Guardian Water Treatment has launched a new bespoke Legionella Awareness course for cooling tower operators, ideal for building/facilities managers and maintenance staff. Delivered on-site at a client’s premises, training is tailored to the specific needs of a system, and takes place over a three week timeframe, allowing candidates to practically utilise their learning straight away. […]
As the temperature rises so does the risk of Legionnaire’s disease. Employers, or those in charge of managing a building, or with health and safety responsibility, must know whether their water systems are safe. You Must Know the Dangers It’s a known fact that bacteria in water systems can be lethal. Perhaps the best-known hazard […]
We know that a huge part of the growth, expansion and progression of Guardian boils down to our ‘people’: the engineers, office staff and management that keep the wheels turning and the water flowing! So, we carried out a survey of our staff to find out what it’s really like to work for Guardian, and […]
A campaign was launched in March urging the government to take action on urban pollution by overhauling the 60-year-old Clean Air Act, the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) have highlighted the importance of Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) as a quick action solution, suggesting the new Act should support the role of buildings as ‘safe havens’ from […]
We’ve been awarded ISO 14001:2015 certification, the International Standard for environmental management which supports organisations in reducing their environmental impact. ISO 14001 was revised in 2015, bringing an increased focus on sustainable development and helping businesses to effectively manage the environmental challenges of the future. It provides a framework for the development of an Environmental […]
Guardian Water Treatment has opened a new office in Leeds. Thanks to continuing nationwide growth, we’ve expanded from our Essex-base in order to better serve our northern operations. Employing the latest sustainable technologies, Guardian Water Treatment works with facilities managers and building services engineers in both domestic and commercial buildings to provide ‘whole life’ air and […]
Over the past year, Guardian has been searching for fresh and enthusiastic new talent to join our growing business and fulfil the increased demand for our services. As part of this expansion, we have welcomed three new office-based apprentices to the team: Justin Humphreys, Jamie Turner and Tom Holt all live within a couple of […]
The start of 2017 saw legal levels of annual traffic fumes exceeded in 120 hours on Brixton Road, London, putting the stark reality of the dangers of indoor and outdoor air pollution into the spotlight just five days into the New Year. European law limits how much nitrogen dioxide (NO2), the toxic gas emitted by […]
When you are tackling a major construction project, you will want to make the build process as easy as possible. Using a pre-commissioning cleaning service for your water systems is a simple step that can help provide peace of mind and avoid problems further down the line. A secure system for the future Blocked pipes, […]
Landlords in the UK have a duty of care to ensure that the properties they let out are safe and free from health hazards, but, despite this, new figures from housing charity Shelter suggest that four in ten British Homes aren’t up to standard. In an attempt to tackle the problem of bad landlords giving […]
