Looking back at EAF

The European Asbestos Forum is the highlight of the conference season, and this year represented its 10th birthday since its founding in 2014. It was fittingly fabulous, marking a transition from its European origins to a new global focus. Nick Garland explains.

Coming soon – EAF 2024 on 12-13 December

The European Asbestos Forum conference is the highlight of our industry’s event season. Here’s Nick Garland with details of what to expect, and news of an enviable problem.

Our next quarterly support webinar – sign up here!

It’s important to us that every Assure360 user gets the best from our system and apps, so our account director, Rick Garland, is running quarterly support webinars. In these free sessions, Rick will be bringing customers up to speed with recent developments in the system. Each session will also feature a Q&A, which will include time for users to suggest future development ideas.

The first Assure360 client forum

Mid-July saw our first client forum, in which sales director Rick Garland went through some of our recent improvements and enhancements. From an elegant approach to HAVS, through the Minor Works and Site Diary features, Nick Garland picks out a common theme.

Conference season: a look ahead to FAAM and EAF

It’s months until conference season bows out with FAAM and EAF, but the programmes for both are taking shape. Here’s Nick Garland with a preview of two unmissable events.

Asbestos, construction and safety events calendar

Our events list highlights the best industry events for asbestos and construction safety professionals taking place in the next 12 months.

Summing up the EAF conference

The sixth European Asbestos Forum conference in Brussels was undoubtedly the best yet. An event packed with knowledge, ideas and innovation from the leaders in the asbestos industry. But more than anything, writes Nick Garland, it proved a lesson in how our thinking about asbestos needs to change.

A webinar on the new exposure guidance

I’ve written quite extensively about the new personal sampling and exposure guidance from the Asbestos Network. It’s an important topic, and one that the industry has struggled to get a grip on. That’s why we’re hosting a free webinar to go through it on 16 January 2024 at 10am.

Summing up the FAAM conference, and a look ahead to EAF

The FAAM conference provided a focus on excellent new research by the faculty itself, and the Health and Safety Executive. There was also a great teaser for the EAF conference, which is coming at the end of the month. Nick Garland shares his thoughts

Summing up the ACAD awards dinner and golf day

The annual ACAD golf day and awards dinner has been and gone. From perfect weather and great golf to an entertaining and thought-provoking evening, here’s our roundup of the day.

Something new: FAAM’s first four-stage clearance workshop

Assure 360’s founder, Nick Garland, took the lead in arranging FAAM’s new workshop, bringing together analysts and removalists to look at the four-stage clearance from both sides of the divide. What happened, and what did we discover? Here’s Nick with the lowdown.

EAF 2022 review

When it comes to the asbestos conference season, the best very much gets saved to the last. November finally brought EAF 2022, with its unique mix of knowledge sharing, innovation and community building. Here’s Nick Garland’s write up.

Is It Really Just a Man’s World?

The Female Analyst Working Group was established in the wake of Colette Willoughby’s powerful talk on female analysts at FAAM a year ago. Here Colette writes about why she set up FAWG, some of the issues facing female analysts and removalists and some of the steps made towards tackling them over the past 12 months.

FAAM 2022 roundup – and what comes next

You wait all year for a great conference, and two come along at once. Here’s Nick Garland’s take on the most important bits from FAAM 2022, and his thoughts on how FAAM can do more for its members now the conference is over.

Expo 2022 – are LARCs being abandoned?

The Contamination Expo featured some great content for analysts and consultants, but there was much less on offer for LARCs. Nick Garland calls for drastic action to restore it to an all-industry event.

Audit 3.0 – our latest health and safety auditing app

We’ve thoroughly updated and improved our health and safety auditing app, Assure360 Audit. Discover what’s new in the latest release, and why it saves you time, improves audit quality, and delivers greater insight.

The Asbestonomy conference – fresh thinking on a problem that hasn’t gone away

June saw the launch of a new Asbestos conference. Asbestonomy set out to share ideas, policy and viewpoints among global experts in removal and treatment. Here, Nick Garland reviews the event, and reflects on the opportunities and challenges ahead.

The European Asbestos Forum (EAF) conference returns

Later this year, the European Asbestos Forum (EAF) conference returns after a Covid-enforced hiatus. As Nick Garland explains, it’s a welcome return for this unmissable event.

FAAM conference review – useful, compelling, and more thought-provoking than ever

Despite running virtually for the second year running, the FAAM asbestos conference managed to reach new highs - and uncover new lows. Immensely interesting, thought-provoking - and ultimately disturbing - we look at the highlights.

FAAM conference preview – don’t miss it!

This year’s FAAM Conference will - like last year - be fully virtual. But with a two-day programme bristling with quality speakers, it’s still unmissable. Here, Nick picks out his highlights.

The Contamination Expo, and the long road to events as normal

We were looking forward to the Contamination Expo, and Nick giving his talk on the four-hour time-weighted average, but Covid had other plans. Here’s our roundup, with another chance to see the virtual presentation.

Events – Update Autumn 2021

Covid-19 is still with us, but with few restrictions in place, most in-person events are back.

Virtually there – the BOHS and FAAM conference

With the postponement of the Hazardous Materials Expo, it’s good that some other events are going online. Here we look forward to the BOHS and FAAM conference, happening virtually on 18-19 November.

Webinar: Social distancing tools and tips for companies returning to work

With the UK’s focus shifting toward restarting the economy, asbestos contractors face new challenges as they work on busier sites. In our free webinar, we’ll look at how you can continue to work safely and efficiently.

Assure360 at the ACAD regionals

Assure360 will be at three of the upcoming ACAD regional meetings in the first week of March. Why not come and join us!

Wrapping up the European Asbestos Forum (EAF) conference

For too long, tech seemed like something happening to other industries. The European Asbestos Forum conference showed how innovation will transform ours.

The FAAM conference and EAF

Two major asbestos events for November with the European Asbestos Forum conference in Amsterdam and the second annual conference of the Faculty of Asbestos Assessment and Management (FAAM).

The European Asbestos Forum (EAF) – more than just another asbestos conference

The conference season got off to a cracking start last month with the Contamination Expo at Birmingham’s NEC. The next stop will be the European Asbestos Forum conference, which this year returns to its roots in Amsterdam.

Contamination Expo 2019 – with asbestos licensing in meltdown, can you afford to miss it?

This year's Contamination Expo takes place at a pivotal time for the asbestos industry, as repercussions from the HSE's licensing shakeup make themselves felt. As the problems mount and the questions multiply, Nick Garland offers a solution to the chaos.

Events preview: the best events and conferences for asbestos and safety professionals

Our list of the best asbestos and health and safety events happening in the UK over the next 6 months.

Hazardous Materials Expo – what we did, what we learned, and why we’re going next year

Some exceptional talks, an opportunity to meet our customers, and the official launch of Assure360 Paperless. Here's Nick Garland with his Hazardous Materials Expo rundown.