BGS Civils user guide

BGS Civils is a suite of national maps of engineering properties based on geological data and the digital 1:50 000-scale geological map — BGS Geology 50K.

It comprises eight layers:

• bulking volume
• corrosivity (ferrous)
• discontinuities
• engineered fill
• excavatability
• foundation conditions
• strength
• sulfate/sulfide

The data is provided as GIS shapefiles that are available to licence individually or as a bundle to meet your own requirements.

For more information, including how to licence the data or access free versions, please visit the webpage links above.