AGM 2025 & Low Carbon Geosystems report
Overview
Tuesday 2nd December 2025. 5:30 for 6:00pm GMT
In Person: Burlington House London (No need to register)
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AGM AGENDA:
- IGS-UK Chair’s welcome
- IGS Global overview by CEO
- IGS-UK Chair\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s report
- Treasurer’s Report
- Election of Officers and Committee
- Awards
- Any Other Business
Post- AGM Lecture: “An update on the new CIRIA Low Carbon Geosystems report” by Niall Corney, Aarvee Associates Ltd.:
In 2010 the WRAP organisation published ‘Sustainable geosystems in civil engineering applications’ (coining the ‘geosystems’ name), to promote and improve material resource efficiency and to demonstrate that adopting sustainable ground engineering solutions need not introduce additional expense when compared to traditional engineered solutions.
Since this WRAP guidance was published the development and use of sustainable geosystems has grown significantly, such that an update is now being drafted under the CIRIA organisation. Irrefutable evidence of the impact, and daily realities, of climate change is now the clear primary driver to reduce embodied carbon across the construction sector, particularly where lower carbon solutions can perform as effectively and still reduce cost, programme and carbon.
This new CIRIA guidance (due for publication in early 2026), reflects current thinking on the use of low carbon geosystems within the construction industry and how they can contribute to climate change mitigation, asset resilience and infrastructure adaption. While it adheres to the core principles of the original WRAP Geosystems report, the content has been expanded to reflect developments in geosystems, showcasing improvements and new technologies not available at the time of its first publication. The report features audited Life Cycle Assessment (LCAs) comparisons across a range of case studies featuring the application of low carbon geosystems within the Civil Engineering sector.
Niall Corney has over three decades of experience in geotechnical engineering and civil infrastructure having worked for consultants, contractors and manufacturers on major projects across the UK, Hong Kong, North America, Europe and Turkey. His project design experience crosses a number of sectors including airports, high-speed rail, highways, ports, flood protection, and water infrastructure. He has a deep understanding of the civil engineering industry and in particular a strong background in geosynthetics and the provision of specialist design services within the ground engineering sector. He is currently serving as lead author for the CIRIA P3277 report on Low Carbon Sustainable Geosystems in Civil Engineering Applications.
Niall holds a BEng. in Civil Engineering from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh and he is affiliated with several professional organisations, including the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (IMMM), the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), the British Geotechnical Association (BGA), as well as the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS).
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