Business Manager’s Report

Detailed below are new members that have recently joined the APEAduring October, November and December 2006.

October

Anthony Kay Lawrence Tattersall Yorkshire House Leopold Street Sheffield South Yorkshire S1 3RT

Linda Curtis Martindales Architects Ltd 1a Oakington Business Park Oakington Cambs CB24 3DQ

Gurdal Orak OPETPetrolculuk A.S. Bulgurulu MH. Sarigazi CD No. 47 Uskudar Istanbul 34696 Turkey

Francis McNally Tonagh Electrics Ltd 2 Tonagh Heights Draperstown Co Derry BT45 7DD

Clive Kyle Ballymena Borough Council 'Ardeevin' 80 Galgorm Road Ballymena Antrim BT42 1AB Northern Ireland

Derek Longbotham 34 Talbot Street Grangemouth FK3 8HU

Alan Morris AMGS Electrical Ltd Unit 9, Hanham Business Park Memorial Road Hanham Bristol BS15 3JE

Mark Thomas ABB limited The Technology Centre Scottish Enterprise Technology Park East Kilbride G75 0QD

Steve Gain 18 Mead Hatchgate Reading Road Hook Hants RG27 9PU

Andrew Evans Egnitest Penyfron Serth Tabor Road Dolgellau Gwynedd LL40 2PR Nick Heirons Buckinghamshire County Council Trading Standards Division 5/7 Walton Street Aylesbury Bucks HP20 1UP

Neil Tynan Jacobs Fairbairn House Ashton Lane, Sale Manchester M33 6WP

Barry Hughes 21 Brancaster Close Amington Tamworth Staffs B77 3QD

Joseph Graham Maxol Limited 3 Custom House Plaza International Financial Services Centre Dublin 1 Ireland

Jane White 127 Abbey Road Torry Aberdeen AB11 9QB

Mike Usher-Clark 23 Clarence Grove Road Weston super Mare Somerset BS23 4AG

November

Tony Davis Maskell Productions Ltd P.O. Box 11 185 EllerslieAuckland 1542 New Zealand

Craig Cooper Moto Hospitality Ltd PO Box 218 Toddington Bedfordshire LU5 6QG

Robert Ravenscroft 1 Rushbrooke Drive Sutton Coldfield Birmingham West Midlands B73 6QS

Chris Haritou ABFAD Limited Unit 93, Business & Innovation Centre Enterprise Park East Wearfield Sunderland Tyne and Wear SR5 2TQ

Ian Blandin Forecourt Services La Collette St Helier JE2 3NX Jersey Ian Maclachlan IKM Consulting Ltd Park House 39 Bo'ness Road Grangemouth Stirlingshire FK3 8AN

Kevin Rust Rust & Kemp Builders Limited Unit 13 The Quadrangle Centre The Drift, Nacton Road Ipswich IP3 9QR

December

Geordie Chisholm 14 Raymond Close Verwood Dorset BH31 6DL

Jason Donnachie 39 Manor Lane Verwood Dorset BH31 6HX

Iain JonesCalves Hill Ltd Unit 3 Park Close Ampney Crucis Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5RY

John Ackerley Fuelmasters Ltd 28 Brookfield Drive Littleborough Lancashire 0L15 8RH

Stephen Hannan MIS Fuel Monitoring Ltd Merridale Works Lower Walsall Street, Horseley Fields Wolverhampton West Midlands WV1 2EU

Tariq Majid Majid and Sons (Service Stations) Ltd Basildon Service Station Reading Road Lower Basildon Berkshire RG8 9NL

Conor Lucey Coteba Ireland Limited Block F6 Nutgrove Office Park, Rathfarnham Dublin 14 Ireland

Karl Waeschle DUERR GmbH & Co. KG Pleidelsheimer Strasse 30 Bietigheim-Bissingen 74321 Germany

Leeanne Taylor 76 Windrows Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 8NW

Graham Oxley Aberdeenshire Council 10 Commerce Street Fraserburgh Aberdeenshire AB43 9AQ

UK, Climate Change Bill

The UK Government has recently announced measures to limit carbon emissions to meet the government's goal of reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 60 per cent by 2050 (including an independent advisory body and stronger monitoring and reporting arrangements) Arange of policy statements are expected to follow over the coming months as briefings are taking place throughout public sector organisations including Local Authorities.

It is hoped to keep all APEAMembers briefed on any government statements issued as they are received

UK, New Approved Document B of the UK’s Building Regulations

In December 2006, the new Approved Document Part B (Fire Safety) under the UK’s Building Regulations was published after an extensive 2 year consultation period. The main changes are:

1.The Approved Document is now split into 2 volumes, Volume 1 is concerned with Domestic Dwellings whilst Volume 2 (and therefore relevant to Service Stations) applies to Non Domestic Premises.

2.Fire Safety information on how to comply is a new requirement for the

Authorities to make provision for to meet the duties on

Employer’s/Landlords/Owners in terms of the Regulatory Reform (Fire

Safety) Order 2004.

3.New guidance is given to

Management to ensure management regimes are realistic

4.Suitable Certification Schemes can now be accepted by Building Control

Bodies as evidence of compliance 6.Fire Detection and Alarms are updated to take account of BS 5839

Part 1 2002 7.Certain clarification on what is acceptable to aid means of escape ion case of fire is listed under Part B1

8.Notional Boundaries allow for space separation between buildings

9.Various minor changes in respect of

Part B5 in terms of Access for Fire

Fighting.

Copies of the new document can be obtained from the following link;

http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/engla nd/professionals/en/4000000000084.ht

UK, Pipeline failure in Cambridgeshire

Recently, a pipeline failure was detected at a US Air Force base in Cambridgeshire. This has posed concerns for the Ministry of Defence's construction agent Defence Estates.

The pipe work, known as Enviroflex, was discovered to have been subject to a corrosive attack causing with severe failure of the outer wall through cracking and distortion with crazing occurring on the inner.

The failure was discovered whilst a re-pumping project was carried out on the site and it is believed to have been installed in 1993. In other words, failure is thought to have occurred within 13 years of the original installation.

The discovery prompted a study by Defence Estates into the extent of pipework installed in USF bases across the UK and a more detailed investigation into the cause of the attack on the integrity of the pipe.

Editor; Interesting to note that non UK standards and specifications can be used in such establishments, which in this case is a Military Base.

UK, Shell admits polluting groundwater supply

Oil giant Shell has been successfully prosecuted after up to 3,500 litres of fuel leaked from a tank, polluting groundwater supplies.

The leak from an underground storage tank at Shell’s Oakland’s Park petrol station in Hertfordshire polluted a major aquifer, which was a potential source of drinking water.

“As soon as this leak was discovered we began a groundwater sampling programme with Shell to determine the extent of the pollution”, said Andrew Pynn from the Environment Agency.

“The early results have shown minimal risk to existing drinking water supplies but Shell had put groundwater – a valuable underground resource – at risk of severe contamination”

Shell pleaded guilty after it admitted it was unable to account for an estimated 3,500 litres of unleaded petrol. The firm was fined £30,000 and ordered to pay £5,608 in costs at St Albans Crown Court.

The Oakland’s Park site had been identified by Shell for re-tanking work in 2004. The leak came to light following a series of tests on the tank.