"Something which all groundworks operatives should undertake. This course would be invaluable for them and prevent many strikes due to mistakes, bad practices and misconceptions. Very good and useful content."
"A very well arranged course that featured a great mix of presentation and hand-on practical elements."
"Most, if not every, person working on a construction site or around geotechnical sites would benefit from a version of this training"
"Really good course. Good balance between practical and theory. Worked examples were important. Tutor was excellent with a great knowledge of the subject matter and a good training style and delivery."
"An essential three days training for all site engineers delivered by a very knowledgeable trainer."
"The course is the perfect way to get a good start in logging and soil description in accordance with the BSs."
"The course was excellent for providing a detailed introduction to rock description and its practice within associated professional standards. I feel it gave me a lot of the fundamental principles and an understanding of what rock descriptions are designed to achieve and why."
"Very helpful course to get my head around some of the common pitfalls of AGS and hopefully this course will help me to be able to fix the errors I find in my AGS data more confidently"
"Tom was great! really helpful and got us engaged with all the topics. The toolbox talk task we did was insightful and taught me a lot."
"Great course, balances classroom learning very well with outdoor learning"
"A lot of material to cover in a short space of time but Tom did a great job of introducing relvant topics and recommended further study as appropriate. Toms delivery is excellent and managed a full day without getting bored"
"The course is ideal for early career site engineers"
"Generally lovely day, Chris is great, very kind and interactive with everyone. Couldn’t fault the rest of the team who went above and beyond"
"The course was very comprehensive and provided lots of useful H&S information for a junior graduate engineer like myself. Tom is an excellent teacher who is very clear and concise. It was also clear that he was well prepared for delivering the course."
"Excellent training will definitely take everything I’ve learnt today out to the field"
"I literally had zero experience in soil description but after attending this course, I had gained solid knowledge about soil description and I now have more confidence to do the job on site."
"Very clear and concise information. Directly applicable to job role. Good response to questions"
"Excellent course."
"I learned a lot, especially during the practical sessions."
"A brilliant course that will give me some vital skills to take forward in my career."
"Course was very useful and highly applicable to the work I am undertaking. Practicals were really helpful to ‘get my eye in’ to soil description. My only note is that more time to go through the fine samples following the practical would be appreciated - just to ensure that I was correct on my differentiations between clay and silt."
"Alan Binns was extremely informative and in depth"
"A very useful course, and a good refresher. Well presented."
"Very thorough course. Felt I’ve taken a lot from it."
"Julian was great! Nice amount of practical work too. Very good sandwich."
"The course met the objectives and learning goals I had when I enrolled. I recommended it to my colleagues during our department’s monthly meeting and shared the link with them. "
"Very informative presentation and good facilities."
"The course was very informative and engaging, I found it very enlightening of the dangers of asbestos."
"It’s been a great experience and Tom was very professional"
"Good course, some new things and changes when previously did the course. Good refresher on cat and Genny use"
"I feel the course is absolutely necessary for anyone logging soils"
"Very useful for structural Engineer or civil engineer or advanced foundation designer."
"Very good and informative course made enjoyable and interactive"
"Fantastic course with a good balance of practical ans theory."
"Course helped reinforce my knowledge and ironed out some issues"
"Very good course, I done the same one 3 years ago and it was really good to update my knowledge and have a refresh"
"Very informative & interactive, enjoyed the exercises and the chance to work through the learnings."
"As a site engineer, scanning area and preparing for excavations this is very helpful."
"The training was what I needed as it answered so many hidden questions about earthworks."
"I would recommend this training course to all graduates/new employees especially younger new employees as the content highlights a very broad in depth approach to safety and the trainer is very informed."
"Excellent course with lots of practical teachings that I would recommend to anyone in the industry."
"I feel like it's been invaluable to apply to my work and that anyone in this line of work should take part"
"Tom was very understanding of our ability and went out of his way to find videos to aid our understanding of topics- very helpful!"
"The session was very interesting and helpful in understanding the topics of soil description."
"Really enjoyed the three day course. I feel much more confident that I can go back on site and work safely and question anything I don’t feel comfortable with. Tom was lovely and kept us all interested throughout."
"This course is vital for engineers in geotechnical/geo-environmental industry. Thoroughly enjoyed the course and will apply all knowledge to my daily work"
"Julian was lovely. Very informative, welcoming, humorous and you can tell he genuinely cares about what he does. Honestly speaking, there was only one point in the whole 7 hours where I felt a bit like it was getting long and that’s a testimony to Julian’s teaching. This was a nice refresher from 1st year uni and the interactivity will help me to remember it longer term."
