Find out about Geo Careers
Wondering whether you would like a geoscience/ geo-engineering career or perhaps you are thinking about a change in career. Find out more here with links to interviews and talks about different opportunities to work in […]
Geotechnics
Updated _HSE EH40/2005 Workplace Exposure Limits
This latest version of EH40, published in August 2018 has been updated to include new and revised workplace exposure limits (WELs) introduced by the 4th Indicative Occupational Exposure Limit Values (IOELV) Directive. The changes are […]
The cost of operating illegal waste sites in England is expected to rise from 1st of April 2018
You may think from the above statement is only of passing interest but actually operating illegally could be as simple as not being compliant with the conditions which apply to a waste exemption or not […]
Regulatory Position Statement (RPS) 206 : Use of unbound IBAA in certain construction activities
The Environment Agency have published on-line RPS 206, which applies, if you use unbound municipal Incinerator Bottom Ash Aggregate (unbound IBAA) in certain construction activities. Essentially, if you comply with the conditions of the RPS, […]
Do you want to know more about UK Geohazards?
Then you might be interested in a new website currently being constructed through The Geological Society’s Working Party. The aim of the website is “To utilise the expertise within the Engineering Group to provide a […]
CIRIA now offering UK Asbestos Training Association (UKATA) approved Asbestos in Soils Awareness Course
CIRIA’s awareness course is aimed at workers operating on brownfield sites where there is potential for asbestos exposure: whether through site investigation, archaeology surveys, below ground utility installations and maintenance,or redevelopment of brownfield sites. Developed […]
Government Announces New Rules for Drone use
As a result of the government’s recent consultaion into Unlocking the UK’s High Tech Economy: Consultation on the Safe Use of Drones in the UK there are proposals to increase user accountability with all users […]
Are Engineering Geologist’s following the dinosaurs?
Possible extinction in the UK is on the horizon with threats to our University courses. Whilst the EG50 conference at the beginning of July celebrated 50 years of the University of Portsmouth’s Engineering Geology (EG) […]
FPS Establishes Working Group to Investigate New Methods of Pile Integrity Testing
In 1997 CIRIA launched their Integrity testing in piling practice (R144), which formed the primary guide on this topic for the industry. For sometime now there has been concern that even if 100% of […]
Mind the Gap between Asbestos in Soils Guidance and Training!
The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 (CAR 2012), Regulation 10 requires every employer to ensure that adequate information, instruction and training is given to their employees who are,or who are liable to be, exposed to […]