AGS Chair’s July 2024 update: safety data, report quality and EDI notes for geoengineers
Reviewed by Tom Sullivan
First reported on AGS (UK) – Blog/Magazine
30 Second Briefing
AGS’s July update launches an Early Careers Video, “Discovering a Rewarding Career in the Geo-Industry”, for use by industry representatives in schools and universities, and reports 2023 geotechnical and geoenvironmental accident statistics based on a 127% increase in contributing organisations. A new two-part SiLC PTP series critiques the standard of land contamination reports submitted through the planning system, echoing regulator concerns about report quality and consistency. Forthcoming events include a 25 September EDI-focused webinar and a November Manchester meeting on groundwater impacts across design and construction stages.
Technical Brief
- 2023 accident statistics explicitly target geotechnical and geoenvironmental activities, enabling discipline-specific safety benchmarking.
- Strong emphasis is placed on challenging unsafe planning decisions, not just on-site behaviours or PPE compliance.
- Poor-quality contamination assessments are linked to planning approvals that may under-specify remediation and long-term monitoring.
Our Take
The sharp 127% rise in organisations submitting 2023 accident data to AGS strengthens the statistical base behind the health and safety initiatives highlighted in the separate AGS–BDA collaboration piece, giving working groups more credible evidence to target specific site practices.
With both this Chair’s blog and the March women’s safety issue referencing SiLC-linked panels, SiLC is emerging in our coverage as a recurring focal point for professional standards and wellbeing in geotechnical practice rather than purely as a technical accreditation scheme.
The EDI‑themed webinar flagged for 25 September sits alongside several other Safety‑tagged AGS items in our database, indicating that AGS is now treating equality, diversity and inclusion as a core risk-management topic for geotechnical projects, not just an HR concern.
Prepared by collating external sources, AI-assisted tools, and Geomechanics.io’s proprietary mining database, then reviewed for technical accuracy & edited by our geotechnical team.
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