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Advice notes available on line and written by Ridba

1. The CDM Regulations and the Farmer

2. Working with Asbestos Cement Products

3. Managing Asbestos on a Farm

RIDBA has been a member of the Advisory Committee for Roofwork (ACR) for a number of years and been involved in developing the following:

Test for Non-fragility of Profiled Sheeted Roofing Assemblies [third edition] ACR[M]001:2005, [686 KB]

Recommended Practice for Work on Profiled Sheeted Roofs ACR(CP)001:2003, [773 KB]

Guidance Note for Safe Working on Fragile Roofs ACR [CP] 002:2005 [145 KB]

Further advice is being developed on the Safe Fitting of Nets, Edge Protection, etc by the Advisory Comittee for Roofwork. Completed advice notes and other useful information is available from their web site at: www.roofworkadvice.info

Advice notes written by ADAS, Ridba, MAFF & the Environment Agency, giving 'Guidance on Construction, Repair and Maintenance' of:
  1. CGN 100 July 2000, 'Organising Contracts for Farm Waste Structures'
  2. CGN 001 July 2000, 'Above-Ground Circular Concrete and Rectangular Weeping-Wall Slurry Stores'
  3. CGN 002 July 2000, 'Earth-Banked Slurry Stores'
  4. CGN 003 July 2000, 'In-Situ Concrete Slurry Stores'
  5. CGN 004 July 2000, 'Above-Ground Circular Steel Slurry Stores'
  6. CGN 005 July 2000, 'Silage Clamps and Effluent Tanks'
  7. CGN 006 July 2000, 'Sheep Dip Handling Facilities and Drainage Yards'
  8. CGN 007 July 2000, 'Chemical Pesticide Stores'
  9. CGN 008 July 2000, 'Separation of Clean and Dirty Water - Dirty Water Storage - Yard Area Construction'
  10. CGN 009 July 2000, 'Bunds for Agricultural Fuel Tanks'
  11. CGN 010 March 2001 ‘Sluice valves on steel and concrete circular above-ground slurry stores’

If you require any of the above advice notes please contact the National Secretary.

The British Standard that covers farm buildings is BS5502, it has a large number of parts and so it is sometimes difficult to know which part is relevant to the work at hand. The following link will take you to a PDF file which should help narrow down the part that you require. BS5502 Abstracts