"This course just help give me a deeper understanding of AGS data as a whole."
"Tom and Keith were very knowledgeable and inclusive in their teaching methods"
"The course was excellently delivered and highly informative. Regardless of your level of prior experience the taught material was accessible and useful."
"Good mix of basic knowledge, exercises and advanced knowledge"
"The course was very insightful and engaging. I really enjoyed it and would recommend."
"The course was very useful, I felt like I learnt a lot from Chris."
"Very informative and very interactive course. You certainly learn a lot"
"The trainer speaks at a pace that allows me to process information which is very helpful"
"Fantastic informative course. Practical really well done. Lecture style slides felt a bit long but are still very informative and useful."
"Course was very useful and relevant to my job"
"The trainer was very friendly and engaging. They did an excellent job of explaining and giving examples of specific equipment etc on site that some of us didn't have much experience with."
"Really high quality course and delivery"
"I found the course very helpful and interactive. Thank you Tom for your time and making the course more fun"
"The course trainer was engaging and mixed the course theory and real life experience very well to ensure the subject learning was achieved."
"Definitely recommend as rock logging tends to have a lot of common issues which could be very easily solved with a course like this."
"I always enjoy Equipe training courses, they’re engaging and interesting"
"Very good course and enjoyed thoroughly. Made 3 days fly by and I feel much more confident to supervise geotechnical sites."
"As a geotech the course covers most of the things required for site supervision. And allows us to keep the service clearance honest with their processes."
"Very independent course with a knowledgeable trainer who offered their own insight and experience."
"Really good course. Good balance between practical and theory. Worked examples were important. Tutor was excellent with a great knowledge of the subject matter and a good training style and delivery."
"Informative training that was extremely useful and cleared up any queries regarding the soil description protocol and process."
"Provided a good background into the nature and prevalence of asbestos (it's everywhere!) and also clarified potential health impacts. However, the most useful element of the course was that it provided practical and pragmatic procedures for dealing with asbestos within the ground investigation process. The course has given me the confidence to develop methods of workings to ensure that ground investigation works can proceed safely. The course also helped to clarify responsibilities of Clients and landowners in assessing the potential presence of asbestos. Overall we would have no hesitation in recommending this course to ground investigation practitioners"
"Very informative, excellent practical element"
"Very good, delivered well, practicals are very helpful"
"Trainer was incredibly knowledgeable and informative and gave the right balance between theory and practical application."
"Coarse had a good combination of practical and informative presentation"
"The workshop was a great experience. Loved all the practicals that we did and was able to learn more about different soil types."
"Very good for what I needed to know for my upcoming sites. Julian was very informative and explained topics in an easy to digest way."
"Really informative, very knowledgable teacher who answered all my questions"
"Really informative course, the interactive elements were particularly useful"
"Very useful for learning applications of CPTs in both offshore and onshore conditions."
"Very good interactive course. Course content explained clearly."
"The course gave a good perspective on how easy it is to maintain good safety on geotechnical sites."
"Really enjoyable and informative. Very applicable to my work. Perhaps more time on practicals would be appreciated."
"Very useful course, covered an each module in good detail. I could see how what we were learning could be applied to my job role."
"Very informative and i liked the style of the course. I will be recommending this course to my colleagues. Many thanks Matt"
"Very relevant course. Broken down very well and key points were explained."
"Chris was great and very knowledgeable"
"Great course, very informative. It may have been useful to spend a little more time focussing on Made Ground materials. Great coverage and guidance on all other aspects for soil logging."
"Tom was engaging throughout and very knowledgeable. Made the information relatable to your job and responsibilities"
"Soil logging very important in my line of work, and my coworkers would definitely benefit from this."
"I found the course highly informative and well structured. The examples made the concepts easy to understand, and I would definitely recommend it."
"Great day, very enthusiastic course leader."
"Was very informative. Able to answer specific questions I had"
"Tom was brilliant and interacted with us all brilliantly, allowing us to ask any questions even if loosely related. Found it a very interesting session. Thanks!"
"Great training session, very informative and was much more enjoyable than I expected."
"Course content very thorough. Examples of real life situations well used"
"This course does well to cover such a large amount of information in only a day."
"Very well structured with a lot of information. A nice relaxed environment that didn’t feel like I was being lectured. Thank you Tom"
"Very useful thanks! It was really helpful to go through the coarse soil descriptions after we had tried it"
"Excellent quality of training, with great balance of practical and theory examples."
