WELCOME TO THE 27th AGS MEMBERS DAY

Seamus Lefroy-BrooksAGS Chairman

…to promote and enhance the quality of geotechnical and geoenvironmental professional practice.

AGS Members

1. < 150 AGS members2. 20% of members employ more than 20 specialists3. 50% of members employ fewer than 5 specialists

4. >1500 individual specialists in the present AGS membership5. ?3000 graduates out there who don’t yet qualify as specialists6. ?500 other employees --------- ?5,000 individuals presently represented by the AGS

…to promote and enhance the quality of geotechnical and geoenvironmental professional practice.

AGS STRUCTURE

THE AGS COMPRISES A MAIN COMMMITTEE AND SIX WORKING GROUPS

• CONTAMINATED LAND

• LOSS PREVENTION

• BUSINESS PRACTICE

• SAFETY

• DATA MANAGEMENT

• LABORATORIES

OUR MISSION

• Uphold the AGS reputation as a world-renowned technical organisation

• Continue to set and communicate best industry practice

• Communicate better with our members

• Provide support and guidance to ?10,000 individuals working in our industry

…to promote and enhance the quality of geotechnical and geoenvironmental professional practice.

What are the others thinking about?

Texas - March - Foundations and Equipment Expo

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Paris - March - Polluted Sites

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Tunisia - April - Pressuremeter

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Canada - May - Rock Mechanics

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California - June - Deep mixing and mass mixing

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Norway - Offshore Geotechnics Rome -Flat dilatometer

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Brazil - June – Foundation Engineering and Geotechnics

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Korea - June - Geosynthetics

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Colombo - August - Geotechnics for Sustainable Development

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Australia - August - Rock Blasting

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Japan - September- Geohazards and Engineering Geology

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Austria - October - Rock Mechanics

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India - October - Engineering Geology

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Cape Town - October - Slope Stability

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Buenos Aires - November - Soil Mechanics & Geotechnical Engineering

Edinburgh - XVI ECSMGE 13-17 September

INTRODUCTION TO THE DAYAFTERNOON

A PRESENTATION BY MIKE COHEN ON CHEMICAL TESTING

A PRESENTATION BY HS2 ON GROUND INVESTIGATION

A PANEL DISCUSSION ON ASBESTOS IN SOILS

INTRODUCTION TO THE DAYMORNING

REPORTS FROM EACH OF THE SIX AGS WORKING GROUPS• CONTAMINATED LAND• LOSS PREVENTION• BUSINESS PRACTICE• SAFETY• DATA MANAGEMENT• LABORATORIES

PLUS A PRESENTATION FROM THE NHBC ON BASEMENTS

PLUS A PRESENTATION ON THE NEW AGS WEBSITE

AGM

Enjoy!