Christmas Opening Times & Sample Submission Dates
Oct 8, 2014
With the holiday season less than three months away ALS Environmental have published the last collection, drop-off and analysis dates for your samples. We are happy to discuss these arrangements with our customers and for exceptional circumstances we may be able to arrange both collection and analysis during the festive period. All three ALS Environmental laboratories are open until lunch time on Christmas Eve.
The latest submission date for analysis to be reported prior to the Christmas holidays is Tuesday 9th December for a standard 10 working day turnaround. For analysis on a 7 working day turnaround the last submission date is Friday 12th December and for a 5 day turnaround the last submission date is Wednesday 17th December. For priority samples with prior arrangement ALS Environmental can offer a 3 working day turnaround, the last submission date for this analysis is Friday 19th December. The last date that the refrigerated internal ALS Environmental courier team will be collecting samples will be Monday 22nd December.
Pre Christmas Reporting Dates
| Turnaround Time | Collection Date | Analysis Start Date | Reporting Date |
| 10 Working Days | 8/12/14 | 9/12/14 | 23/12/14 |
| 7 Working Days | 11/12/14 | 12/12/14 | 23/12/14 |
| 5 Working Days | 16/12/14 | 17/12/14 | 23/12/14 |
| 3 Working Days | 18/12/14 | 19/12/14 | 23/12/14 |
The above table outlines the last collection and analysis start dates to ensure that your reports are completed prior to the Christmas holidays. We are currently reporting over 97% of our analytical jobs on or before the due date.
Pre Christmas Analytical Dates
| Department | Analysis | Last Collection Date | Last Analysis Start Date | Reporting Date |
| Waste | 64 Day Monolithic Tank Test | 8/10/14 | 9/10/14 | 23/12/14 |
| Micro | 28 Day SRB | 24/11/14 | 25/11/14 | 23/12/14 |
| Micro | Legionella | 12/12/14 | 14/12/14 | 24/12/14 |
| Waste | WAC Analysis | 15/12/14 | 16/12/14 | 24/12/14 |
| Waste | BOD | 18/12/14 | 19/12/14 | 24/12/14 |
| Micro | Bacti | 19/12/14 | 21/12/14 | 24/12/14 |
| Waste | Ammonical Nitrogen | 19/12/14 | 22/12/14 | 24/12/14 |
The laboratory will be closed for sample submissions on Christmas Day and Boxing Day, our Microbiology team will be sending confirmations out during this time. We are open for business again on Monday 29th December until Wednesday 31st December. Our request would be for customers to book these collections prior to Christmas Eve. We are able to arrange collections on these dates and the laboratory are working on a weekend skeleton staff over this period.
For New Year the laboratories are closed on Thursday 1st January, with no sample reception or sample collection provision in place; the Microbiology team will be sending confirmation out on this day. Normal service will resume from Monday 5th January 2015.
