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Clients want right first-time solutions to the technical challenges of building in areas with mining legacy hazards, so how can the ground engineering profession better use the evidence the sites themselves provide? asks Aecom technical director Scott O’Neill.

The recent evacuation of a village in Switzerland over landslide fears shows that slope monitoring technologies have improved greatly. But this presents those responsible for monitoring with new challenges, says Dave Petley.

Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions managing director for onshore Yvonne Ainsworth on the importance of friendship in business.

Is zonal design for ground engineering the future? asks Ramboll head of geostructures Stephen Lawrence West.

Following the tragic earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, there have been calls to make buildings safer. But there is also the opportunity to anticipate and mitigate landslides to reduce their impact on people and infrastructure, argues Dave Petley.

Keller's new group sustainability manager Luke Deamer explains how he wants sustainability to be driven from the bottom up.

Employees have been leaving their jobs to seek greener pastures elsewhere. But having an honest conversation with your current employer about your desired goals can often turn your patch of grass into any shade of green you wish, says Gavin and Doherty Geosolutions director Yvonne Ainsworth.

Topcon GB UK business manager Andy Flood on the role of digital earthworks in achieving net zero.

In the wake of a recent deadly landslide in the Philippines, Dave Petley argues that mitigation measures need to be designed to consider the full range of hazards faced by a community.

Pick Everard senior geo-environmental engineer Ross Goodband unearths the compliance pitfalls to avoid and the pathways to take to ensure soil reuse does not become a recycling afterthought.