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Magnificent BDA Cheque Amount for Charity - 10th January 2014
BDA Chairman, John Grainger, presented a cheque for £3,125.29 to LATCH the Welsh Children's Cancer Charity.
This was money raised at the BDA Dinner Dance held in Bristol on November 16th 201...
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BDA Awards presented at Dinner Dance - 15th November 2013
At the BDA's Annual Dinner Dance held this year at the Bristol Royal Marriott hotel, the BDA Chairman, John Grainger, presented several BDA Awards to recognise achievement in the drilling industry. ...
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First Recipient of the BDA Derek Oakes Trophy - 13th October 2013
At the BDA Dinner Dance held in Harrogate on 13th October, Antonio Vieira of Costain Environmental was presented with the Derek Oakes Trophy for his outstanding dedication and hard work as a apprent...
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Coal Authority issues new Guidance on Hazardous Gases - 30th March 2013
On 30th March 2012 The Coal Authority published new good practice guidance on managing hazardous gases when drilling or piling in and around coal seams, former mine workings and unworked coal.
The...
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BDA to lead Section 2 and 3 revision of BS 5930 - 7th January 2012
BSI Committee B526/3 has invited BDA to lead the revision of major sections of BS 5930:1999 + A2:2010 Code of practice for Site Investigations.
BDA will be looking after this process for Section 2...
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BDA awarded its biggest ever grant from CITB ConstructionSkills - 12th October 2011
BDA has been awarded a substantial grant by the Sector Skills Council, CITB ConstructionSkills, for a 19-month project termed 'Land Drilling - Geothermal Drilling, Qualifications, Training and Skill...
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BDA holding six regional Seminars - 18th September 2011
During September through December 2011 the BDA is holding 6 seminars on Ground Source Heat Installations in London, Solihull, Manchester, Glasgow, Bristol and Newcastle. These are free for attendees a...
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HSE releases its official drill rig "entanglement" policy - 26th June 2011
The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has released on its website its official guidance to HSE Inspectors as to what it expects of the UK drilling industry regarding protecting personnel from enta...
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BDA exhibited at GEODRILLING 2011 - 9th June 2011
The Geodrilling Show & Conference was held at East of England Showground, Peterborough, on 7th & 8th June 2011. BDA, which was a sponsor, enjoyed meeting its members and many others from the...
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BDA awarded ConstructionSkills grant for Geothermal Drilling - 20th March 2011
BDA has been awarded a substantial grant from ConstructionSkills, the sector skills training body, to develop a UKAS certification scheme for enterprises that carry out geothermal drilling for groun...
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Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) to increase demand for drilling - 10th March 2011
On March 10th 2011 UK government announced the long awaited RHI details. The RHI tariff scheme, which is supported by £860m of public funding, will provide payments for 20 years for eligible r...
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New British Standards - 21st January 2011
In October 2010 the latest amendment to BS 5930 was published - BS 5930:1999 + Amendment 2:2010 Code of practice for site investigations. This replaces all previous editions of this Standard and is ...
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BDA Dinner Dance - 6th November 2010
Held at the MacDonald Burlington Hotel, Birmingham, this yet again proved that the BDA can party. Some 180 members and guests enjoyed a marvellous evening and raised £4,126.84 for the Midlands b...
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EN 791 Drill Rig Safety Standard - 11th October 2010
EN 791 the 1995 Standard for Drill rig safety has been undergoing revision for over 2 years. The European Committee responsible for the revision reached a milestone at its last meeting in Paris at t...
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BDA developing Land Drilling Sector Accreditation Scheme - 23rd August 2010
The need for enterprises that carry out ground investigation to become certified is shortly to be contained within new British Standards (BS 22475-2 and 22475-3). Read more in the BDA August Newslette...
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