Asbestos Survey

Asbestos Survey

The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006 (CAR 2006) and more specifically Regulation 4: Duty to manage asbestos in non-domestic properties sets a legal requirement for owners and occupiers of non-domestic buildings to have an Asbestos Survey and up to date Asbestos Register in place. These must form the basis of a detailed Asbestos Management Plan that outlines how you intend to monitor and manage any asbestos-containing materials (ACMs) that may be present within your premises or estate.

The HSE is the body responsible for enforcing compliance with the regulations and stiff penalties are awarded to persons who fail to ensure the safety of their staff and others present on site. 

Many millions of tonnes of asbestos-containing materials remain within premises across the UK and it is vital to the health of employees, tradesmen and emergency services that you are aware of the location, extent and condition of all asbestos within your premises. If you are an employer or are self employed and have some or all of the responsibility for conducting repairs upon your premises you may well be the "Duty Holder" in which case any legal responsibility for ensuring your Asbestos Survey has been conducted, will rest with you. 

Anyone conducting repairs and routine maintenance within your premises has the potential to be exposed to any ACMs that may be present. You must make your Asbestos Survey available to them so that they can be sure that they are not putting themselves or others at risk from the work they are planning.

Conducting an Asbestos Survey will often be your first step toward effective Asbestos Management by identifying the asbestos-containing materials you have within your premises.

Bradley Environmental holds UKAS Accreditation under ISO/IEC 17020 for conducting the two types of Asbestos Survey as described in HSE Guidance HSG264 which superseded MDHS100 on 29th January 2010.

All of our surveyors hold the BOHS P402 certificate and the more advanced S301 award and are fully trained and audited by our own in-house quality department.

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Asbestos Survey and Registers

A key stage in managing asbestos is to identify the location, type, condition and extent of any ACMs. This can be achieved by conducting an Asbestos Survey. The survey should be in accordance with HSE guidance note HSG264 which describes two types:

Management Survey – A standard Asbestos Survey. Its purpose is to locate as far as reasonably practicable, the presence and extent of any suspect ACMs in the building which could be damaged or disturbed during normal occupancy, including foreseeable maintenance and installation, and to assess their condition.

Refurbishment and Demolition Survey – A refurbishment and demolition survey is needed before any refurbishment or demolition work is carried out. This Asbestos Survey is used to locate and describe, as far as reasonably practicable, all ACMs in the area where the refurbishment work will take place or in the whole building if demolition is planned. The survey will be fully intrusive and involve destructive inspection, as necessary, to gain access to all areas, including those that may be difficult to reach. A refurbishment and demolition survey may also be required in other circumstances, e.g. when more intrusive maintenance and repair work will be carried out or for plant removal and dismantling.

The type of Asbestos Survey most appropriate will be dependent on client/property specific requirements and will be established during the survey planning phase.

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