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Your Meeting, Your Agenda
Everybody is busy these days so if you've got something you need to discuss with ACAD, we have created a link for existing members to readily schedule some time with the ACAD Manager, Graham Warren. Perhaps you have a technical query and want some dedicated time to...
Internal HSE guidance on Construction Welfare Standards
As all ACAD members will know, welfare is a fundamental and basic necessity for workers. Providing the right welfare standard sets the tone for a project and demonstrates a commitment to meeting workers' needs. To support HSE enforcement in this area, Matt Greenly HM...
New Guidance Development – Help Shape The Future
The Asbestos Network Technical Working Group, chaired by Sam Lord, HM Principal Specialist Inspector (Occupational Hygiene Technical/Strategic Lead for Asbestos, Waste & Recycling and Metalworking Fluids), is currently developing guidance around the selection and...
Internal HSE guidance on Construction Welfare Standards Now Published
As all ACAD members will know, welfare is a fundamental and basic necessity for workers. Providing the right welfare standard sets the tone for a project and demonstrates a commitment to meeting workers' needs. To support HSE enforcement in this area, Matt Greenly HM...
Implementation Review of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 (CAR 2012) has now been published.
The PIR report was originally due to be published by 6th April 2022 to meet statutory requirements. HSE delayed completion, in order to consider the outcomes from the Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) inquiry into how HSE manages the continued presence of asbestos in...
HSE’s Visiting Officers (VOs) have started going to sites notified as HSE Licensed work in order to view documents and collect information to support Licensing
VOs will be looking at documents and asking set questions about a range of site documentation including the site diary, daily checks, smoke test, isolations, ASB5, plan of work, risk and COSHH assessments, ELCI, asbestos survey, DCU, NPUs, RPE, training, work at...
Mitie Environmental Services Are Recruiting
Mitie Environmental Services Ltd have exciting new opportunities for competent Asbestos Supervisors and Operatives to join our asbestos removal team. The role involves the undertaking of licensed and non-licensed asbestos removal projects throughout the UK, ensuring...
ACAD Christmas Shut Down
ACAD offices and Skill Card application services will be closed from 12pm on Friday 23 December until 9am on Tuesday 3 January 2023. We’d like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Safe and Merry Christmas, and a Happy and Prosperous New Year!
Asbestos in Soils Webinar
The British Society of Soil Science (BSSS) recently hosted a webinar in the lunchtime series of Zoom into Soil covering Asbestos in Soils. The first speaker was Simon Hay, a Senior Environmental Consultant at Arcadis. Simon’s presentation, An Introduction to Land...
Asbestos 2022 Conference Review
The latest FAAM conference was held this week in Birmingham, and top of the agenda was the Right Honourable Stephen Timms MP, Chair of the Work and Pensions Select Committee, who talked about their report into HSE Approach to Asbestos Management. This was closely...
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