Air Conditioning Inspection Report Compliance Audit (commonly known as an ACI TM44)

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Dear Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council,

This request relates to TM44 Air Conditioning Inspection Reporting, which is mandatory for buildings which are air conditioned above a statutory minimum size. Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has recently taken over compliance.

Q. How many buildings do you occupy which have air conditioning. Provide addresses?
Q. Who is the responsible person for ensuring that your buildings are legally compliant on the TM44 requirement? Provide the name, position, address, email address and direct telephone number of the responsible person.
Q. All reports are mandatorily lodged on the MHCLG database. No reports are currently lodged or are out of date, you are therefore non-compliant. When do you intend to rectify the situation?
Q. Air conditioning and air handling systems can cause increased risk of Covid-19 spread, have you included the TM44 into your return to work risk assessments?
Q. If you use a Facilities Management Company to manage compliance, who are they?

Yours faithfully,

Claire Birchall

Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council

Dear Claire Birchall,

 

I acknowledge receipt of your Freedom of Information request and will
liaise with the relevant Department in order to provide a response.

 

We will endeavour to provide this information within 20 working days.

 

Yours faithfully

 

Information Governance Team / Tîm Llywodraethu Gwybodaeth

 

H  Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council

       Legal Section, The General Offices, Steel Works Road, Ebbw
Vale, South Wales NP23 6DN

H   Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Blaenau Gwent

       Mae'r Adain Gyfreithiol, Y Swyddfeydd Cyffredinol, Heol Gwaith Dur,
Glyn Ebwy NP23 6DN

 

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email: [1][Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council request email].

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Information Commissioner, who can be contacted at:

 

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Cardiff

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BGCBC - FOI Requests, Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council

Dear Claire Birchall

 

In response to your Freedom of Information request, please see the
Officer's response below.

Q. How many buildings do you occupy which have air conditioning. Provide
addresses? 

Anvil Court                          Church Street, Abertillery, NP13 1DB 

 

VITCC                                    Tredegar Business Park  NP22 3EL

 

Abertillery LC                      Tillery Street, Abertillery NP13 1QD

 

Abertillery Library            Oak Street, Abertillery    NP13 1TE

 

Tredegar LC                        Stable Lane, Tredegar    NP22 4BH

 

Brynmawr LAC                  Market Square, Brynmawr, NP23 4AJ

 

Ebbw Vale Leisure            Lime Avenue, Ebbw vale, NP23 6GL

 

Q. Who is the responsible person for ensuring that your buildings are
legally compliant on the TM44 requirement? Provide the name, position,
address, email address and direct telephone number of the responsible
person.

Principal Building Services Engineer

 

We do not provide the names of Officers below the level of Head of Service
as they are exempt under FOI Section 40(2), which applies to personal
data, as the officers concerned would legitimately not expect their names
to be disclosed.

 

All contact should be made through the Council’s Contact Centre:

Email:   [1][email address]

Tel No:  01495311556

 

Q. All reports are mandatorily lodged on the MHCLG database. No reports
are currently lodged or are out of date, you are therefore non-compliant.
When do you intend to rectify the situation?

Currently working through energy certification of buildings, once a budget
allowance can be made TM44 will be on the agenda.

Costs are around £2500 per site such as Anvil Court and VITCC, reports
have to be renewed every 5 years.  The report also relies on updated F Gas
Documents and records of scheduled maintenance and repairs.

Q. Air conditioning and air handling systems can cause increased risk of
Covid-19 spread, have you included the TM44 into your return to work risk
assessments? 

TM 44 will have little implication on the ability of a Building to operate
in a Covid 19 Environment as it is mainly concerned with Energy Efficiency
of the equipment, TM 44 reports are also on a 5 year cycle and can
therefore be out of date with regards to the Equipment in the Building.
The Main factors are to ensure ventilation systems are operational and
have been set to full fresh air where possible. The Air plant is cleaned
thoroughly and regularly maintained. Unitary Air Conditioning Systems will
be switched off or where they have to be used set to low speed operation. 
If they are regularly cleaned they can be used in Heating Mode only where
there is no other form of Heating available. Time schedules will need to
be implemented.

Q. If you use a Facilities Management Company to manage compliance, who
are they?

F&T Refrigeration 

I trust this answers your request and if you have any queries please don't
hesitate to contact us.

 

Kind regards,

 

Information Governance Team / Tîm Llywodraethu Gwybodaeth

 

H  Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council

       Legal Section, The General Offices, Steel Works Road, Ebbw
Vale, South Wales NP23 6DN

H   Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Blaenau Gwent

       Mae'r Adain Gyfreithiol, Y Swyddfeydd Cyffredinol, Heol Gwaith Dur,
Glyn Ebwy NP23 6DN

 

Mae’r Cyngor yn croesawu gohebiarth yn Gymraeg a saesneg a byddwn yn
cyfathrebu gyda chi yn eich dewis iaith, dim ond I chi rhoi gwybod I ni pa
un sydd well gennych. Ni fydd gohebu yn Gymraeg yn creu unrhyw oedi.

The Council welcomes correspondence in Welsh and English and we will
communicate with you in the language of your choice, as long as you let us
know which you prefer. Corresponding in Welsh will not lead to any delay.

 

If you are unhappy with the handling of your request, you can ask us to
review our response. Requests for reviews should be submitted within 40
days of the date of receipt of our response to your original request –
email: [2][Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council request email].

If you are unhappy with the outcome of our review, you can write to the
Information Commissioner, who can be contacted at:

 

Information Commissioner’s Office - Wales

2^nd Floor Churchill House

Churchill Way

Cardiff

CF10 2HH

Telephone: 0330 414 6421

Email: [3][email address]

 

 

 

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