The Geotechnical Data Hub

Geotechnical Laboratory’s guide to AGS data – Part I

HayleyMaher — Tue, 21 May 2013 09:53:32 +0000

The speed with which consultants are able to analyse and plot laboratory data is the main reason why AGS data is being requested more frequently in laboratories working on medium to large construction projects. For a significant number of laboratories the production of AGS data is causing a number of problems but these can be [...]

Geotechnical Knowledge Management – Have we been here before?

HayleyMaher — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:42:48 +0000

The more you know about a site and the surrounding area before you start a Site Investigation, the better you will be able to design the investigation. Technology has come to our aid here and these days we waste no time jumping on the internet to visit Bing Maps®, Google Earth®, or Google Street View® [...]

Are you Aiming for a Paperless Geotechnical Laboratory

keynetix — Fri, 04 May 2012 12:55:31 +0000

Whenever a company looks to improve the efficiency of their field work and laboratory testing, the subject of a paperless laboratory is never far away. Previously the idea has been dismissed or parked as a result of either technology requirements or the practical problems of tracking a sample around the laboratory without the usual paper [...]

Is this the coolest Geology App for your iPhone?

Roger Chandler — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:28:50 +0000

iGeology is a new free iPhone App that lets you take the 1:50,000 geological map of Britain with you wherever you go. Simply navigate to the area you are interested in and tap the screen, wait a few seconds and the Superficial and Bedrock Geology information is displayed for that [...]

Location Naming Conventions

Roger Chandler — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 09:43:03 +0000

One of the most important data management principles you must have clearly agreed before you start a project is the location naming conventions.

This seems the simplest of suggestions and I expect readers of this article to fall into one of two camps; either you have not experienced problems associated with naming conventions and you possibly [...]

AGS Format Version 4 – An introduction to the new format

Roger Chandler — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:54:22 +0000

With only weeks to go until the official launch of the latest version of the AGS format (AGS4), and having spent every spare minute over the last few weeks reviewing draft after draft of the document, I thought I would summarise some of the exciting new features that AGS4 has incorporated in my article this [...]

Site Investigation Data Management – is it a waste of time?

Mike Rothery — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:49:46 +0000

Is Site Investigation Data Management a waste of time? Mike Rothery looks to the American Carpet industry for inspiration and ideas on how, why and if we should be concerned about how we manage geotechnical [...]

AGS Geology Codes – bones of contention to skeleton of the project

Phil Child — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:44:34 +0000

Although the AGS has become the industry standard way of transferring geotechnical and geo-environmental data, there remains a fairly large amount of confusion with regards to key aspects of the format. A favourite bone of contention, particularly for the newcomer to the format perhaps, is that all too nefarious of fields, the Geology Code [...]

Borehole Drilling – What is the client paying for?

Mike Rothery — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:28:16 +0000

Ever since those heady days of software boom in the early 1990’s it has been an elusive dream to be able to offer the site investigation drilling industry a simple and robust method of logging boreholes electronically in the field. For us the obvious motivation is to bring an innovative product to market and reap [...]

Take the data entry challenge

Roger Chandler — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:49:38 +0000

Many years ago I came up with the two golden rules of data entry at one of our user group meetings and these two rules are now widely quoted in data transfer presentations both by me and [...]