AGS Members' Day 2015 - Chairman's Address Presentation
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WELCOME TO THE 27th AGS MEMBERS DAY
Seamus Lefroy-BrooksAGS Chairman
…to promote and enhance the quality of geotechnical and geoenvironmental professional practice.
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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.
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AGS STRUCTURE
THE AGS COMPRISES A MAIN COMMMITTEE AND SIX WORKING GROUPS
• CONTAMINATED LAND
• LOSS PREVENTION
• BUSINESS PRACTICE
• SAFETY
• DATA MANAGEMENT
• LABORATORIES
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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.
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What are the others thinking about?
Texas - March - Foundations and Equipment Expo
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What are the others thinking about?
Paris - March - Polluted Sites
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What are the others thinking about?
Tunisia - April - Pressuremeter
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What are the others thinking about?
Canada - May - Rock Mechanics
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California - June - Deep mixing and mass mixing
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What are the others thinking about? June
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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What are the others thinking about?
Colombo - August - Geotechnics for Sustainable Development
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Australia - August - Rock Blasting
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What are the others thinking about?
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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What are the others thinking about?
Cape Town - October - Slope Stability
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What are the others thinking about?
Buenos Aires - November - Soil Mechanics & Geotechnical Engineering
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Edinburgh - XVI ECSMGE 13-17 September
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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
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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
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