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The Environment Agency has issued a revised version of its MCERTS policy for the chemical testing of soils. The Agency established its…
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Modernising Waste Regulation – Environment Agency Update
Exemptions Under new procedures “simple” exempt activities can now be registered by calling the National Customer Contact Centre on 08708 506506. Trained…
The problem of made ground
The categorisation, analysis and reporting of ‘made ground’ is a recurring nightmare for the modern laboratory. Traditionally a by-product of land reclamation…
BS10175: Investigation of potentially contaminated sites, code of practice (2001) due for review
This review will be carried out by the BSi EH/4 Committee. Following on from the official announcement, expected shortly, there will be…
Semple Fraser adds Scottish dimension to Loss Prevention
The Loss Prevention WG has been aware for some time that the alerts and advice issued to Members apply to English law…
AGS guides the way
AGS Client Guides are intended to help Members get their message about good practice across to clients and to reassure Clients that…
Deadline looms as the ICE introduces the 3000 series
Members with agreed training schemes need to get these rewritten by Autumn 2006 in order to accommodate the changes being made by…
What could training do for your company?
Whether you want to improve your relationship with a client, find ways of reducing the cost of your Professional Indemnity, retain your…
AGS training takes First Steps
The AGS welcomes the BRE and First Steps initiative and look forward to working with them to develop courses relevant and useful…
Copyright Regulations Potential Loss Risk or a Hidden sources of Revenues
Every document issued in the pursuit of producing site investigation information is in some way affected by: Copyright and Related Rights Regulations…
CLAN 02/05
In September 2005, the Cabinet Office led Soil Guidance Value (SGV) Task Force issued its first (and long awaited) public pronouncement –…
BRE SD1:2005 – Implication for SI & Specifications
The Building Research Establishment (BRE) has recently revised Special Digest 1 “Concrete in aggressive ground”. This new edition (SD1: 2005), funded by…
Management of Risk Associated with Ground Reports
Michael Joyce, a chartered engineer, chartered geologist and chartered arbitrator, has written to the AGS in connection with some of our observations…
A national archive of site investigation data
As aired at the recent AGS Format discussion session following the presentation by Jeremy Giles from BGS, the concept of a national…
PID Instruments: Read the Manual – Understand the Risks
The use of Photo Ionisation Detectors or PID’s to delineate hydrocarbon, or solvent, plumes is common practice these days. Since its introduction…
Eurocode EC7 National Application Document NAD
The Ground Forum has received a report that work to prepare a National Application Document (NAD) for Eurocode 7 (EC7) has been…
Contaminated Land Analysis – Introducing Doubt Into An Uncertain World
Let’s be honest, to most of us in the ground engineering community, chemistry is something of a black art. It’s a subject…
MCERTS
The Environment Agency’s Monitoring Certification Scheme for the Chemical Testing of Soils: What it is. How it affects you. What you need…
AGS Benchmarking Initiative gets underway
After several false starts, the Business Practice WG has finalised plans for an AGS initiative to evaluate the quality of site investigations…
Letter to The Editor
Sir, Richard Thomas’ letter published in last month’s edition of the AGS Newsletter opens up an interesting debate on how we quantify…
Depositing AGS Format Data with the NGDC
The National Geoscience Data Centre (NGDC) contains data gathered or generated by the British Geological Survey (BGS) as part of its national…