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297<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Formed in 1993, the Ground Forum recognises the need for representatives of ground related bodies to meet on a regular basis to co-ordinate activities, communicate and co-operate in areas of shared involvement.</h3>
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307<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The Ground Forum provides a single point of contact for ground related industries and for government and official bodies, giving the geotechnical&nbsp;profession a voice within the construction industry.</p>
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311<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Regular meetings facilitate dialogue between learned societies and trade associations to identify emerging issues.</p>
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315<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This allows the interests of the geotechnical community to be aligned in order to promote the sector, enhance awareness of the ground and heighten the profile of ground engineering in the construction industry.</p>
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325            <h4>The interests of the Ground Forum members are</h4>
326<ul>
327<li>Promoting best practice in all aspects of ground engineering</li>
328<li>Education and training</li>
329<li>CPD</li>
330<li>Technical meetings &amp; conference</li>
331<li>Technical standards &amp; codes of practice</li>
332<li>Contaminated land development</li>
333<li>Driller training and qualification</li>
334<li>Plant safety</li>
335<li>Electronic transfer of geotechnical data</li>
336<li>Site investigation best practice</li>
337<li>Laboratory testing of soils, rocks and construction materials</li>
338<li>Conditions of contract</li>
339<li>Commercial, legal and insurance issues</li>
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358            <h4>Mission statement</h4>
359<p>To take the lead on the common interests within UK ground engineering and advance them nationally and at governmental level.</p>
360<p>We work to build collaborations between our members to effect improvement in the commercial conditions, career pathways and sustainability of the geotechnical industry.</p>
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372<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Objectives</h2>
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390            <div class="c-wp"><p><strong>Improve safety</strong><br />
391Share areas of commonality to reduce harm and improve welfare</p>
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402            <div class="c-wp"><p><strong>Attract talent and lead on EDI</strong><br />
403Lead work to promote careers, equality, diversity and inclusion</p>
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414            <div class="c-wp"><p><strong>Support the transition to sustainability</strong><br />
415Co-ordinate the industry&#8217;s progress towards contributing to the UN Sustainability Development goals</p>
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426            <div class="c-wp"><p><strong>Encourage our network</strong><br />
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438            <div class="c-wp"><p><strong>Provide a voice</strong><br />
439Form and communicate the collective lobbying position to government and client groups</p>
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450            <div class="c-wp"><p><strong>Support the growth of our people</strong><br />
451Work with partners to provide professional development and celebrate best practice</p>
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473                    <p class="border-bottom py-3 m-0 h-100">
474                        <strong>Chair</strong>
475                        <span class="d-block">Mark Toye &#8211; British Drilling Association (BDA)</span>
476                    </p>
477                </div>
478                                            <div class="col-md-12">
479                    <p class="border-bottom py-3 m-0 h-100">
480                        <strong>Immediate Past Chair</strong>
481                        <span class="d-block">Steve Hadley – Federation of Piling Specialists (FPS)</span>
482                    </p>
483                </div>
484                                            <div class="col-md-6">
485                    <p class="border-bottom py-3 m-0 h-100">
486                        <strong>Association of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Specialists (AGS)</strong>
487                        <span class="d-block">Julian Lovell</span>
488                    </p>
489                </div>
490                                            <div class="col-md-6">
491                    <p class="border-bottom py-3 m-0 h-100">
492                        <strong>British Drilling Association (BDA)</strong>
493                        <span class="d-block">Mark Toye</span>
494                    </p>
495                </div>
496                                            <div class="col-md-6">
497                    <p class="border-bottom py-3 m-0 h-100">
498                        <strong>British Geotechnical Association (BGA)</strong>
499                        <span class="d-block">Emily Riley</span>
500                    </p>
501                </div>
502                                            <div class="col-md-6">
503                    <p class="border-bottom py-3 m-0 h-100">
504                        <strong>British Geophysical Assocation (BGA)</strong>
505                        <span class="d-block">George Tuckwell</span>
