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![Monitoring shallow groundwater - ground investigation in Glasgow. BGS © UKRI.](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/P1020517-Monitoring-shallow-groundwater-960x645.webp)
The Common Ground project
The Common Ground project aims to enhance the value of GI data for the UK construction and environmental sectors.
![P577368](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/P577368-1.jpg)
Introducing the BGS Debris Flow Susceptibility Model for Great Britain
Debris flows are a landslide hazard of particular concern to transport infrastructure managers and local authorities.
![People in hi-vis vests and hard hats stood in front of layered, folded rocks](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Chan-Sow-Lin-MRT.jpg)
‘Significant opportunity’ for engineering geologists to increase influence on global sustainable development
Engineering geologists have an essential role to play in meeting the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
![Engineering Geology Bedrock Map](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/feature_engineering_geology.jpg)
Engineering geology maps
BGS has produced 1:1 million-scale engineering geological maps of the UK, attributed with ‘engineering geological units’ in place of the traditional lithostratigraphical units.
![Sandstone formation at Castle Rock, Nottingham. BGS © UKRI.](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/P921833-960x645.jpg)
Sherwood Sandstone Group
The Sherwood Sandstone Group was deposited in the Late Permian to Early Triassic and is present in many of the sedimentary basins in the UK.
![P535261](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/P535261.jpg)
Lambeth Group
The Lambeth Group was deposited in the Palaeogene and underlies much of the city of London.
![Blue Lias formation and overlying Charmouth mudstone formation, Lyme Regis and Charmouth, Dorset.](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/blue-lias-and-charmouth-mudstone-formation.jpg)
Lias Group
The Lias Group was deposited in the Late Triassic to early Jurassic and crops out in a band across England from Dorset to Yorkshire.