Hazardous Materials Theatre
AEC is an independent environmental health & safety consultancy. Our contaminated land services include soils sample analysis at our in-house laboratory, air testing on site and land assessment of contaminated sites, plus a wide range of BOHS training courses.
Airborne Environmental Consultants Ltd (AEC) is an award winning organisation that delivering environmental health and safety consultancy and training services.
As experts, we understand that ensuring the safety of your site, staff and customers is a major priority and we provide all the support, advice and accreditation you need to ensure your space is risk free.
Wednesday 12th October
Thursday 13th October
11.00 - 11.30
Mark Heggie
WM3 - Classification and Assessment of Hazardous Waste
The seminar will cover the classification and assessment of hazardous waste in the UK primarily focusing on the UK agency guidance document ‘WM3 – Guidance on the Classification and Assessment of Waste’ focusing primarily on the regulatory framework (European and UK) and various steps required to classify and assess waste in line with the regulatory framework.
11.45 - 12.15
Natalie Stingelin
Cool Plastics For A Greener World
With seabirds trapped in multipack drink rings, and mid-ocean islands of indestructible rubbish, the idea that plastics could play a big part in a sustainable future world might seem far-fetched. However, new smart plastics may yet rescue the reputation of this all-consuming 20th century material. Research into so-called ‘cool plastics’ for cars and buildings could reduce the need for air conditioning and, thus, improve their energy efficiency. We will present recent efforts to design plastics of desired functions targeted for a greener world. One line of our enquiry is to explore the potential of plastics that can offer the same flexibility, softness and light weight but can control the flow of light and heat therefore assisting energy harvesting but also reducing the energy we waste to keep buildings at the temperature we want.
12.30 - 13.00
Stuart Goodman
Practical Approach to Asbestos Contaminated Soils Investigation and Remediation
This presentation will be using case studies to look at some of the practical approaches used in the investigation and remediation of asbestos contaminated soils.
13.15 - 13.45
Stephen Platkiw
Legal duties of premises owners/managers on managing the risks from asbestos.
Managing the risk from asbestos in commercial premises is the responsibility of the duty holder, such as property owners, property managers, facilities managers and health & safety managers. This presentation will review their legal duties and responsibilities for managing asbestos in buildings as defined in Regulation 4 of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012. It will also cover the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 which places explicit responsibilities on clients.
14.00 - 14.30
Dennis Kierkels MSc
The Introduction of a Dutch Asbestos Removal Innovation on A Very Traditional, Difficult Market.
MiniContainment will speak about their experiences on introducing their innovative method of asbestos removal, how they worked around tough sector laws that are consistently becoming stricter, the equipment considerations they needed to take with regards to its impact on the environment, and how the Dutch Government have assisted them with their international ambitions.
14.45 - 15.15
Dr David Crouch
A game changer for CBRN decontamination
Hear Dr David Crouch, Global Product Manager (Military & Civil Defence) at Scott Safety and Vice Chairman of CBRN-UK take you through the ground breaking Light Decontamination System. This new light, portable and extremely powerful airborne and surface decontamination solution from Scott Safety is achieving a military first – decontamination of chemical, biological and radiological vapours, liquids and particles simultaneously in as little as five minutes. Dr. Crouch will explain how Scott’s atomisation technology creates a fine mist of rapid projection to ensure an even and consistent coverage of areas up to 500m³.
15.30 - 16.00
Stephen Sadley
Legally clients must ensure asbestos removal contractors are competent, how?
A seminar highlighting clients’ legal responsibilities to make suitable arrangements for managing a project. It will cover the CDM 2015 regulations which place explicit responsibilities on clients, such as appointing suitably competent contractors, and how independent audits on asbestos removal contractors’ work on-site, at least twice a year, aims to ensure these contractors have effective management systems and are competent for this hazardous work.
