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Start Software is an award-winning developer and leading publisher of asbestos software, systems for the legal services industry and more.
Want to know more about asbestos software Alpha Tracker? Alpha Tracker is the most used asbestos software in the UK, Australia & New Zealand with more than 60m items of asbestos data stored.
Our legal services software Alpha Legal helps will writers, accountants, solicitors, IFAs and estate agents to communicate securely with clients. Read about developments here on the blog.
The web address is https://www.alpha-tracker.com.au/ and it contains lots of useful information about Alpha Tracker and how it can help asbestos and environmental consultancies to streamline their business.
With nearly 200 updates since Release 28 was made available in late Spring, there is something in Release 29 for everyone. Performance improvements, bug fixes and new features appear throughout the system helping admin staff, asbestos surveyors and company management help do their job even more efficiently.
Kim is busy finalising the release notes (watch out for them here on our website), but in the meantime take a look at this video which introduces a handful of the new features:
If you would like to know more about Release 29, or would like help to install the update, please do get in touch. We're busy planning Release 30 for the later this year so let us know what changes you'd like to see.
We've been analysing the responses we get from our asbestos software Alpha Tracker training sessions (the training we deliver in person as part of all new installations).
(1) The results are pretty good. 9/10 people say "Yes", they understand the training delivered:
(2) Not everyone knows what to expect from the training, though, so room for improvement there:
(3) And, finally, everyone thinks that we train at the right pace. Result!
The first is from a UK asbestos consultancy, Asbestos Analytical Services, specialising in asbestos testing and asbestos surveying services.
The second is from Australia where Cumberland Council have ordered a copy of Alpha Tracker in order to hold asbestos data sent to them by their surveying consultancies.
Can we help your organisation to manage asbestos data? Please do get in touch.
Aurora Environmental is a Western Australian based specialist environmental science and occupational hygiene consultancy. They operate throughout Australia and internationally.
The Aurora specialist staff members are committed to providing expert, authoritative assessments and advice in all areas of environmental management including occupational hygiene and asbestos, contaminated sites, industrial and waste management and environmental impact assessments (EIA’s).
We are delighted that Aurora Environmental has chosen Alpha Tracker and look forward to a long and productive relationship.
The Contamination Expo is one event we always attend each year and this time it was held at the NEC in Birmingham.
The event showcases the latest technology relating to:
Land Remediation
Spill Response
Clean Air Technology
Nuclear Decommissioning and Remediation
Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Wastewater
and Alpha Tracker is always of interest to attending environmental & asbestos consultancies. It is also a great opportunity to meet old and new Tracker and Alpha Tracker users.
Director Robin Bennett at Contamination Expo 2018
Hall 5
One of the talks given by the Environment Agency
So many Alpha Tracker asbestos consultancies were exhibiting