchFirst Aid in the Workplace – Changes to Regulations
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), carried out an evaluation of first aid in the workplace and found that ‘although first aid…
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Successful Tender
Question- Can a successful tenderer for a publicly procured project negotiate the terms of the contract post acceptance, but prior to contract…
Why AGS4?
The AGS data format is being upgraded to version 4, this note explains the thinking behind the changes, gives the reasons for…
EN 1990 Alteration
EN 1990 Altered to Avoid UK Liability Problems The head code, EN 1990, has been changed to make sure that civil and…
Weighing up the Risk
Ecological Risk Assessment (ERA) A new framework for assessing risks to ecological systems from contaminants in soils was published by the Environment…
Understanding Bandings
This article has been superseded by Safety Guidance – Classification of Potentially Contaminated Sites for Intrusive Investigation Activities which was published in March…
Payment and Protection
Introduction In the present economic climate every business is feeling the pressure and it has never been more important to take all…
Water Testing Cost Amendments
DEFRA’s Water Classification Directions to the Environment Agency Could water testing costs (either as part of due diligence work or operationally in…
Sign off Responsibility
It is common for Clients to request that their consultant obtains “sign off” of proposals for site investigation, risk assessment and in…
The Dangers of Trial Pitting
This is Alex Wright. Alex was a 27 year old experienced geotechnical engineer. He lost his life on Friday 5th September 2008…
Unexploded Ordnance – a Construction Industry Guide
As the representative of the AGS on the project steering group for the forthcoming CIRIA construction industry guidance on UXO, Andy O’Dea…
FPS Electronic Pile Schedule
The long nights of re-typing pile schedules could be a thing of the past as the Federation of Piling Specialists launches a…
Apprentices – back in vogue
Equipe Training Limited has delivered its’ first courses in September from their newly established Drilling AcademyTM near Banbury, Oxfordshire. The courses were…
Recruitment Aided!
The Ground Forum is delighted to announce that 19 ground engineering job titles have been included in the new ‘Shortage Occupations List’…
Are your e-mails and websites legal
Requirements of the Companies Regulations 2006 From 1st January 2007 external business emails issued by public and private companies and limited liability…
Eurocode 7 letter
Dear Editor I have been delivering lectures on EC7 parts 1 and 2 for a while now, and I remain amazed and…
Environmental Permitting regulations
The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations came into force on the 6th April 2008. They merge Waste Management Licensing (WML) and…
A new system for migrant workers
On Friday 29 February 2008, a new immigration system was launched to ensure that only those with the right skills or the…
AGS manual handling
More than a quarter of accidents that have occurred at work and have been reported to the enforcing authorities each year, are…
Defence cost in criminal prosecutions
It is probably common knowledge that fines arising from Criminal Prosecutions for Health and Safety breaches are not covered by a designer’s…
Construction Waste… and how to make it disappear
Half of construction waste already gets recycled, but the other half is still either being spread as waste (under various licensing exemptions)…