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Article Ann-Marie Casserly

AGS SWG Call for Safety Alerts

Dear Member,     MESSAGE FROM THE SAFETY WORKING GROUP CHAIRMAN – CALL FOR SAFETY ALERTS   The Safety Working Group would…

Article News Caroline Kratz

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…

Article Ann-Marie Casserly

Hard Shoulder, Near Miss. Stay Safe!

Please click the below link to see a video clip of a near miss on the hard shoulder. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JiOETTsHWI If you have…

News Caroline Kratz

The Ground Engineering Awards is back and celebrating nine years of showcasing the very best in the industry. Entries are now open…

Article Ann-Marie Casserly

Loss Prevention CDM 2015

  There appears a general consensus that working for a commercial competent supply chain and client, CDM2015 is reasonably straightforward to comply…

Report Ciaran Jennings

Safety Group Report

Julian Lovell, Chairman, AGS Safety Working Group writes: Below is the latest report from our Safety Group which this quarter has been…

Article Ann-Marie Casserly

Asbestos PII Update

The subject of asbestos cover is one that has been in the spotlight for many years since the restriction (and in some…

Article Ann-Marie Casserly

Be On Your Guard

During recent years our industry has made great progress in providing rig guarding for piling and drilling rigs. Responding to the well…

Article Ann-Marie Casserly

The Contractor ’s Problem

You arrive on site with detailed plans of the buried services.  The electricity and telecommunications can be readily confirmed with your Cable…

Article Ann-Marie Casserly

The Consultant’s Problem

There is still a perception within the industry, and sadly, this includes some CDM-Co-ordinators (CDM-C), that it is not necessary to appoint…

Article Ann-Marie Casserly

Understanding Bandings

This article has been superseded by Safety Guidance – Classification of Potentially Contaminated Sites for Intrusive Investigation Activities which was published in March…

Uncategorized Ann-Marie Casserly

Putting Safety First

The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 Introduction This new Act came into force on 6th April 2008.  An offence is…

Article Ann-Marie Casserly

The Dangers of Trial Pitting

This is Alex Wright. Alex was a 27 year old experienced geotechnical engineer. He lost his life on Friday 5th September 2008…

Article Ann-Marie Casserly

AGS manual handling

More than a quarter of accidents that have occurred at work and have been reported to the enforcing authorities each year, are…

Article Ann-Marie Casserly

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…

Article Ann-Marie Casserly

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…

Article Ann-Marie Casserly

Underground Services and Utility Plans

Figures provided by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) record around 30 fatalities a year through contact with electricity. Most of these…