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LPA 76 – Reliance on another Company’s Report
Published March 2023 An AGS member company raised a concern associated with their potential liabilities when using or relying[1] on a report…
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LPA 77 – Limits of Liability – Are They ‘Reasonable’ Under the Unfair Contract Terms Act?
Published November 2023. The commercial importance of limiting liability under an appointment and the ways in which effective and enforceable limits of…
LPA 78 – Document Retention: Is your Document Retention Policy sufficient?
Published October 2024 Recent changes in the legal landscape have brought the topic of document retention back to the forefront of professionals’…
Managing pressurised gases during drilling
Published March 2025 The occurrence of ground gas is well documented within all drilling sectors, however, the potential for encountering a pressurised…
Online Auctions
Published in 2005 Over the last three or four years online auctions have become part of the e-procurement methodology and have gained…
Overhead Services Safety
People are killed every year in accidents involving overhead power lines. Operators of machinery such as cable percussion and rotary drilling rigs…
Position Paper on 2004 BRE AGS Cover Systems Document
Published April 2019 Starting in 2017, the AGS Contaminated Land Working Group (AGS CLWG) undertook a review of the 2004 BRE/AGS cover…
Potable Water Supply Pipes in Land Potentially Affected by Contamination
Published in June 2014 UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR) produced a guidance document for selection of water pipes in contaminated land in…
Risk Assessments and Method Statements for Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Specialists
Published March 2020. This version replaces ‘Health and Safety Risk Assessment for Ground Investigation’ document which was published in 2010. Health and…
Risk Issues for Independent Geo-professionals
Published in May 2011 Setting up and running a business as an independent geo-professional is, in many respects, no different from the…