Greenwood Environmental is a UK-based company that provides asbestos control services including consultancy, project management, survey, training and removal contracting. They have extensive experience working with asbestos in the UK. They are now looking to expand their operations to Turkey to help control asbestos exposure given Turkey's legal obligations around asbestos and the embryonic state of its asbestos control sector. Greenwood aims to work with the Turkish government and industry to help develop best practices for asbestos control through initiatives like training, guidelines and an Asbestos Services Association.
Turkey Asbestos Regulations
Article 1. Purpose – To prevent exposure
Article 2. Application – Applies to All works and workplaces where exposure is possible
Article 3. Prepared in accordance with Article 78 of Labour Law
Article 4. Definitions – Covers all 6 Fibre types 4857
Article 5. RA’s –Requirements to conduct RA for all work liable to expose anyone to asbestos fibres
Article 6. Notification of Asbestos Work to Ministry of L & SS,
Article 7. Prohibition for ‘use’
Prohibits licensable ACM’s i.e Insulation, sprays etc
Prohibits marketing, producing and exposure
Removal, separation works are excluded
Asbestos Awareness - Things You Should Know to Stay SafeA
Ever heard of asbestosis or mesothelioma? Asbestos is a serious threat to many people who are involved in the maintenance and repairing jobs of old buildings. Although asbestos exposure does not have an immediate impact on your health, asbestos fibres can lead to fatal medical complications. In this article, you can start your journey of asbestos awareness. Also, you will learn about the safety measures required to save yourself from asbestos contamination.
Turkey Asbestos Regulations
Article 1. Purpose – To prevent exposure
Article 2. Application – Applies to All works and workplaces where exposure is possible
Article 3. Prepared in accordance with Article 78 of Labour Law
Article 4. Definitions – Covers all 6 Fibre types 4857
Article 5. RA’s –Requirements to conduct RA for all work liable to expose anyone to asbestos fibres
Article 6. Notification of Asbestos Work to Ministry of L & SS,
Article 7. Prohibition for ‘use’
Prohibits licensable ACM’s i.e Insulation, sprays etc
Prohibits marketing, producing and exposure
Removal, separation works are excluded
Asbestos Awareness - Things You Should Know to Stay SafeA
Ever heard of asbestosis or mesothelioma? Asbestos is a serious threat to many people who are involved in the maintenance and repairing jobs of old buildings. Although asbestos exposure does not have an immediate impact on your health, asbestos fibres can lead to fatal medical complications. In this article, you can start your journey of asbestos awareness. Also, you will learn about the safety measures required to save yourself from asbestos contamination.
Training presentation geared for contractors dealing with asbestos containing materials. Educational training piece covering what you need to know about asbestos to comply with state and governmental regulating agencies. Asbestos risks, symptoms and safety measures.
Asbestos training update rics technical roadshowSAFE Training
Asbestos Training Update - RICS Technical Roadshow presentation from Asbestos Training Provider - SAFE Training. Training provided by SAFE Training includes as
In 2012 ETS International –
named as ETS Environmental Technologies Solutions LTD was established/founded.
Our companies headquarter is in Istanbul and
it was founded with %100 Turkish capital by Mr. Adem ARDIÇ.
The products that ETS produces will help you to strengthen your company's environmentally-friendly brand image.
ETS gives you a full support during your brand establishment, with all its knowledge and selection of environmental products.
We will be proud and glad to offer you all of our experience and knowledge that we have gathered among the years
to cover all the needs of our valuable customers and to offer
the best solutions.
ETS Turkey’s Chairman of Board is Mr. Adem ARDIÇ.
Why You Should Replace Windows 11 with Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 for enhanced perfor...SOFTTECHHUB
The choice of an operating system plays a pivotal role in shaping our computing experience. For decades, Microsoft's Windows has dominated the market, offering a familiar and widely adopted platform for personal and professional use. However, as technological advancements continue to push the boundaries of innovation, alternative operating systems have emerged, challenging the status quo and offering users a fresh perspective on computing.
One such alternative that has garnered significant attention and acclaim is Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, a sleek, powerful, and user-friendly Linux distribution that promises to redefine the way we interact with our devices. With its focus on performance, security, and customization, Nitrux Linux presents a compelling case for those seeking to break free from the constraints of proprietary software and embrace the freedom and flexibility of open-source computing.
