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Trench Collapse, injured worker and £2M in fines

January 30, 2017February 20, 2023 Claire Dickinson Geotechnics

With all the publicity that surrounded the trench collapse in September 2008, which killed a geotechnical engineer and resulted in the first prosecution under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007, it is disappointing […]

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Updated Guidance for the Design & Lifting of Cages

January 9, 2017 Claire Dickinson Geotechnics

The Federation of Piling Specialists (FPS) has released a new revision of its Guidance Note – “The Design for Splicing and Lifting of Pre-Fabricated and Site Fabricated Reinforcement Cages for Piling and Walling Works.” According […]

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Waste Enforcement and Prosecutions Continue across England and Wales

December 8, 2016 Claire Dickinson Contaminated Land

Whilst it is necessary to comply with the waste hierarchy and it makes good business sense inevitably there are sites were waste soils are generated that require disposal. If you are a waste producer do […]

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Safety Alert_RAIB Report into Structural Failure due to Scour

November 16, 2016November 17, 2016 Claire Dickinson Geotechnics

Shallow foundations and high velocity flows led to structural failure caused by scour at Lamington viaduct, South Lanarkshire 31 December 2015. Earlier this week the RAIB released its report looking into the factors which gave […]

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Updated – The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Specification for Piling and Embedded Retaining Walls (SPERWall)

November 16, 2016December 8, 2016 Claire Dickinson Geotechnics

It is nearly 10 years since the second edition of SPERWall was published and this much used national standard has now been replaced by the third edition. The document has been revised in response to […]

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Consultation_EN ISO17892 – Geotechnical Investigation and Testing – Laboratory Testing of Soil

October 21, 2016 Claire Dickinson Geotechnics

If you are interested in the geotechnical testing of soil, then you might want to spare the time to review some key standards that have been published, as drafts for consultation.  Three parts of the […]

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The Geotechnical Academy – A different way of training

October 17, 2016February 26, 2023 Claire Dickinson Geotechnics

With teaching time on many university courses much decreased resulting in a  reduction in the practical hands-on experience, and training budgets within companies, as a result of the recession, being pared to the minimum the […]

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New BDA Guidance on the Operation of Cable Percussion Rigs & Equipment

October 17, 2016 Claire Dickinson Contaminated Land

Cable Percussion boreholes are one of the primary methods of forming exploratory holes in soils in the UK and form a staple part of most site investigations. The British Drilling Association (BDA) has issued a […]

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Research Theme – Should we still be logging boreholes using the Human Eye?

September 18, 2016 Claire Dickinson Contaminated Land

A question posed by the Andy Gibson ( Director of the Centre for Applied Geoscience Research, University of Porstmouth) at their first industry workshop exploring their current research looking at the ” Rapid Characterisation of […]

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HSE confirm Issues with Site Specific Investigations can lead to Small Wind Turbine (SWT) failure

August 30, 2016 Claire Dickinson Geotechnics

This was just one of a  number of conclusions looking at the problem of SWT collapses.  This size of wind turbine is defined by IEC 61400 Part 2 standard 11 as “wind turbines with a rotor […]

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