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Healthy Buildings International (HBI) is the first body to be accredited against internationally recognised standards to assess for the risk of legionellae in water systems.
UKAS has granted the first ever accreditation for testing digital terrestrial television receivers. DTG Testing Ltd has been accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2005, the international standard for laboratory testing.
Hitachi Consulting UK today announced that it is helping the UKAS to overhaul its current internal system and processes by implementing a new software solution, run on a Microsoft Dynamics® AX platform.
Against a backdrop of unprecedented challenges to the public purse and a desire to challenge all aspects of public sector activity, BSI and UKAS held their annual House of Lords reception to raise the spectre of the role standards and accreditation can play in delivering Government policy.
The first accreditations have been granted for wastewater sampling and testing by UKAS. This is the result of two years of work with the Environment Agency developing a framework for accreditation under the Monitoring Certification Scheme (MCERTS).
UKAS has granted the first accreditations for assessing greenhouse gas emissions of goods and services. Four verification bodies have been awarded UKAS accreditation against the requirements of Publicly Available Specification 2050, the product carbon footprinting standard published by BSI, and sponsored by the Carbon Trust and Defra.
The United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) has accredited the Greyhound Board of Great Britain (GBGB), ensuring the welfare of British racing dogs.
The Metropolitan Police Service has become the first police force in England and Wales to gain UKAS accreditation. Under ISO/IEC 17025:2005 the force is now accredited for forensic activities undertaken in the Evidence Recovery Unit laboratory.
A guide to selecting competent bodies to perform stack emissions monitoring has been published by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS).
The United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) is running a series of free regional forensic awareness workshops for Police Forces and commercial forensic providers. Four workshops will be run in London, Glasgow, Leeds and Bristol between March and June 2010.