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AGS Magazine – November/December issue
The Association of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Specialists are pleased to announce the launch of their new bi-monthly publication; AGS Magazine. To view…
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AGS Members’ Day: 7th April 2016
The AGS is pleased to announce details of Members’ Day 2016, which is taking place on Thursday 7th April 2016 at the…
Chairman’s Address
AGS Members Day is always an enjoyable and informative event, which manages to balance the AGS governance issues with topical presentations form…
Ground Engineering Talking point on RoGEP
UK Register of Ground Engineering Professionals (UK RoGEP) It is nearly a year since we launched UK RoGEP and things have moved…
Visa for Geoprofessionals
The Shortage Occupation List maintained by the UK Boarder Agency (UKBA) identifies those job titles which are officially considered to be in…
University Meets Industry
Engineering Geology and Geotechnical Engineering MSc courses – what is the problem? A recent meeting arranged by the AGS on behalf of…
UK Registration of Ground Engineering Professionals (RoGEP)
In June 2011, a new initiative for ground engineers was launched in the United Kingdom, after nearly ten years of discussions between…
Engineering, Geology, Geotechnics
University of Portsmouth’s Industrial Alliance in Engineering Geology & Geotechnics starts to show results The University of Portsmouth is the only institution…
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…
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’…
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…
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…
Establishing Ground Rules
Concerns over the place of Ground investigations in relation to CDM led John Banks and Mouchel Parkman to raise queries with HSE…
Age Discrimination Regulations
Members trying to come to grips with the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 can find information on the Evesheds website www.eversheds.com. (Drill down…
Guidance on the use of HBM in working platforms
New guidance has been launched by WRAP entitled ‘Guidance on the use of HBM in working platforms’. This covers the key issues…
The Role of an Expert Witness
Introduction Experts play an important and unique role in the adversarial court process as they are required to provide an independent opinion…
The site investigation industry is launching a series of initiatives to improve client awareness, says Jim Cook.
The need, quality and sufficiency of site investigations has been of paramount importance since the early 1960s and the issue of client…
Report of AGS Chairman’s visit to ASFE Conference
At the invitation of the President of ASFE, I attended the ASFE Autumn Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona. The conference was held over…
CSCS – What you need to know
The CSCS Scheme was set up in 1995 and there are currently more than 600,000 card holders covering more than 170 occupations.…