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The innovative Ancon TeploTie is
manufactured from basalt fibres Training Course Tackles
and has a thermal conductivity of
just 0.7 W/mK. Fixings with a
conductivity of under 1.0 W/mK
Curse of Condensation
are excluded from U-value
calculations to EN ISO 6946. The problem of condensation is the workshop is being led by
RDL and BBA - Thermal Ancon’s low conductivity range is being put under the spotlight by a Graham Coleman – a specialist in
Bridging manufactured in a variety of leading trade body, in a course dampness and timber infestation
RDL and BBA have announced lengths to suit cavities from 50 mm targeted at architects. problems in buildings. It also
their intention to join forces to to 300 mm, so even the most The Property Care Association is includes practical sessions on use
produce a scheme designed to super-insulated homes can be built to hold a workshop in March giving of instruments for assessment of
deal with the effects of linear using traditional cavity wall guidance and information on environmental moisture.
thermal bridging in new buildings, construction methods. recognising the causes and Steve Hodgson, deputy director
if the new Part L permits such providing remedies for of the Property Care Association,
an approach. condensation and damp. which represents the UK’s
The scheme will be based upon The one-day session is being held structural waterproofing, wood
the current ‘robust details’ for Resistant to Moisture at the PCA’s purpose-built training preservation, damp-proofing, flood
sound, but will instead cover the and Impact centre, located in Huntingdon, remediation and structural repair
thermal efficiency of construction Promat UK has gained an on March 23, 2010. sectors, said, “The purpose of the
details. The RDL–BBA Agrément Certificate (09/4646) Entitled ‘Condensation and workshop is to promote a better
partnership will enable two sets of from the British Board of Agrément Dampness in Buildings,’ the course understanding and diagnosis of
skills to be brought together – (BBA) for its Promat TL Board
®
also investigates the relationship dampness in buildings and the
RDL’s experience with Part E range of thermal upgrading between condensation and toxic unhealthy environments that can
robust details and BBA’s insulation boards. Intended for use mould, as well as examining how be encountered.
expertise in the assessment of on semi-exposed concrete soffits in modern living conditions - “It includes a practical workshop
system performance and applications such as underground including central heating, double on condensation identification, and
installation inspection. car parks, Promat TL Board
®
glazing and sealed air gaps - have also covers other forms of
features a non-combustible calcium all led to an increase in the amount dampness, in order to identify
silicate board bonded to phenolic of condensation in UK properties. these from condensation.”
insulation and is resistant to the Aimed at architects, as well as A range of training is provided by
Minimising Heat Transfer effects of both moisture and impact. surveyors, building inspectors, the PCA relevant for property and
Included within Ancon’s facilities managers, environmental construction professionals,
stainless steel wire wall ties range, health officers, social housing and which is available for members
is the BBA-approved TeploTie. local authority professionals, and non-members.
Asbestos risk - The Single Biggest Cause of Work-Related Deaths
Tragically asbestos remains the It is a commonly held view that workers understand and recognise disgusting that there are people still
single biggest cause of work-related the danger from asbestos is well the dangers and take appropriate being exposed to this material.”
deaths in the UK. The risk may be known and therefore no longer precautions to avoid coming into Christopher’s condition was
alive but more than 4,000 people widespread. This is a dangerous contact with asbestos. BSC will, diagnosed as terminal. Christopher
continue to die each year from misperception. Any building through its publicity and training can trace the cause of his
asbestos-related diseases
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. constructed or refurbished before provision as the half day awareness mesothelioma back to his days as
And that number, according to 2000 could contain asbestos. As course, continue to play a full part an apprentice in a metals firm in
Health and Safety Executive (HSE), you read this there is the real in building greater understanding London's famous jewellery quarter,
is predicted to increase to peak possibility that the building you are of how the risk posed by asbestos Hatton Garden. He breathed in
around 2016
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. The British Safety in may contain asbestos - a should be carefully and deadly asbestos fibres when
Council (BSC), a leading health and common material used in many effectively managed.” breaking the substance from pipes
safety charity, strongly supports the buildings constructed before 2000. Julie Nerney concluded, “Whilst with a hammer and sweeping it up
‘Hidden Killer’ campaign recently But asbestos is dangerous when the number of workplace fatalities before cutting new asbestos jointing
launched by HSE to underline the disturbed. Men and women and major injuries occurring each and rope to insulate boilers. He
severity of the threat that exposure working in construction and other year in Great Britain remain of great was never told anything about the
to asbestos poses particularly to sectors continue to be at risk by importance and concern, these dangers he faced and was never
workers in the construction and coming into contact with asbestos statistics pale in comparison to the given any protective equipment.
building maintenance sectors. often without their knowledge. number of people killed from Above all the threat posed by
The country’s biggest industrial To Julie Nerney, the British Safety work-related diseases of which asbestos must be realised as a
killer is brought into sharp focus by Council’s Chief Executive, the asbestos is the biggest single killer. clear and present danger. Asbestos
the number of individual cases message is clear: “BSC is Industry and society as a whole was not just a threat to our fathers’
highlighted as part of the ‘Hidden determined to play its part in must meet this challenge if we generation - it continues to threaten
Killer’ campaign. “Workers have a drawing employers, property are to prevent countless deaths thousands of lives. Tackling the
right to know if asbestos is present owners and occupiers and workers’ this year, next year and in the number and the nature of asbestos-
in a building they are working on,” attention to the ‘Hidden Killer’ coming years.” related fatalities remains one of the
said Margaret Dyson, wife of Harold campaign and create a far broader Last year, Christopher Morgan, British Safety Council’s top
Dyson, a joiner who was diagnosed understanding of the dangers aged 58 from London, was told that priorities.
with mesothelioma, an asbestos posed by asbestos. It is essential he was suffering from cancer
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Health and Safety Executive
related disease, in September 2007 that we help create the environment caused by working with asbestos.
and died nine months later aged 71. where contractors, occupiers and He said, "I think it's absolutely
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