Alpha Tracker Release 31 - 200+ improvements for Summer 2019

Release 31 of our asbestos software Alpha Tracker has arrived and is ready for downloading.

It's the update to Release 30 and contains more than 200 improvements, including:

- improved security behind the scenes to protect you and your data

- better, quicker and more accurate mapping

- faster performance on key screens (project list, survey items etc)

- new and improved dashboards

- a new Query Writer tool to help you extract and analyse the data you need.

Here is a quick video to introduce Release 31 to you:

When Kim has finished the notes they will be available here https://alpha-tracker.co.uk/release-notes/ ready for you to read, download, print and keep with your Quality Manual.

Don't forget to give us your ideas for Release 32 which will be coming up later this year - contact us via our website.

Lovely thank you to Judy as client contact moves on

One of our key client contacts at a large Australian asbestos consultancy is moving on and just sent this lovely email to our Australian Alpha Tracker director, Judy:

"Once again thank you for being so great to work with all these years. Taking Alpha Tracker from something we didn’t use at all to being such an integral and valuable part of how we do our work is honestly one of the achievements I’m most proud of from my time here, and it wouldn’t have been possible without you."

What a great comment to receive and a testament to the customer support that Judy and her team in Adelaide deliver to our clients in Australian and New Zealand.

Best support desk performance for 6 months!

Jess, Andrew, Jack & Elaine had a very good month in July, solving an incredible 94% of high priority problems within the 2 hour target time.  Well done the Start Software support team!

Month	In time (%)	In time (H) (%)	In time (total)	In time (H) (total)	Total solved
2019-07	86.18	94.12	555	240	644
2019-06	83.77	92.83	516	220	616
2019-05	87.36	93.38	622	282	712
2019-04	87.50	93.55	504	203	576
2019-03	83.50	93.18	491	205	588
2019-02	89.17	96.97	453	128	508
			3141	1278	3644

Robin's 100 mile charity ride complete (just!)

At times it felt like a warzone!  Far too many accidents (because far too many riders?  https://twitter.com/search?q=ridelondon+accident) meant that we were standing still or walking for well over an hour of the ride.

But... at least all of our Countrywide Crusader team got around in one piece and with no punctures! http://robinbennett.blogspot.com/2019/08/charity-cycle-ride-on-sunday-4-august.html

Ready to start at 08:16

48 miles in and the first major accident - we were standing still for 40 minutes

We're done! 100 miles riden

Fabulous team from our client, Countrywide

The finish line at Buckingham Palace

We've raised £7,700 so far for The Childrens Trust supporting kids with brain injuries.  Do please add your own contribution if you possibly can.  Thanks in advance.  https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/Team/CountrywideCrusaders1

Charity cycle ride on Sunday 4 August - please support Robin if you can!

On Sunday 4 August, Robin is riding the 100-mile RideLondon cycle event to raise funds for a charity which supports children with brain injuries. He's joining a team of cyclists from our client Countrywide.

Please do support him and the team if you can - here's the link and thanks in advance!

https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/Team/CountrywideCrusaders1

M3 Associates go live with asbestos software Alpha Tracker

Asbestos consultancy M3 Associates based in Luton, UK, has just gone live with asbestos software Alpha Tracker.

M3 Associates offers asbestos surveys and air testing nationwide and can also provide 4 stage clearances and bulk analysis of asbestos samples.

ISO 17020 & 17025 UKAS accredited, M3 has BOHS P401 qualified bulk analysts who can analyse samples taken by their surveyors. All of their asbestos surveyors have BOHS P402 or RSPH Level 3 in Asbestos Surveying and all their analysts have BOHS P403 and P404 or RSPH Level 3 in Air Testing.

M3 Associates welcomes enquiries from new clients.  Click here to contact them via their website.

Kim visited this week to deliver their initial Alpha Tracker training.  Here are some of the photos taken during the training session:

Britain’s death toll from asbestos at crisis level, figures reveal

Interesting and troubling article in The Guardian this morning, see

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jul/07/britains-death-toll-from-asbestos-at-crisis-level-figures-reveal

Click the image to read the article in The Guardian

Regular readers of the blog will know that I have been personally touched by the devastating effects of Mesothelioma, see https://robinbennett.blogspot.com/2018/01/mcp-and-start-software-helping.html.

We've been producing software for the asbestos industry (asbestos consultancies, surveyors and building/estate managers) for 20 years now and each year the expectation has been that the "asbestos problem" will reduce in size.  Articles like this confirm that the problem is actually getting worse, in many respects, and the need to manage asbestos in situ is more important than ever.

If we can help your organisation to manage asbestos, do get in touch.  Our Tracker family of asbestos systems (including the web-based Alpha Tracker asbestos software) has helped hundreds of organisations with their asbestos problem and it contains the world's largest database of surveyed asbestos items.