diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5421a8c0..e3c12f26 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Version 196:
+
+* Tidy up calls to placement new
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 Version 195:
 
 * net is a namespace alias for boost::asio
diff --git a/example/common/session_alloc.hpp b/example/common/session_alloc.hpp
index 7bd7a84e..7de3a0f6 100644
--- a/example/common/session_alloc.hpp
+++ b/example/common/session_alloc.hpp
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ alloc(std::size_t n)
         if(end >= buf_ && end +
             sizeof(element) + n <= buf_ + size_)
         {
-            auto& e = *new(end) element{n, used};
+            auto& e = *::new(end) element{n, used};
             list_.push_back(e);
             high_ = (std::max)(high_, used);
             return e.data();
@@ -300,7 +300,8 @@ public:
     void
     construct(U* ptr, Args&&... args)
     {
-        ::new((void*)ptr) U(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+        ::new(static_cast<void*>(ptr)) U(
+            std::forward<Args>(args)...);
     }
 
     template<class U>
diff --git a/example/http/server/fast/fields_alloc.hpp b/example/http/server/fast/fields_alloc.hpp
index a2126896..4a4c8c4e 100644
--- a/example/http/server/fast/fields_alloc.hpp
+++ b/example/http/server/fast/fields_alloc.hpp
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public:
     construct(std::size_t size)
     {
         auto p = new char[sizeof(static_pool) + size];
-        return *(new(p) static_pool{size});
+        return *(::new(p) static_pool{size});
     }
 
     static_pool&
@@ -169,7 +169,8 @@ public:
     void
     construct(U* ptr, Args&&... args)
     {
-        ::new((void*)ptr) U(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+        ::new(static_cast<void*>(ptr)) U(
+            std::forward<Args>(args)...);
     }
 
     template<class U>
diff --git a/include/boost/beast/http/impl/fields.ipp b/include/boost/beast/http/impl/fields.ipp
index 6b8182d8..93ab8b4c 100644
--- a/include/boost/beast/http/impl/fields.ipp
+++ b/include/boost/beast/http/impl/fields.ipp
@@ -1168,7 +1168,7 @@ new_element(field name,
     auto const p = alloc_traits::allocate(a,
         (sizeof(element) + off + len + 2 + sizeof(align_type) - 1) /
             sizeof(align_type));
-    return *(new(p) element(name, sname, value));
+    return *(::new(p) element(name, sname, value));
 }
 
 template<class Allocator>
diff --git a/include/boost/beast/websocket/detail/stream_base.hpp b/include/boost/beast/websocket/detail/stream_base.hpp
index b7a69391..b029e76d 100644
--- a/include/boost/beast/websocket/detail/stream_base.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/beast/websocket/detail/stream_base.hpp
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ private:
                 16, sizeof(prng_type));
             if(! p)
                 BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION(std::bad_alloc{});
-            return *(new(p) prng_type(seed(), n_++));
+            return *(::new(p) prng_type(seed(), n_++));
         }
 
         void