Commercial Risks and How to Manage Them
A half day seminar presented by the AGS Loss Prevention Working Group

This half day seminar taking place on the afternoon of Wednesday 3 rd July at 1 Moorgate Place in London and organised by the Association of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Specialists will provide a focus on the effective management of commercial risks.

Who is it for?

• Junior and experienced ground engineers who are interested in improving their knowledge and skills 
• Practitioners approaching Chartership
• Those in smaller practices where there may be limited or no in-house legally qualified sources of help or advice.

The Conference: What's covered

The conference will start at 12:30pm with registration and lunch.
Talks will commence at 1.30pm and the conference will finish by 5pm.

 Chaired by Jo Strange, Technical Director at CGL, attending delegates will be provided with an introduction of the guidance and advice provided by the AGS Loss Prevention Working Group, with particular attention being given to recent hot topics. Delegates will also be encouraged to raise any issues they may have, which would benefit from future attention or advice from the Group. 
 
The agenda will include:

• Reliance, Collateral Warranties and Limiting Liability with Zita Mansi, Beale & Company 
• The importance of definitions when agreeing scopes and objectives, with Hugh Mallett,
  BuroHappold
• Getting It Right …. and what happens when you don’t, with Sarah McNeil & Michael Stubbs,
  Griffiths & Armour
• Reducing risk and preventing claims on complex brownfield residential sites, with Adam
  Gombocz, NHBC
• The battle of the forms, with Russell Jones, Golder Associates 
• Fitness for purpose or reasonable skill and care, with Rachel Griffiths, Fugro 
• Potential liabilities for Landfill Tax, with Jonathan Atkinson, Environment Agency

To register your attendance, click here for the registration form or for details on our available sponsorship packages please contact Joanna Franaszczuk on 0208 658 8212 or email ags@ags.org.uk.