Ever wondered about a career in piling?
If so, you can hear from a range of professionals currently working in this part of the construction industry in the short video below, put together by the Federation of Piling Specialists.
Geotechnics
Key Draft Standards Available to Review
Prior to the publication of a “Standard” whether an ISO, EN or BS these are available to review at https://drafts.bsigroup.com/ This month there are a number of key geotechnical standards available for review including: ENISO […]
New – Latest EA Groundwater Levels and Temperature Readings for London Basin Chalk Aquifer
Yesterday saw the Environment Agency produce their annual report, the 25th such report, on the state of groundwater levels in the Chalk Aquifer beneath London. Intially reports were started in the 1990s to record changing […]
Delays, disruption, weather and climate change – keeping our rail network running
Increasingly we are seeing our National Rail Network under pressure from extreme weather events, and many of us, as recently as last month, were affected by delays and cancellations as result of flooding of lines […]
Asbestos, the “unexpected” risk when coring through ground floor slabs
How often when doing an investigation do you consider whether asbestos may be present beneath a ground floor slab? And how unexpected is it? Perhaps more common than you might think. Yesterday both WYG and […]
Crossrail Lessons Learnt
If you missed last November’s Federation of Piling Specialists and Crossrail’s jointly hosted conference on “lessons learnt during the constriution of deep foundations and ground stabilisation works of the new Crossrail railway” you can now […]
Mine Shaft Capping – Did your design take account of Climate Change?
Something to think about if the recent case reported by The Coal Authority is anything to go by. A shaft treated by a private consultant only 10 years ago collapsed with the mechanism of failure […]
Have your say on the proposed update to CIRIA’s publication on Construction over Abandoned Mineworkings
For a chance to preview the draft of the proposed update of one of my favourite CIRIA publications ‘Construction over abandoned mineworkings’ please go to: https://lnkd.in/e92zK6D All comments can be made via the survey link […]
Worried about where you have used recycled concrete aggregates (RCA)?
A few more of our industry, who attended CIRIA’s half day Geotechnical Conference on Tuesday 19th April, probably are, following Professor Stephan Jefferis’ talk on “Recycled materials, so sustainable are they always perfect?” Recycled aggregates […]