Application of Engineering Geological Models

In 2022 the International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment (IAEG) published version 1.0 of the Guidelines for the development and application of engineering geological models on projects (Baynes & Parry 2022).

The purpose of these Guidelines is to provide succinct, practical, accessible and authoritative advice on the effective use of Engineering Geological Models (EGMs) in a wide range of applications including civil engineering, mining, geohazard studies, offshore studies, land-use planning and environmental assessments. A revision of the Guidelines (version 2.0) was completed in 2024 (Baynes & Parry 2024) and there are also versions of the Guidelines in Traditional Chinese, Portuguese and Spanish. All of these are available as freely downloadable documents lodged on the IAEG website (https://www.iaeg.info/C25EGMGuidelines/).