Do you care about the amount of litter on our roads? Join our volunteer army of data gatherers with RoadVlog, our app for CleanUpBritain

Our director Robin is passionate (and angry!) about the state of the UK roadside verges.  They are often full of litter and debris and, in his opinion (and ours), it has become a national embarassment.

We've created a free app for the CleanUpBritain campaign to enable car passengers to log the condition of verges as they drive along.  This data will be gathered and used by CleanUpBritain to encourage the Government and responsible agencies to do something about it - the litter is not going away by itself!

Try roadvlog.uk for yourself - it's completely free

You can access the app at https://roadvlog.uk - give it a try as you are driving home tonight!  Even better, ask your team to use the app to record the condition of roads as they drive around for work - the more data we collect, the better!

We have packed up at FAMANZ - come and find us at UKATA, Asbestonomy and EAF later this year

We love taking our Alpha Tracker stand to conferences and exhibitions.

Kim & Judy have just finished up at FAMANZ 2025 in Queenstown, New Zealand, and they met so many wonderful Australian and New Zealand Alpha Tracker users.

What a fabulous event FAMANZ was again this year

We'll be making an appearance at events organised by UKATA, Asbestonomy and EAF later this year, and elsewhere.  Come and find us, say hello, and find out what Alpha Tracker can do for your asbestos, water and fire consultancy.

Our Australian/New Zealand team have a new website. Take a look at alpha-tracker.com.au

Judy & team have been working hard on their new website supporting our Australian & New Zealand Alpha Tracker clients.  You can see it at alpha-tracker.com.au.

Visit www.alpha-tracker.com.au

Let us know what else you'd like to see on the website! We'd love to hear.

Improved Master Project importer being tested. Better feedback means higher quality data in your system

Our new Master Project importer is nearly ready and is being tested by two of our beta-testing asbestos consultancy clients.

Look out for the new "Verify" step at position 3 (of 4)

The change introduces a new "Verify" step to check the sites from your Excel spreadsheet and give you feedback before you commit them to the system.

It will highlight where the UPRNs are missing or are the placeholder "TBC" (or similar) and it will also show you where sites already exist in the system.  In addition, it highlights jobs already recorded against the sites you are importing, to help prevent you from importing duplicates accidentally.

Early feedback has been really positive and this updated screen should save your admin teams a great deal of time when checking and fixing mistakes on imports.

Do get in touch if you have any other ideas for improvements.  At Alpha Tracker (UK/Aus), we're here to help! 

Judy & Kim have arrived in Queenstown, New Zealand, for the FAMANZ asbestos conference

The stand is up (thanks to Judy's husband & kids - they did the hard work while Judy watched on, we believe!!).  That was step 1 - Judy and the stand from Adelaide to Queenstown to arrive at the FAMANZ 2025 asbestos conference.

The Alpha Tracker stand is up - courtesy of Judy's family!

Kim has also arrived in Queenstown from the UK, with husband Tim in tow.  That's quite a journey - they look remarkably refreshed!  Step 2, complete.

If you're attending FAMANZ this year, make a bee-line for Judy & Kim, they will be delighted to talk to you and show you the latest Alpha Tracker Release.

More software updates on the way including a new Exchange Calendar Sync and hyperlinks to photos in asbestos reports

Jack & Adam are working on some more updates to asbestos software Alpha Tracker.

Product Manager Jack and developer Adam

There is a new version of Exchange Calendar Sync which fixes a couple of bugs.  One of the fixes relates to the situation where an appointment is swapped from one member of staff to another, and then quickly moved to another date or time.  One of our asbestos consultancy clients had spotted that appointments in this situation were not always being synced correctly.

Adam has been working on a new feature for PDF asbestos reports.  He's enabling an option so we can including hyperlinks to photos in PDF reports enabling a larger, higher quality photo to be displayed if the hyperlink is clicked on by the report recipient.  This is pretty clever stuff - also helping you to make the most of Alpha Tracker's Client Portal with your clients.

If you've got any ideas for features for Alpha Tracker Release 42, get in touch!

