ISO certification
We are pleased to report that AGEC has been re-accredited for a further 3 years by the National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI). This accreditation applies to [...]
Progress in the wind energy sector
AGEC has worked with planning consultants McCarthy Keville O’Sullivan Ltd to successfully secure planning permission for a wind farm in the townlands of Cloncreen in County [...]
AGEC active in the renewables sector
We're welcoming the announcement of two new windfarm developments which have been granted planning permission last month - Glemore Windfarm an Carrigarierk Windfarm. AGEC has worked with [...]
St. Andrew’s Day celebrations…
It was a great honour and privilege for both AGEC and our sister company Coastway Surveys to attend the British Ambassador’s [...]
Sheet piling as a viable alternative for basement construction in the Dublin Docklands
A recent photo from a project we’ve been involved with, showing good progress on a hectic site in the Dublin Docklands. We've given support to our client [...]
Doing business in Scotland
Republic of Ireland and Glasgow Celtic legend Packie Bonner joined AGEC and our sister company Coastway Surveys at the City Chambers in Glasgow last Tuesday night at [...]
It’s been 25 years already?….
It’s been 25 years since our Technical Director, Paul Jennings, completed his PhD at the University of Cardiff. We thought it timely that we celebrate his work [...]
Adding value with geomorphology
We don’t want to rail against computer modelling – we advocate high-end numerical modelling where it can add value for our clients – but we put huge [...]
The joy of Earthworks Engineering
We’re very much looking forward to getting our teeth into the Second Edition of Neil Trenter’s seminal Earthworks: A guide which has been updated by Paul Novak [...]
Welcoming CIRIA C750
The second edition of the much-used best practice guidance (replacing CIRIA C515 probably the de facto CoP for groundwater control in the UK and Ireland) is a [...]
Adding value to energy geotechnics
At AGEC we think our experience in energy geotechnics, specifically wind farm construction, is almost unparalleled. We’ve been involved in almost 200 separate projects and provide an [...]
System reliability in slope stability
Last month’s issue of Geotechnique contained a paper by Reale, Xue and Gavin titled “System reliability of slopes using multimodal optimisation” [http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/10.1680/jgeot.15.P.142] which we thought was excellent. [...]