The Federation of Piling Specialists (FPS) has created a new concrete blockage incident reporting system.
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Ground engineering: What’s on in March 2024 and beyond
Ground Engineering's monthly round-up of events from across the geotechnical sector.
2024 GE Piling & Foundations conference to open with ‘state of the nation’ keynote
The GE Piling & Foundations conference is returning in April with a keynote address focused on what the industry looks like now and what to expect in the near future.
HS2’s Birmingham Curzon Street station site prepped for piling this spring
HS2 contractor Mace Dragados Joint Venture has officially started construction work on Birmingham's new Curzon Street station site, with subcontractor Keltbray carrying out piling enabling works.
Ground engineering: What’s on in February 2024 and beyond
Ground Engineering's monthly round-up of events from across the geotechnical sector.
Watch: 42 Southwark Bridge Road – Saving carbon through foundation reuse
At the 2023 GE Sustainability conference, A-Squared Studio Engineers associate director Hamed Shariff presented a case study on saving carbon through foundation reuse.
Watch: Tracking embodied carbon consumption during piling
At the 2023 GE Sustainability conference, Arup geotechnical associate director Chris Barker explored a unique approach to tracking embodied carbon consumption on piling projects in Canary Wharf.
Roger Bullivant signs development deal with graphene-enhanced concrete start-up
Pre-cast piling specialist Roger Bullivant has agreed on an in-principle volume order for Concretene’s graphene-enhanced admixture that aims to reduce the embodied carbon in concrete.
Industry comment sought on new draft of AGS Piling data transfer format
The Association of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Specialists (AGS) has released the latest version of its AGS Piling draft schema for piling data for industry comment.
‘A collaborative approach is needed to enhance working platform safety in the piling industry’
Tensar's Chaido Yuli Doulala-Rigby highlights the persistent issues surrounding working platform safety.