"The course taught me exactly how the standards are to be applied in a real working sense. I feel a lot more confident with applying these standards correctly."
"Good course pace. Didn't feel sleepy at any point."
"Excellent course with very knowledgeable tutor."
"Greta very informative. Quite intense but varied and interesting."
"Course was very informative and would recommend to my colleagues the training for either a starter or as refresher training course."
"Very helpful and enjoyable. David was a great teacher and I’ll be recommending this course"
"A very clear and concise course allowing graduates to adopt and maintain good habits in soil description"
"All satisfactory and interesting course materials"
"There was a good level of coverage and despite having completed the course before, I still learnt something new"
"Course as great. Enough to breaks throughout the course as well."
"Very well structured and course materials are high quality. Feel that even with no knowledge coming in, I could begin to apply knowledge gained today."
"I found the course very informative and the interacitve tasks to be helpful."
"Gave a more detailed understanding of earthworks"
"Chris did a wonderful job at ensuring the course material was understood and put into practice before moving and was a gem at answering our many questions."
"Good having a course that is specifically related to the industry, instead of general health and safety"
"Very useful and applicable. Good presentation and engaging."
"Very useful course and covered everything from the basics to some more in depth knowledge. Would recommend"
"Very informative, Tom was very good at explaining all topics and was great at answering any questions in detail"
"It was really a good session got good hand in experience with the different types of soils. Thank you Julian"
"Very relevant to job, interactive and lots of time to ask questions."
"Training was detailed and covered everything I could need to know"
"It was a brilliantly delivered course. There was a lot of information to cover, Julian was clear in his explanations and did well to not overcomplicated the answers to our questions since very few of us had geology and geotechnical experience."
"Great course specific to engineers rock logging. Great to have both the theory and hands on practical"
"Julian was very informative and helpful. I will definitely benefit from the information provided whilst logging on site."
"Really detailed and very interactive with the practicals"
"I would recommend this course to anyone. I actually enjoyed it and usually I don't like courses."
"I could not think of anything that would of improved my understanding of the subject better"
"The course was really helpful and Tom was amazing during the whole process answering any questions we had."
"Very useful for professionals that are starting their career in foundation design."
"Very hands on practical with a clearly thought process for logging rock which will have excellent applications for future jobs."
"Tips I’ve learned during the theoretical part of the course I feel I can use going back to my job and working on site in future."
"Very useful, particularly after a few years of letting bad habits creep in. "
"Very knowledgeable and helpful course instructors, another great course thankyou :)"
"Very well structured. Exercises aided with engagement/application of material."
"Very helpful for my job and will definitely use the skills on site."
"Very specific course to geotechnical sites - Can apply desk based knowledge learnt to my practical job role"
"An essential three days training for all site engineers delivered by a very knowledgeable trainer."
"Very good introduction to foundation design in geotechnics, with ample opportunity to ask questions - very difficult to improve on."
"Well delivered with plenty of opportunities to ask questions and discuss issues."
"Very useful for providing more specific details surrounding general health and safety advice making it applicable to geotechnical sites."
"Good informative course and a very knowledgeable trainer"
"Chris was a brilliant trainer. The lunch provided was brilliant and also the free book!!"
"Good information provided by Alan which is backed up with notes issued to us which will be great for referencing in the future."
"Overall eye opening course to make you aware of the correct procedure to look out for when using or monitoring the use of locating services."
"Very informative, have done course before with different trainers but learned new things today"
"Very comprehensive and with some experience tidied up loose ends of knowledge."
"Great course, I had very little understanding of the AGS format before the course and now I feel more confident tackling AGS files"
"Extremely informative and interesting I definitely feel more confident in soil logging"
"Chris was very engaging and knowledgeable. It was great to be able to have technical conversations and discuss all queries whenever they arose. A very enjoyable day!"
"Chris was great and very knowledgeable. I had a lot of fun on this course and even pondered studying the topic"
"Julian was brilliant, really interesting and helpful course!"
"Really enjoyed this talk - Alan managed to make the topics interesting where others might not have! His case studies and experience/stories made it engaging and yes would definitely recommend."
"Very good knowledge and practical session builds well on what was learnt. Fits in well"
"The course was excellent and while I may not use it exactly as taught day to day its greatly added to my understanding of information I do come across daily"
"Course was informative, interactive, covered everything it needed to"
"Really well delivered and designed course!"