506                    </p>
507                </div>
508                                            <div class="col-md-6">
509                    <p class="border-bottom py-3 m-0 h-100">
510                        <strong>Federation of Piling Specialists (FPS)</strong>
511                        <span class="d-block">Ebenezer Adenmosun</span>
512                    </p>
513                </div>
514                                            <div class="col-md-6">
515                    <p class="border-bottom py-3 m-0 h-100">
516                        <strong>Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IoM3)</strong>
517                        <span class="d-block">Emily Wood</span>
518                    </p>
519                </div>
520                                            <div class="col-md-6">
521                    <p class="border-bottom py-3 m-0 h-100">
522                        <strong>International Geosynthetics Society (IGS)</strong>
523                        <span class="d-block">Kasia Zamara</span>
524                    </p>
525                </div>
526                                            <div class="col-md-6">
527                    <p class="border-bottom py-3 m-0 h-100">
528                        <strong>Pipe Jacking Association (PJA)</strong>
529                        <span class="d-block">Graeme Monteith</span>
530                    </p>
531                </div>
532                                            <div class="col-md-6">
533                    <p class="border-bottom py-3 m-0 h-100">
534                        <strong>The Geological Society</strong>
535                        <span class="d-block">John Davis</span>
536                    </p>
537                </div>
538                                            <div class="col-md-6">
539                    <p class="border-bottom py-3 m-0 h-100">
540                        <strong>The Register of Ground Engineering Professionals (RoGEP)</strong>
541                        <span class="d-block">Jim Shields / Alice Shrubshall</span>
542                    </p>
543                </div>
544                                            <div class="col-md-6">
545                    <p class="border-bottom py-3 m-0 h-100">
546                        <strong>University Geoscience UK (UGUK)</strong>
547                        <span class="d-block">Nick Koor</span>
548                    </p>
549                </div>
550                                            <div class="col-md-6">
551                    <p class="border-bottom py-3 m-0 h-100">
552                        <strong>InterEngineering</strong>
553                        <span class="d-block">Fiona Connor</span>
554                    </p>
555                </div>
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571                    <h2 class="u-fs-lg mb-4">Role of GF</h2>
572                    <p class="u-fs-md m-0">The Ground Forum in the construction industry</p>
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575                    <div class="col-md-6"><div class="c-wp"><p>The Construction Industry Council (CIC) is the representative forum for the professional bodies, research organisations and specialist business associations in the construction industry.</p>
576<p>CIC occupies a key role within the UK construction industry providing a single voice for professionals in all sectors of the built environment, all through its collective membership of 500,000 individual professionals and more than 25,000 firms of construction consultants.</p>
577<p>The breadth and depth of its membership means that CIC is the only single body able to speak with authority on the diverse issues connected with construction without being constrained by the self-interest of any particular sector of the industry. This includes membership of the Strategic Forum for Construction.</p>
578</div></div>
579                    <div class="col-md-6"><div class="c-wp"><h3><span class="text-secondary">CIC Vision</span></h3>
580<p>To be recognised and respected by government and across the UK construction industry as an effective thought leader, representing the UK built environment professions together.</p>
581<h3><span class="text-secondary">CIC Mission</span></h3>
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623            <div class="c-wp"><p>Part of CIC lobby to the DTI, on behalf of CIC, to remove the ‘country of origin’ principle from the EU Services Directive (which would have allowed nationals from other EU countries to work in the UK under their laws, instead of UK laws)</p>
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634            <div class="c-wp"><p>The Ground Forum Mentoring Scheme &#8211; Winner of the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Champion Category at the GE Awards 2022</p>
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645            <div class="c-wp"><p>The Breaking Ground Podcast &#8211; Supported by Ground Engineering Magazine and The Ground Forum</p>
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656            <div class="c-wp"><p>Increasing the number of ground engineering disciplines on the Shortage Occupations List</p>
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667            <div class="c-wp"><p>Coordination of industry response to the inappropriate application by HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) of the Aggregates Levy to chalk arisings from a utilities tunnel</p>
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678            <div class="c-wp"><p>Inclusion of 16 ground engineering disciplines on the Home Office’s Shortage Occupations List</p>
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