Legionella Control Association Certification
Acquiesce Environmental Compliance Ltd are now officially members of the Legionella Control Association.
This membership demonstrates our commitment to delivering the highest standards of legionella control service provision, and supplements are recent ISO9001 accreditation.
Our team of Operations Management, Consultants & Account Management, risk assessors, technicians, water hygiene engineers (plumbers), accounts & administration staff are all focussed and dedicated on providing the best possible service to new & existing customers alike. The business continues to grow from strength to strength, which is evidenced by the growth in size of the team, with existing customers choosing Acquiesce Environmental Compliance Ltd as their number one choice for legionella control & water hygiene services. Our commitment to using paperless systems, such as Workpal, Compliapp & other electronic systems demonstrates our commitment to the environment, and this is backed up by our impending ISO14001 accreditation
Acquiesce Environmental Compliance Ltd are registered under the Legionella Control Association for the following services:
- Legionella Risk Assessments
- Hot & Cold Water Services
- Process and Other Systems
- Healthcare Risk Assessment
- Hot & Cold Water Monitoring & Inspection Services
- Cleaning and Disinfection Services
- Hot and Cold Water Services Disinfection
- Legionella Monitoring Services
- Sampling
- Interpretation of Analysis
- Plant & Equipment Services
- Installation
- Servicing & Maintenance
- Refurbishment
Legionella Control Association (LCA) members provide a range of products and services for the control of legionella bacteria in water systems. All LCA members demonstrate that they have complied with the LCA code of conduct and LCA service standards, and are committed to helping their customers prevent legionellosis, and keep their water systems safe.
The Legionella Control Association (LCA) is a voluntary organisation whose membership comprises providers of services and products concerned with the control of legionella bacteria in water systems. The primary aim is to keep water systems safe and minimise the risk of cases of Legionnaires’ disease caused by poorly maintained systems.
The LCA was founded in 1999 by the British Association for Chemical Specialities (BACS) and the Water Management Society (WMSoc). A Recommended Code of Conduct for Service Providers concerned with controlling the risk of legionella was formulated and launched. Companies were invited to pledge to a number of commitments making up the Code of Conduct with the specific objective of raising standards in the control of legionella bacteria in water systems.
Over time the Code of Conduct has been refined and there are now nine Membership requirements.
The Code requires Applicants and Members to establish and maintain appropriate management systems for services that they offer associated with the control of legionella and to summarise these in a Statement of Compliance. A successful annual audit of LCA Members’ management procedures and a sample of the output from those procedures for compliance with the Code is an ongoing requirement of membership.
In support of this there are formal LCA Standards for Service Delivery for each category of service offered by members which define the important elements that should be part of every service providers’ management system.
The LCA administers the registration of new members, the annual re-registration process and the programme of company audits by a team of LCA assessors. It is a voluntary, independent, not for profit organisation managed by a committee drawn from BACS, WMSoc, industry experts and health authorities. The LCA has close links with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and other public health authorities and regularly participates in consultations, task groups and conferences concerned with minimising the risk of Legionnaires’ disease.
In regards to specific elements of our service, Acquiesce Environmental Compliance Ltd are competent to assist in the following types of buildings, with various services designed to keep business’ compliant, and water services safe:
- Legionella Risk Assessments
- Hot & Cold Water Services
- Offices, educational buildings such as Schools, Universities, Nurseries, commercial units, residential properties including block managed buildings, care homes, sheltered accommodation buildings, sports clubs, leisure centres and any building with a hot & cold water system
- Process and Other Systems
- Factories, industrial units
- Healthcare Risk Assessment
- Hospitals, NHS Health Centres, Dental Practices
- Hot & Cold Water Services
- Hot & Cold Water Monitoring & Inspection Services
- Utilising compliapp.com electronic logbook systems, as well as traditional paper log book systems if required.
- Monthly temperature monitoring
- Quarterly shower head/spray outlet/aerator cleaning & descaling
- Cold water tank inspections
- Calorifier inspection or ‘blowdown’
- Expansion vessel flushing
- Cleaning and Disinfection Services
- Hot and Cold Water Services Disinfection
- Cold Water storage tank cleaning & disinfection
- Full hot & cold water system disinfection
- Calorifier chlorination following installation
- Utilising chemicals such as sodium hypochlorite (chlorine) or Hydrogen Peroxide. Chemicals chosen to depend on the reason for application and often failed sample results
- Hot and Cold Water Services Disinfection
- Legionella Monitoring Services
- Sampling (UKAS accredited)
- Legionella sampling
- Pseudomonas sampling
- TVC/E.coli & Coliform sampling (drinking water)
- Closed system sampling for PH, total dissolved solids (TDS) molybdate, nitrite, potassium, Iron, sulphite reducing bacteria & nitrite reducing bacteria
- Interpretation of Analysis
- Our experienced & trained consultant and management teams will be able to make recommendations in order to remedy water systems that produce failed sample results.
- Sampling (UKAS accredited)
- Plant & Equipment Services (Often known as Remedial Works)
- Installation
- Cold water storage tanks
- Point of use & instant water heaters
- Unvented water heaters
- Air gap break tanks
- TMV’s
- Sanitary appliances such as wash hand basins, sinks, showers & baths
- Servicing & Maintenance
- Expansion vessel servicing
- TMV servicing including failsafe testing
- Refurbishment
- Dead leg removal
- Flexible hose removal
- System volume reduction
- Spray tap replacement
- Installation
As well as being members of the LCA, Acquiesce Environmental Compliance Ltd are also registered with CHAS & Safecontractor in regards to health & safety.
