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MAINTAINING STANDARDS<br />
Green-tech says it is delighted to<br />
have been awarded ISO 9001:2015<br />
and ISO 14001:2015 status for the<br />
10th year running.<br />
ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 are two of<br />
the ISO’s most well-known standards<br />
and are said to be implemented by<br />
more than a million organisations in<br />
over 170 countries.<br />
ISO 9001 is a Quality Management<br />
System (QMS) which gives<br />
organisations a systematic approach<br />
for meeting customer objectives<br />
and providing consistent quality.<br />
ISO 14001 is an Environmental<br />
Management System (EMS)<br />
for measuring and improving<br />
environmental impact.<br />
Mark Wood, Business Development<br />
Director, commented: “We take our<br />
corporate responsibility very seriously<br />
and working within the ISO framework<br />
helps Green-tech to deliver high<br />
levels of business performance and<br />
customer service. It is not an easy<br />
thing to achieve, and we are one of a<br />
handful of landscaping companies with<br />
this accreditation to our name, so I am<br />
delighted that we met the audit’s indepth<br />
scrutiny to retain our ISO status.<br />
We hope it gives our stakeholders,<br />
customers and suppliers independent<br />
reassurance of our commitment to<br />
delivering quality products and service,<br />
and our pledge to reducing our<br />
environmental impact whilst becoming<br />
a more sustainable organisation.”<br />
ACO SET TO ADDRESS BLUE/<br />
GREEN ROOF DESIGN WITH CPD<br />
ACO’s new RoofBloxx rainwater<br />
attenuation system is designed<br />
specifically as a roof drainage layer<br />
for use on Blue, Green and Blue/<br />
Green roof applications to store<br />
rainwater at source and to control<br />
surface water run-off. ACO’s patent<br />
pending solution separates the<br />
competing drainage requirements by<br />
engineering an elevated structural<br />
attenuation system that operates<br />
independently of the flat roof<br />
drainage system, allowing both storm<br />
eventualities and systems to be<br />
engineered to known standards and<br />
best practice.<br />
You can learn more about Blue/<br />
Green Roof design in ACO’s latest<br />
CPD webinar which the company<br />
says will challenge your perception<br />
about Blue/Green Roof design.<br />
ACO says with the drive to mitigate<br />
the effects of climate change and<br />
deliver net zero emissions, cities<br />
around the world are writing into<br />
their development plans the need<br />
for more sustainable construction<br />
methods, and this presentation will<br />
explain the role of Blue/Green Roofs<br />
in the creation of sustainable urban<br />
environments, covering the key<br />
design considerations.<br />
With key elements of interest for<br />
architects, roofing contractors,<br />
civil and building engineers, ACO<br />
says this webinar CPD will explain<br />
the pros and cons of different roof<br />
types and provide participants with a<br />
comprehensive understanding of key<br />
drainage design considerations.<br />
Delivered by Neill Robinson-Welsh,<br />
ACO’s in-house Blue/Green Roof<br />
design expert, the session will also<br />
cover the ‘design dilemma’: how to<br />
design a Blue/Green Roof which can<br />
meet the flat roof design standards<br />
under BS EN 12056-3:2000, and<br />
meet planning conditions without<br />
compromising either requirement.<br />
The event counts as 1 hour of<br />
CPD. Register at: https://app.<br />
livestorm.co/aco-technologies/<br />
blue-green-roof-drainage-makingsustainable-urban-environments-areality-november21?type=detailed<br />
Learn more about the ACO system<br />
www.aco.co.uk/blue_green_roofs<br />
8 GREENSCAPE AUTUMN 2021 • www.greenscapemag.co.uk
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