Civils & Structurals
Leading treatment specialist Japanese Knotweed Control (JKC) has extended its support for the construction sector with the launch of a new free iPhone and Android phone application.
The new application, the first of its kind in this market and 12 months in development by JKC, is intended to engage and educate developers and contractors across both the public and private sectors on the growing environmental problem of invasive, non-native plant species such as Japanese Knotweed.
Users of the app can not only learn how to recognise and identify various problem plant species but can also submit photographs of any suspected infestations and receive a prompt and personal response from the UK’s leading professional treatment experts.
Should an image of a potential problem area be submitted, the app can pinpoint its precise geographic location, identify the species and give guidance as what treatment support might be needed to minimise or eliminate the threat. The app is an excellent example of how the latest technology can have a practical and immediate benefit in addressing a very traditional environmental problem, saving time and eliminating costly problems on busy construction sites.
David Layland, Joint Managing Director of JKC, who helped develop the app com- mented: “Our research confirmed a growing requirement not just for a knotweed identification tool but also for prompt, professional advice on how to treat it. This app will be of enormous benefit to the construction industry and anyone who regularly encounters multi-site issues with these invasive weeds.
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New phone application helps construction sector tackle Japanese Knotweed
Amenity Assured must be minimum standard
In the increasingly competitive Japanese Knotweed treatment market, now awash with hundreds of so called ‘experts’, choosing a reputable and reliable specialist has become more and more difficult for local authorities and specifiers, particularly as it is they who carry responsibility for all contractor work undertaken.
As a result, leading treatment specialist, Japanese Knotweed Control is now calling for the Amenity Assured standard, introduced to ensure operators adopt best practice, give a reliable high standard of work at all times and meet all legal and regulatory requirements, to be seen as a minimum contractor requirement.
The Amenity Assured standard is endorsed by the Chemical Regulations Directorate (CRD), part of the Health & Safety Executive, the Environment Agency, Amenity Forum and the Crop Protection Association. It is also endorsed by the Local Government Association where pesticide application is deemed the most appropriate course of action for local authority situations.
Developed by key UK organisations which have the responsibility to address the concerns of government, local authorities and other amenity providers, the Amenity Assured standard seeks to remove quality variation between different pesticide operators and ensure a consistently high standard of performance is achieved nationwide.
The standard involves three totally independent and separate audits be carried out annually on each treatment contractor including an unannounced on-site assessment, a full audit of contractor’s premises, records and certification and an end-of-season check with their clients to ensure treatments have been successfully completed to total satisfaction.
With increased industry regulation and the need for suitable qualified, independently audited and approved operators never greater, it is Japanese Knotweed Control’s belief that for anyone involved in appointing treatment contractors the question should no longer be do we need to use Amenity Assured operatives, rather, can we possibly afford not to?
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THE MANAGEMENT AND ERADICATION OF NON NATIVE PLANT SPECIES INCLUDING JAPANESE KNOTWEED The seminar will cover the identification and eradication of non native invasive plant species including Japanese Knotweed, Giant Hogweed and Himalayan Balsam within the construction sector to increase land bank values and containment within amenity areas. Items covered include new and traditional proven techniques of containment and eradication including the hugely successful, cost effective and ecologically sound Stem Injection process.
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