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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…
Mobile Plant Licences to become “Simpler, Faster, Lower-cost & Consistent”
A joint Government and Industry Task Force established towards the end of 2004 has now reached agreement on the best way to…
Environmental Alert New Hazardous Waste Regulations
NEW REGULATIONS The Hazardous Waste and List of Wastes Regulations have been introduced replacing the existing Special Waste Regulations 1996 and come…
New Pile Cutting Method
A Federation of Piling Specialist’s Member has reported a new Pile Cutting method that appears particularly efficient. Details about The Cropper can…
Hand Arm Vibration
HSE are becoming seriously concerned about hand arm vibration while breaking down piles. Members of the Federation of Piling Specialists have experienced…
Working on Another’s Land
Following the publication of Loss Prevention Alert 33, which concerns the matters to which specialists should have regard when working on another’s…