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New asbestos survey guide brings strict responsibilities

 

Those responsible for protecting others from deadly asbestos in buildings will soon have strict new guidelines to follow.

 

Revised Health and Safety Executive (HSE) guidance for asbestos surveys is set to be introduced in the autumn.

 

Nationwide Asbestos Surveying company FibrecleanUK.com is warning those requesting and carrying out surveys that they must meet their responsibilities under the comprehensive new guide, which covers surveying, sampling, and assessment of asbestos containing materials (ACMs).

 

Asbestos causes the greatest number of work-related deaths every year.

 

Those affected by the new guidelines will be asbestos surveyors, and duty holders - people or organisations responsible for protecting residents or employees from asbestos in homes and workplaces.

 

Express obligations have been imposed on duty holders concerning the planning and execution of asbestos surveys, and they will have to provide information on the number of buildings to be inspected, plans and surveys, building usage, known hazards, and access details.

 

Duty holders will also be responsible for making sure surveyors are competent by obtaining details from surveyors, including insurance, references, and plans showing where asbestos sampling and disturbance will take place.

Under the new regime, there will be two types of asbestos survey:

 

•     management survey - designed to locate the presence and extent of ACMs, so that the duty holder can prepare a plan for the management of asbestos

 

•     refurbishment/demolition survey  - a much more intrusive survey, designed to locate all ACMs so they can be removed before refurbishment or demolition takes place

 

The guide recommends an initial site meeting between the duty holder and the asbestos surveyor before commencing asbestos survey works.

 

Upon completion of the survey, duty holders have a further responsiblities to check the accuracy of the survey report, including that it is of the type requested, that all rooms and areas have been accessed, and that sufficient samples have been taken.

 

FibrecleanUK.com Director and asbestos expert Gareth Dickson said: "The new asbestos survey guide certainly represent a positive leap forward in the specialist field of asbestos surveying.

 

"Duty holders should familiarise themselves with the direct obligations imposed on them within the new survey guide, in particular checking the asbestos surveyor's competence, being involved at the asbestos survey planning stage, and reviewing survey reports.

 

"At the same time, our asbestos surveyors our more will be more than aware of the extent of the works to be carried out, and will not be tempted to do a below-par job in the interests of offering a competitive price for the work." 

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