Asbestos Surveys
This is a legal requirement for owners and occupiers of non domestic buildings to have an Asbestos Survey and up to date Asbestos Register in place. With this register you need to provide a comprehensive written management plan show how you are managing your asbestos going forward. If you own your property or you have a full repairing lease you will also have the "Duty of Care". This means that you will be responsible for producing the register. The register is used to enable your visiting contractors and staff to know where asbestos is in your building.
Over 4000 people every year die from asbestos related diseases, by registering where your asbestos is you can help to reduce these figures
We offer independent, specialist surveyors who are fully qualified to both P402 & P405 level. They can conduct your asbestos survey and produce your asbestos register for you. We provide various types of asbestos surveys to enable you to have an asbestos register
Type 2: Standard Visual Only Plus Sampling Identification and Assessment Survey (Sampling Survey)
Samples are gathered and determined for the presence of asbestos. Samples from each type of suspected asbestos containing materials found are sent to an UKAS accredited laboratory to confirm/negate the presence of asbestos. If the material sampled is found to contain asbestos, then it is entered onto the asbestos register as such and a management plan can be started if required
Type 3: Full access (before major works)
This is a fully intrusive survey; which means the surveying of concealed areas and voids, not accessible earlier in a Type 2 survey. This survey is particularly required before demolition or major refurbishment works, but can also be necessary when removing walls and ceilings. This may also be used to form the basis of a tender for the removal of asbestos containing materials (ACMs).
MDHS 100 Compliance: All Asbestos surveys we undertake follow the criteria set out in (MDHS 100), the method of Determining Hazardous Substances and comply in with the (CAR) The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006, and the supporting (ACOP) approved code of practice.
The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006 (CAR 2006) includes Regulation 4
"Duty to manage asbestos in non-domestic properties"