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The Soil Guideline Values Taskforce (SGV TF) is a joint initiative between Government Departments, local authorities and other private and public sector…
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CONSULTANTS VULNERABLE TO A CONVICTION?
I suspect that many of you are aware that there has been increasing concern about the number of fatalities and serious accidents…
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…
Work Permits to involve less Red Tape
There is big news for the Industry with a new addition of Geotechnical Engineers to the Shortage Occupations List for Work Permit…
ISO/TC190 Meeting, Paris Note prepared by Peter Rodd
For the fourth year running I attended the ISO/TC190 Soil Quality meeting, this year in Paris. The meeting comprises sessions of the…
“The Geology of Site Investigation Boreholes from Hong Kong”
AGS (Hong Kong) have announced the publication of the above title. The author is Chris Fletcher but in an effort to promote…
Reinforced soil design code to be revised
When BS 8006, the code of practice for Strengthened / Reinforced soils and other fills, was first published in 1995, it was…
Bothered by unwanted telemarketing calls?
Under Government legislation introduced on 1st May 1999 and replaced on 11th December 2003 by the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive)…
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…
Letters to the Editor
Integrating archaeology into geotechnical surveys Dear Colleague Unexpected archaeological discoveries can cause costly construction delays. There are number of things which AGS…
MCERTS implementation still set for 1 March 2005
In view of the fact that many companies will find that no laboratory has MCERT accreditation for all the tests they require,…
AGS 3.1 publication now available for download
The AGS Data Format committee wishes to announce the publication of Revision 1 to the third edition of the AGS Data transfer…
AGS PI Insurance Survey
In an endeavour to discover AGS Members’ experience with PI insurance and their claims history, the Loss Prevention WG asked all Members…
A Low Cost Support Tool for Single Manning Site Safety
All member companies will have had experience of controlling single manning site safety be it office administrators, or at the other extreme,…
MCERTS
The Environment Agency have advised that a policy titled ‘Chemical Test Data on Contaminated Soils – Qualification Requirements (307_03)’ has recently been…
The Landfill Directive – Nightmare or Opportunity
[These notes were made after attending an EIC Seminar on the Landfill Directive held on 31 March 04. They represent the view…
Charging Interest on Late Payments
Tim White of Marquis & Lord (Consulting Scientists) writes about his experience in maintaining a positive cash flow Are you aware of…
Code of practice for legal admissibility and evidential weight of information stored electronically
Will the law admit your evidence? Many AGS Members prepare reports which may have evidential weight. They may be backed by digital…
Notes on Asbestos liability and Insurance Issues
From ABI Seminar on the availability of insurance for asbestos related risks and the impact of the new asbestos regulations The ABI…
Electronic Tenders and Email
Both the Loss Prevention WG and the Business Practice WG have raised questions about e-business and email that highlight a degree of…