Our members
The Ground Forum provides a single point of contact for ground related industries and for government and official bodies, giving the geotechnical profession a voice within the construction industry.
Regular meetings facilitate dialogue between learned societies and trade associations to identify emerging issues.
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.
To take the lead on the common interests within UK ground engineering and advance them nationally and at governmental level.
We work to build collaborations between our members to effect improvement in the commercial conditions, career pathways and sustainability of the geotechnical industry.
Improve safety
Share areas of commonality to reduce harm and improve welfare
Attract talent and lead on EDI
Lead work to promote careers, equality, diversity and inclusion
Support the transition to sustainability
Co-ordinate the industry’s progress towards contributing to the UN Sustainability Development goals
Encourage our network
Facilitate communication amongst affiliates
Provide a voice
Form and communicate the collective lobbying position to government and client groups
Support the growth of our people
Work with partners to provide professional development and celebrate best practice
Chair Mark Toye – British Drilling Association (BDA)
Immediate Past Chair Steve Hadley – Federation of Piling Specialists (FPS)
Association of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Specialists (AGS) Neil Parry
British Drilling Association (BDA) Mark Toye
British Geotechnical Association (BGA) Emily Riley
British Geophysical Assocation (BGA) George Tuckwell
Federation of Piling Specialists (FPS) Ebenezer Adenmosun
Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IoM3) Emily Wood
International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) Kasia Zamara
Near Surface Geophysics Group (NSGG) Simon Hughes
Pipe Jacking Association (PJA) Damien McGirr / Graeme Monteith
Soil and Groundwater Technology Association (SAGTA) TBC
The Geological Society John Davis
The Register of Ground Engineering Professionals (RoGEP) Jim Shields / Alice Shrubshall
University Geoscience UK (UGUK) Nick Koor
InterEngineering Fiona Connor
The Ground Forum in the construction industry
The Construction Industry Council (CIC) is the representative forum for the professional bodies, research organisations and specialist business associations in the construction industry.
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.
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.
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.
To improve the UK construction industry by collectively representing and supporting the built environment professions.
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)
The Ground Forum Mentoring Scheme – Winner of the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Champion Category at the GE Awards 2022
The Breaking Ground Podcast – Supported by Ground Engineering Magazine and The Ground Forum
Increasing the number of ground engineering disciplines on the Shortage Occupations List
Coordination of industry response to the inappropriate application by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) of the Aggregates Levy to chalk arisings from a utilities tunnel
Inclusion of 16 ground engineering disciplines on the Home Office’s Shortage Occupations List