Training presentation geared for contractors dealing with asbestos containing materials. Educational training piece covering what you need to know about asbestos to comply with state and governmental regulating agencies. Asbestos risks, symptoms and safety measures.
Asbestos training update rics technical roadshowSAFE Training
Asbestos Training Update - RICS Technical Roadshow presentation from Asbestos Training Provider - SAFE Training. Training provided by SAFE Training includes as
In 2012 ETS International –
named as ETS Environmental Technologies Solutions LTD was established/founded.
Our companies headquarter is in Istanbul and
it was founded with %100 Turkish capital by Mr. Adem ARDIÇ.
The products that ETS produces will help you to strengthen your company's environmentally-friendly brand image.
ETS gives you a full support during your brand establishment, with all its knowledge and selection of environmental products.
We will be proud and glad to offer you all of our experience and knowledge that we have gathered among the years
to cover all the needs of our valuable customers and to offer
the best solutions.
ETS Turkey’s Chairman of Board is Mr. Adem ARDIÇ.
Why You Should Replace Windows 11 with Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 for enhanced perfor...SOFTTECHHUB
The choice of an operating system plays a pivotal role in shaping our computing experience. For decades, Microsoft's Windows has dominated the market, offering a familiar and widely adopted platform for personal and professional use. However, as technological advancements continue to push the boundaries of innovation, alternative operating systems have emerged, challenging the status quo and offering users a fresh perspective on computing.
One such alternative that has garnered significant attention and acclaim is Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, a sleek, powerful, and user-friendly Linux distribution that promises to redefine the way we interact with our devices. With its focus on performance, security, and customization, Nitrux Linux presents a compelling case for those seeking to break free from the constraints of proprietary software and embrace the freedom and flexibility of open-source computing.
Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to ProductionAggregage
Join Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, in this new session where he'll share a practical framework to transform Gen AI prototypes into impactful products! He'll delve into the complexities of data collection and management, model selection and optimization, and ensuring security, scalability, and responsible use.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
Pushing the limits of ePRTC: 100ns holdover for 100 daysAdtran
At WSTS 2024, Alon Stern explored the topic of parametric holdover and explained how recent research findings can be implemented in real-world PNT networks to achieve 100 nanoseconds of accuracy for up to 100 days.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
In his public lecture, Christian Timmerer provides insights into the fascinating history of video streaming, starting from its humble beginnings before YouTube to the groundbreaking technologies that now dominate platforms like Netflix and ORF ON. Timmerer also presents provocative contributions of his own that have significantly influenced the industry. He concludes by looking at future challenges and invites the audience to join in a discussion.
SAP Sapphire 2024 - ASUG301 building better apps with SAP Fiori.pdfPeter Spielvogel
Building better applications for business users with SAP Fiori.
• What is SAP Fiori and why it matters to you
• How a better user experience drives measurable business benefits
• How to get started with SAP Fiori today
• How SAP Fiori elements accelerates application development
• How SAP Build Code includes SAP Fiori tools and other generative artificial intelligence capabilities
• How SAP Fiori paves the way for using AI in SAP apps
Enhancing Performance with Globus and the Science DMZGlobus
ESnet has led the way in helping national facilities—and many other institutions in the research community—configure Science DMZs and troubleshoot network issues to maximize data transfer performance. In this talk we will present a summary of approaches and tips for getting the most out of your network infrastructure using Globus Connect Server.