"The course was succinct and easy enough for me to understand as a first year student. It was well thought out and very relevant. I would advise the convenors to maintain their level of expertise which is laudible"
"Helpful course to learn soil description standards and requirements"
"Really good content and relevant recent data. Course leaders very knowledgeable, practicals and demonstrations very useful"
"Would recommend to anyone with no prior knowledge of soil logging"
"Helps graduates have a better understanding of soil logging"
"I really enjoyed the course, very informative and I look forward to putting what I learnt into practice in the workplace Thank you!"
"Great course - good to get hands dirty and actually get a feel for everything. Generally found it incredibly useful and wish I’d done it in the first year of my job!"
"Fantastic course as a graduate, and really helpful for logging intrusive works on site"
"Good course and very useful with good mix of theory and practical technique"
"I feel more informed about what is and isn’t safe, which is important as there is no formal training in house at my company. I also feel more empowered to speak up if I think there may be issues in future"
"Excellent informative course. Would highly recommend."
"Very enjoyable and lots of information involved in the theory and practical, which either refreshed my memory or provided me with new learning"
"Thorough, well paced and sufficient detail on course material."
"Very informative. Even after a year in industry, I realised there was still a lot I didn’t know."
"Very useful to apply to job and setting up / reviewing various spreadsheets."
"The course was really informative and good to get handson experience, just wish there was more practical time."
"Very good and very cute dog."
"Well structured. Greatly presented and in well detail."
"Very informative and very interesting"
"Well presented throughout. Julian is approachable and thorough."
"Very good comprehensive course"
"Great course, mix of theory and practical hands on is fantastic. Learnt a lot!"
"Informative, clear and robust. A great session!"
"Tom was great at explaining and answering all questions in depth. The practical was also very helpful in putting the theory into practise. Overall great course. Thank you Tom, I’ve learnt a lot."
"Chris was amazing and very explanatory. He was very clear in his language and answered all our questions to the best of his knowledge. The class was quite interactive and fun. I am very happy that I have attended and I learned a lot!"
"Tom was very good at answering any questions asked"
"Chris was an amazing teacher. The course was a lot to remember however gave me great insight on how to better understand the logs and also spot mistakes."
"I think even though it was online there was great interaction between everyone and it was delivered very well with plenty of breaks! Therefore it was great!"
"Very friendly and knowledgeable trainer"
"Thankyou I learnt new techniques and got to practice on chalk cores which were different to what we often work with at work so it was really useful to see them in real life"
"The course was excellent and provided me with the confidence to undertake rock logging"
"Very friendly and Knowledgeable staff"
"Very useful course. Lecture material applied in practicals."
"The course was really informative and engaging, I would recommend to anyone who wanted to deepen their understanding of health and safety on sites."
"Very informative and good coverage of the the entire AGS format. Will be useful for all future projects"
"Very informative but easy to take on board and understand"
"Very good and informative course, instructor was very nice and taught the material in an interesting way"
"Despite being new to geology as a whole I found it very informative. It was rather challenging for me but it is a learning curve I need to adapt to and this has helped immensely."
"Excellent knowledge and interaction, answered all questions with practical advice and guidance."
"David was really helpful and patient with my knowledge (or lack thereof) of rocks."
"Course was very informative and appropriate to what I do in the field. I have taken a lot away from yesterday"
"very useful for engineers and would be useful for drillers and managers to do also"
"Equipe have created an invaluable resource. They have brought together all of the major players in the geotechnical industry in one place. This naturally promotes innovation to evolve through an ability to communicate directly with manufacturers, producers of equipment and materials, as well as experienced key personnel.
"Geotechnica is fast becoming the hub for the geotechnical engineer. The facility created to network with clients and contractors from every spectrum of industry, even regulatory bodies and specialist consultants are in attendance.
"This makes it a must to attend, to ensure state-of-the-art knowledge is shared and built upon and to reassure all attendees just how buoyant the UK ground investigation industry is."
Health and Safety Manager and BDA Safety Committee Chair
"Geotechnica was a great show to be involved with and gave us a platform to showcase some of the latest equipment we have available to hire or purchase.
"As one of the more intimate trade shows it provides us with the opportunity to speak with our exact target audience and catch up with plenty of familiar faces, we will be back!"
Managing Director
"From a sales point of view, attending Geotechnica was so important not only for our sales team, but also for the customers themselves. 'Putting a face to the name' can really change the dynamic of customer relationships and give the process a more friendly and personal touch.
" I am already excited to go along next year not only to catch up with people I have met this year and those I will be in contact with in the future, but also to see how far the industry will have progressed and the innovative ways in which companies will evolve together."
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