Do your larger clients find the asbestos Client Portal slow to load? We've finished an update which makes it significantly faster to load. The asbestos Client Portal is now much faster to load We'll be making this improvement available as a patch for asbestos software Alpha Tracker . Get in touch with Alpha Tracker Support ( UK or Aus/NZ ) to request the patch.
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Dan has arrived in Baltimore to help on the OERCA stand at B’More RAW 2025. We love meeting our clients and our clients' clients!
Our client OERCA is a sponsor at aquarium conference B’More RAW 2025 - a huge event bringing professionals and vendors together from the aquatic community.
Dan leads our team of Alpha software developers extending and improving OERCA and has joined OERCA's Mark & Todd on the stand today to meet clients and listen to feedback following our latest software updates.
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| The conference is being held at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel |
The two conference venues are the Baltimore Harborplace Hotel and the National Aquarium. What a great city to hold the conference! Dan is back next week in Telford bringing ideas and feedback to his team.
Alpha Tracker Release 42 plans are nearly complete. Do you want us to squeeze another feature in?
We're just about to wrap up the feature-list for asbestos & water hygiene software Alpha Tracker Release 42. Is there anything you'd like to suggest for us to squeeze in?
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| Ideas-a-plenty for Release 42 |
We're already focusing on:
- performance in the water hygiene screens
- performance in the asbestos client portal (larger clients will notice the difference)
- tighter FLS integration
- Lab Sample Exchange
- a new risk assessment algorithm for our Australian Alpha Tracker asbestos consultancies
- an updated Alpha Tracker Mobile (better when taking 100s of water hygiene photos)
- our AI-powered "Ask Alfie" feature integrated to help you to find answers to your Alpha Tracker questions.
Do get in touch with Jack, our Alpha Tracker Product Manager, with your ideas and suggestions.
Asbestos consultancy Nova Group UK are now live! Welcome to asbestos software Alpha Tracker
Welcome Matt and colleagues from Nova Group UK to asbestos software Alpha Tracker!
Our Alpha Tracker specialist Kim completed their training today by Teams
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| Kim in her training pod |
Can we help you to automate your asbestos consultancy? Get in touch for a free demo and discussion (UK or Aus/NZ).
Have you responded to the HSE consultation "Asbestos Regulatory Reforms: Accreditation of Surveying Organisations" yet?
We've all got until Friday 18 April to respond to the HSE's latest consultation which, in part, asks whether accreditation should be mandatory for asbestos surveying organisations.
We've responded on behalf of our asbestos software, Alpha Tracker.
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| The HSE are asking for opinions on accreditation and surveying cost |
We've responded on behalf of our asbestos software, Alpha Tracker.
Lots happening during Global Asbestos Awareness Week (#2025GAAW) including the UK launch of a devastating new report
This week is Global Asbestos Awareness Week (#2025GAAW) - an international initiative designed to raise awareness of asbestos. Here at Alpha Tracker we support GAAW each year with a variety of initiatives alongside industry organisations such as UKATA, the HSE and UK and international charities.
In this internationally important week, a new UK report has been launched by Asbestos Information CIC mapping the presence of asbestos across the UK and comparing risks against more familiar ones (eg the danger of being killed in a road accident). We'll be offering our full support, giving our Alpha Tracker asbestos consultancy clients the opportunity to extract data in formats suitable for sharing.
Alpha Tracker has a large number of integrations enabling data sharing including the OpenAsbestos data sharing protocol - read more here: https://alpha-tracker.co.uk/integrations
There have been a number of tragic stories in the press this week that relate to the (lack of) awareness of asbestos and the impact on lives. Here is one such story - a vintage railway engineer who worked on the iconic Orient Express but wasn't adequately protected: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14558655/Iconic-Orient-Express-gave-incurable-cancer-Vintage-carriage-restorer-line-500-000-damages-exposure-deadly-asbestos-working-luxury-sleeper-train.html
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| Read more about Malcolm Gelsthorpe's story here |
In this internationally important week, a new UK report has been launched by Asbestos Information CIC mapping the presence of asbestos across the UK and comparing risks against more familiar ones (eg the danger of being killed in a road accident). We'll be offering our full support, giving our Alpha Tracker asbestos consultancy clients the opportunity to extract data in formats suitable for sharing.
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| The Daily Mail have covered the report's launch - read here |
Alpha Tracker has a large number of integrations enabling data sharing including the OpenAsbestos data sharing protocol - read more here: https://alpha-tracker.co.uk/integrations
London AI workshop with Piers Linney and Aalok Shukla. We went with ideas to share, and brought back 20 more!
Yesterday's trip to London was worth every mile (and the inevitable train delays...)
Attending with my fellow directors, we caught up with Piers Linney and Aalok Shukla again to discuss the state of AI and how it can benefit businesses such as ours and - more importantly - our customers.
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| Robin, Jonathan, Piers |
Robin will be holding a private webinar for invited guests to discuss the potential compact on the asbestos industry including the features we're building into Alpha Tracker. Watch out for the invitation email.