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Delivery
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Recommendation 16: Soil mechanics for managers and surveyors
From Report of the Tribunal appointed to inquire into the Disaster at Aberfan on October 21st, 1966, published 19 July 1967.
Recommendation
Managers and surveyors should as soon as possible be made aware of the rudiments of soil mechanics and ground-water conditions. The statutory qualifications for managers and surveyors should be amended to include awareness of the rudiments of soil mechanics and hydrogeology, in addition to the geology already comprised in the syllabus (Paragraph 295).
Jurisdiction: UK-wide
Page: 132
Reference: Part VII, XVI
Government response
No government response to this recommendation is on the record yet.
Delivery
No statement on delivery from the addressee has been found in the sources searched (last checked 27 February 2026). This is separate from the response above.
Source
Inquiry
Aberfan Tribunal
Report
Report of the Tribunal appointed to inquire into the Disaster at Aberfan on October 21st, 1966
19 Jul 1967
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Recommendation made
59.3 years ago