White Papers

9th August 2019

The dangers of asbestos have been widely known for decades, yet it is still the largest occupational health killer in the UK with approximately 5,000 deaths a year attributed to mesothelioma, asbestos lung cancer and asbestosis according to Health and Safety Executive (HSE) figures. To give this some context, that relates to approximately 1% of all deaths in the UK per annum.

25th March 2019

Following our successful “Game of Moans” seminar in London on 12th March 2019 based on the battle between people, plant, performance and perception for our building services, we continue our series of white papers by looking at the future for indoor environment quality (IEQ).

22nd February 2019

Our prevailing indoor environment quality (IEQ) is the result of a number of interrelated factors. Now, it is as much influenced by users, layout and sustainability as it is by the building design, operation and maintenance.

1st February 2019

Wellbeing in the workplace is rightly a hot topic, what it actually means or how it is being positioned can be different things to different organisations? A quick search on the World Wide Web produced the following definition of wellbeing “the state of being comfortable, healthy, or happy”. But how is this being interpreted and managed in the context of the workplace?

9th November 2018

How big is your health and safety management system?

29th October 2018

Training in its broadest sense should be designed to improve skills, impart information and/or develop understanding. It is also fundamental to health and safety - whether specifically cited in regulations or as a route to competence – along with experience and knowledge.

1st August 2018

Training, experience and knowledge are often cited as the three components of competency. With fire safety rightly being re-examined currently, let's take a look at fire training.

25th April 2018

Noise, defined as ''unwanted, unpleasant and loud sound'', is an everyday fact for us at home or at work, but excessive noise over potentially short as well as long term exposure can lead to permanent damage/loss of hearing.

26th March 2018

The comfort of your employees in the workplace is by nature ambiguous. What is ''comfortable'' for one person is not for another and this can extend to light levels, noise, draughts and humidity as well as space temperature.

13th March 2018

Indoor air quality (IAQ) will be one of the topics regularly discussed during 2018. The fact that some urban areas have not breached air quality guidelines so far this year has been noteworthy and speaks for itself.

15th December 2017

Be it targets, festivities, weather or just that end of year feeling, the winter months bring their own challenges. While some of them are predictable, others can creep up on us and sometimes catch us unaware or unprepared.

13th November 2017

Most people are all familiar with the requirements to now manage many substances seen as hazardous to our environment.