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About Ground Forum
Ground Forum Committee
Objectives
Mission Statement
Role of Ground Forum
Achievements
Place in the Industry
Achievements

 

chevron Inclusion of 16 ground engineering disciplines on the Home Office's Shortage Occupations List in 2005

 

chevron  Increasing the number of ground engineering disciplines on the Shortage Occupations List to 18 in 2008

 

chevron  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)

 

chevron  Contributing to the Cabinet Office’s review of the Building Regulations

 

chevron  Coordination of industry response to the inappropriate application by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) of the Aggregates Levy to chalk arisings from a utilities tunnel

 

chevron  Regular contributions to NCE Insite to promote ground engineering to schools and colleges

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