SearchRetention of documents – how long is long enough?
Introduction How long is a piece of string? Tricky. Twice the length from one end to the middle, you say? Well, yes,…
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Builders Profile
Is Builders Profile the answer to Pre-Qualification Questionnaires? When Members of the National Specialist Contractors Council (NSCC) complained about the number and…
Markets for Professional Indemnity insurance – the not so ‘super market’
The aim of this paper is to summarise the workings of the UK Professional Indemnity insurance market and the hard/soft cycle that…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
New Construction Industry Scheme
On 6 April 2007 a new Construction Industry Scheme came into force. Though altered, the new CIS involves the same basic concept…
BDA audited drilling operatives
The following is general wording suggested by BDA for all drilling operations:- Audited Land Drilling Operatives All drilling operatives (Lead Drillers and…
Drilling competence – what’s the current proof?
BDA Driller Accreditation is dead and buried. Its passing away went largely unannounced but it no longer exists. The British Drilling Association…
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…
Reinforced Fill
BS EN 14475:2006 establishes general principles for the construction of reinforced fill. It covers engineered fills which are reinforced by the inclusion…
Equitable contribution clauses
Scenario: a homeowner decides to have an extension built at his house and employs a consultant and a contractor to carry out…
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…
Single Point Project (Financial Loss) Insurance (SPPI)
The government is to trial a radical new form of project-wide insurance on about 10 public sector schemes. The move is part of…
Drilling into Coal Authority’s assets
The Coal Authority was established under the Coal Industry Act 1994. All in situ coal, old mineworkings, current mineworkings and all shaft…