Prof. Duncan Laxen, Managing Director of Air Quality Consultants, gave a presentation on construction dust assessment at the Institute of Air Quality Management workshop held at BRE, Watford on 20th January.He highlighted the inconsistency in the way construction impacts are assessed by different consultants, due to the lack of guidance. He will join a subgroup of the IAQM to help develop appropriate guidance, drawing on the considerable experience of Air Quality Consultants in carrying out such assessments.
Air Quality Consultants has recently managed the preparation of a detailed review of PM
2.5 in the UK.
The work has been carried out for the UK Environment Agencies under the auspices of SNIFFER.
The report was prepared in association with the consultancy, TRL, with input from Prof. Roy Harrison at Birmingham University and Dr Mat Heal at Edinburgh University.
It covers health effects, sources, speciation, pathways, monitoring, modelling and regulatory requirements, and is designed to advise those responsible for regulating exposure to PM
2.5.
The report and a short summary are available to download from the
AQC Download page.