Welcome asbestos, fire & Legionella consultancy Salvum to Alpha Tracker! Great to have you on board

We've just completed the Alpha Tracker setup and training for asbestos, fire & Legionella consultancy Salvum.  What a great team of Health & Safety professionals they are.

Kim and Melika drove down to Salvum HQ to meet and train the admin and asbestos staff.

Melika's (seated front/left) first site visit!

What an excellent team Salvum have

Salvum's website at https://salvum.co.uk/ documents their services and specialities.  They even show a timeline from 2013 which explains their history and development as a business.  

Congratulations Stuart and team on your success - we're pleased to be a part of your future.

Best Support Desk performance for 6 months! Congratulations to Zac and the support team

Zac has had a great start in his new role leading our Support Desk.

In February, 96% of urgent tickets were solved in the timescales requested by the caller.  Looking at calls of all types (854 in total), 92% were resolved on time - that's the best performance for the Support Desk in 6 months.

Zac - leading our Support Desk

Zac truly is the Support Desk Captain!

Alpha Tracker Release 41.5 is ready for desktop and Android/Apple app users. Nearly 600 improvements!

Our latest update for Alpha Tracker is now ready and available to all of our customers.

Alpha Tracker Release 41.5 is a big update - nearly 600 changes - and is accompanied by a brand new app in the Google and Apple app stores, too.

Read about Release 41.5 on our website

Watch the introductory video here: https://youtu.be/V6a9EmfKLRI or click below!

Get in touch with Support - 24x7 - if you'd like more information or to schedule your update.

Kim is flying to Queenstown, New Zealand, to join Judy at the FAMANZ asbestos conference!

This year's FAMANZ conference is heading to the incredible Queenstown, New Zealand, on the breathtaking shores of Lake Wakatipu.

Alpha Tracker Specialist Kim has booked her flights and will be joining Alpha Tracker Director Judy at the conference to meet clients old and new.

Kim is heading to New Zealand!

Make sure you look out for Kim and Judy and say hello if you're attending FAMANZ this year.  The rest of the UK team in Telford are seriously jealous, Kim!

New Australian National Guide for Asbestos Surveys has been published by the Asbestos and Silica Safety and Eradication Agency

Our Australian Alpha Tracker asbestos consultancies will be aware of the recent consultation to develop a national guide and standard for asbestos surveying.  This has now been published by the Asbestos and Silica Safety and Eradication Agency (ASSEA) in consultation with asbestos professionals, industry associations, regulatory authorities and worker representatives.

The guide can be downloaded as a PDF

Jack and his team are updating asbestos software Alpha Tracker now to reflect the new regime.

Contact Judy in our Adelaide office to discuss how Alpha Tracker will be modified, and how it will affect your asbestos consultancy.

Great to see Alpha Tracker QR codes being put to such good use! Congratulations Anglian Demolition & Asbestos

We just spotted this post on LinkedIn, showing our Alpha Tracker QR codes being put to such good use by one of our asbestos consultancies, Anglian Demolition & Asbestos.

Anglian are making the most of our asbestos QR codes

Release 41.5 of Alpha Tracker includes many upgrades to our QR code functionality - and the new features have been well-received by asbestos consultancies and their clients.

Read more here: https://www.angliandemo.co.uk/anglian-rolls-out-revolutionary-qr-code-labelling-system/

BBC Radio 4 is airing "Killer Dust" over the next 10 days. It's a fascinating listen covering the topic of asbestos from so many angles. Listen at 13:45 daily or via BBC Sounds

A fascinating radio 10-episode documentary series about asbestos - "Killer Dust" - is airing on BBC Radio 4 from Monday 4 March until Friday 14 March.

To quote from the programme's website:

"This is the story of Killer Dust, from mountains of the material in mines still operating in countries today, to the skyscrapers of Manhattan, and the terraced streets of the north of England.

It is the story too of the people who fought and died for the truth in order to expose the reckless pursuit of profit in the making of one of the most dangerous building materials on the planet."

Listen live or via BBC Sounds: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0028jl4/episodes/guide