4. Types of Asbestos Chrysotile Asbestos ( White ) Serpentine Fibre Group Amosite Asbestos ( Brown ) Amphibole Fibre Group Crocidolite Asbestos ( Blue ) Amphibole Fibre Group Tremolite Asbestos ( Grey - Green ) Amphibole Fibre Group All pictures are significantly magnified for visibility
7. Asbestos Containing Materials (ACM’s) Asbestos Cement Products Sprayed Coatings on ceilings, Walls, Beams and columns Lagging Loose Asbestos in ceilings and floor cavities Textured Coating Floor tiles, textiles and composites Asbestos Insulating board
8. November 08 November 08 ConfidentialConfidential Risk Rating for Typical Asbestos Products used in Construction PRODUCT TYPE RISK RATE COMMON % OF ASBESTOS Resins; Mastics & Adhesives LOW 5% Toilet cisterns & seats; window seals etc LOW 1-10% Reinforced PVC, Plastics & composites LOW 1-10% Roofing Felts; damp proof course etc LOW 8% Decorative Finishes & Artex LOW 3-5% Corrugated Asbestos Cement LOW 5-10% Vinyl & Thermoplastic Floor Tiles MEDIUM 2-25% Asbestos Cement sheets MEDIUM 10-25% Asbestos Insulating Board HIGH 15-40% PRODUCT TYPE RISK RATE COMMON % OF ASBESTOS Low density Insulation boards HIGH 16-40% Sprayed Asbestos HIGH 55-85% Gaskets; brake & clutch plates HIGH 70 -90% Mill Boards HIGH 37-97% Loose filled or packed Asbestos HIGH 100% Woven Textiles; Ropes & Blankets HIGH 100% Paper; Felt and Cardboard HIGH 100% Pipe & Boiler Lagging HIGH 6-100% Asbestos Mattresses and Packing HIGH 100%
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23. November 08 November 08 ConfidentialConfidential ‘ Every week twenty tradesmen die from asbestos-related disease. If you are an electrician, plumber, heating and ventilation engineer, joiner, plasterer or work in any similar trade, you are likely to come across this hidden killer in your work – asbestos dust could kill you. A lot of buildings still contain asbestos materials - anywhere built or refurbished before the year 2000 is likely to contain asbestos and it is often in places where you can’t see it easily. You could be working where asbestos is present right now.’ The HSE launched an Asbestos Awareness Campaign ‘ Asbestos –The Hidden Killer’ on the 13th October 2008 and will operate for 3 months throughout the UK. The campaign was aimed predominantly at tradesmen with-in the construction industry who are liable to be exposed to asbestos
30. EU Asbestos Regulations Regulation 7 – Prohibition on Use of asbestos The ‘use’ of asbestos in the form of Sprayed; Thermal or Acoustic Insulation is prohibited under these regulations. In addition the marketing of asbestos, discovering asbestos; producing asbestos and exposing people to asbestos are also prohibited under these regulations The works for removing Asbestos Containing Materials (ACMs) are excluded from the above prohibitions Regulation 8 – Preventing of exceeding the Limit Values This regulation details the measures that must be taken to ensure that works do not exceed the ‘Limit Value’ at any stage. This regulation does not apply to the mining industry Regulation 9 – Asbestos Measurements This regulation details the requirements regular measurement of asbestos fibre in the working environment, along with sample taking by qualified personnel, air monitoring, health record surveillance, and air borne fibre counting techniques and methods Regulation 10 – Limit Value The employer shall ensure that the Time Weighted Average (TWA) of asbestos concentrations that employees are exposed to should be less than 0.1 fibre/cm3 over a 4 hour continuous period Regulation 11 – Exceeding the Limit Value This regulation details the measures that must be taken if the Limit Value is exceeded at any stage, and the controls that must be taken prior to resuming work. Regulation 12 – Demolition, Maintenance & Repair Works This regulation state that before the employer commences any demolition, maintenance or repair works, the employer shall perform the works by getting information from the building owner or facilities manage, in order to define the location and condition of all Asbestos Containing Materials (ACMs) in the premises. This regulation also states that if there is any doubt as to whether asbestos is present or not, it should be presumed to be present and the regulations applied until analysis confirms otherwise.
31. EU Asbestos Regulations Regulation 13 – Demolition & Removal Works This regulation states that the demolition, removal, demounting, maintenance and repair works in which the Limit Value may be exceeded despite technical measures; specific measures will apply to the employer before commencing back to work. Regulation 14 – Business Plan This regulation states that before the construction or demolition of a building; structure; workshop; plant or other facility as well as ships containing asbestos, a working schedule (method statement) shall be conducted. This regulation also defines some of the minimal requirements necessary for a Business Plan. Regulation 15 – Training This regulation states that the employer is obligated to provide suitable, sufficient and proper training to all employees who may be exposed to asbestos. This regulation also details some on the minimal requirements for training provision. Regulation 16 – Conduct of removal work by the experts This regulation states that the removal of asbestos shall be conducted by skilled personnel having the required experience in this field