| HEALTHY BUILDINGS INTERNATIONAL : PUT YOUR BUILDING’S HEALTH ON RECORD!Today it is no longer enough to ensure that your environment is safe, you must also be able to inform key audiences of the fact. Increasingly, you need to keep an up-to-date record of your building’s health. And now, there’s a better way to do just that …Healthy Buildings International BI has launched a brand new service, RecordsForBuildings.com, which enables you at all times to keep an accurate record of all aspects of both health andsafety in your working environment, in a secure web-based data repository system. By simply accessing your records via a password which you allocate, staff,contractors, Government officials, inspectors, the Fire Service and others can then have recorded access to the information they need, saving you considerable time and inconvenience.
Widespread interest
Such are the advantages of web-based records that has already attracted widespread interest with Healthy Buildings International's clients. Even at this early stage, a number of our clients have asked us to apply the new scheme to their property portfolios, and Healthy Buildings International look forward to reporting on their progress in the forthcoming months.
Instant accessibility
The safe management of asbestos is just one reason to keep quickly accessible data. Recording assessments of legionella risk is also essential. Disability access is another important subject and is among the many areas we address at Healthy Buildings International. How accurate and easily accessible are your records?
Another advantage of this web based system is that it enables you to implement a full system of control for legionella, in proper accordance with the rules and requirements of the ACoP L8, including records of testing. It even tells you if your results are within the required parameters.
A comprehensive record
Your web records would include everything key audiences may need to know, for example, where hazards have been noted, what recommendations were made, what action was taken and what control precautions have been implemented.
e-Learning, another advantage
It isn’t just record-keeping that places a huge demand on your resources; there is also a tremendous need for training. Traditionally, this has been expensive and time-consuming. Not any longer! RecordsForBuildings.com can give you access to our unique e-Learning packages, so you can train your people more cost-effectively. The administration facility built into the training packages will also provide you with a complete record of all training anywhere in the world, at the touch of a button. Ask about Healthy Buildings International e-Learning packages for Asbestos, Legionella, Display Screen Equipment, Office Health & Safety, Fire Safety and a host of other subjects.
Healthy Buildings International is fortunate to have Praxis42 as a partner in this venture, one of the UK’s leading companies in the field of occupational health and safety, with indepth experience of web-based recordkeeping and training solutions. HEALTHY BUILDINGS INTERNATIONAL : IT IS THE DOSE THAT MAKES THE POISONThe effect on health of toxic moulds within indoor environments has created a field day for the press since a recent case in America: approximately a dozen children became seriously sick and at least one died after severe flooding affected their homes, resulting in the proliferation of mould. Journalists reached near hysteria, using the word 'toxic' to predictable alarm. However, the US Center for Disease Control has since reported serious shortcomings in the data supporting the case.
At Healthy Buildings International, it is our firm view that exposure to moulds in buildings is unavoidable, and it is vital to be able to associate the presence of moulds with a properly objective measure of effect upon health. At Healthy Buildings International we hold by the old industrial maxim that “It is the dose that makes the poison” (the title of a book by Alice Ottobini, a 20-year veteran of the California Department of Public Health).
The volume concludes that there is a relationship between high levels of toxic mould and adverse health effects, but no compelling evidence that low levels of the kind to be found in most buildings are a risk. Healthy Buildings International certainly does not support the scare tactics and the sensationalism so common in the press. Our concern with moulds inside buildings rests upon the ample and also undeniable evidence that such moulds may trigger allergies or exacerbate the condition of those suffering from asthma, for which reason they should not be tolerated. Please ask for details of Healthy Buildings International's mould and our moisture inspections, and about what constitutes a sound remedial plan. What makes such a plan increasingly good sense is that insurance companies are now becoming more and more reluctant to include indoor moulds under their buildings insurance cover. HEALTHY BUILDINGS INTERNATIONAL : NEW GUIDANCE ON LEGIONELLA CONTROLThe Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has just published a new guide with essential information for providers of residential accommodation. The Guide contains important facts on how to control the risk of legionella bacteria. Hanover Estates – with around 11,000 retirement housing dwellings – are among many companies who are addressing the latest legionella rulings.
The company has brought in Healthy Buildings International to ensure the safety of its residents and staff. “Healthy Buildings International is carrying out surveys and risk assessments, and providing advice on precautions in accordance with the revised Approved Code of Practice” said Martin Whale, the Technical Policy Director. “In some cases, our 11,000 homes are occupied by very vulnerable older people, so we have to take appropriate measures. The Code of Practice is something that housing landlords should take action to comply with, as Legionnaire’s disease can be fatal. We were very pleased by Healthy Buildings International’s intial approach, and protecting our residents means appointing a company we can trust”. For the new guide, contact us at Healthy Buildings International.
For further details of any of our services, please contact: Healthy Buildings International at any of our offices as shown below.
Healthy Buildings International Ltd
(UK Head Office)
229 Hyde End Road
Spencers Wood
Berkshire RG7 1BU
United Kingdom
Tel: (0118) 988 9999
Fax: (0118) 988 5599
email: info@hbi.co.uk
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(UK North)
Monckton Road
Wakefield
Yorkshire WF2 7AS
United Kingdom
Tel: (01924) 888 166
Fax: (01924) 332 334
email: info@hbi.co.uk directions: download
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(Belfast)
Unit 16
Laganside Studios
Ravenhill Road
Belfast BT6 8AW
Tel: (028)90 738777
Fax: (028)90 732777
email: info@hbi.ie
www: http://www.hbi.ie
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(Scotland)
Suite 220
Claymore House
145 Kilmarnock Road
Glasgow G41 3JA
United Kingdom
Tel: (0141) 571 2967
Fax: (0141) 6327726
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USA Headquarters
9401 Mathy Drive
Fairfax, Virginia 22031-5311
Tel: (703) 323 4400
Fax: (703) 323 4440
email: hbi@hbiamerica.com
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USA Western Region
25 Mauchly, Suite 314
Irvine, CA 92618
Tel: (949) 450 1111
Fax: (949) 450 1120
email: hbiwest@hbiamerica.com
www: http://www.hbiamerica.com
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USA Mid Atlantic Region
1055 Parsippany Boulevard,
Suite 102
Parsippany, NJ 07054
Tel: (973) 394 1330
Fax: (973) 394 1331
email: hbiatlantic@hbiamerica.com
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USA New England Region
3 Baldwin Green Common
Suite 201
Woburn, Massachusetts 01801
Tel: (781) 932 6800
Fax: (781) 932 5995
email: dtyler@hbiamerica.com
www: http://www.hbiamerica.com
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Australia
7/33 Ryde Road
Pymble NSW 2073
Australia
Tel: (02) 9880 2744
Fax: (02) 9880 2766
email: hbi@hbi.com.au
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Dublin
Unit 10/11 Santry Hall Industrial Estate
Dublin 9
Ireland
Tel: 00353 1 8623794
Fax: 00353 1 8621680
email: info@hbi.ie
www: http://www.hbi.ie
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