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Asbestos Surveys
Changes to Asbestos Surveys Regulations
Revised Health and Safety Executive (HSE) guidance for asbestos surveys is likely to come into force this Autumn, replacing current guidance known as MDHS 100.
It will be a comprehensive regime covering surveying, sampling, and assessment of asbestos containing materials (ACMs).
It will affect you if you are:
• an asbestos surveyor
• a duty holder - a person or organisation having responsibility for non-domestic or domestic properties on whom falls the statutory duty to manage such premises so that occupants or employees are not exposed to risk from the presence of ACMs.
Unlike MDHS 100, the new survey guidelines impose express obligations on the Duty holder in relation to the planning and execution of the asbestos survey. The HSE emphasises that asbestos, a category 1 chemical carcinogen, is the cause of the greatest number of work-related deaths every year.
So what has changed?
Types of asbestos surveys
Under the new regime, there will be two types of asbestos survey:
• the management survey (akin to the Type 2 survey) - designed to locate, as far as reasonably practicable, the presence and extent of ACMs, so that the Duty holder can prepare a plan for the management of asbestos
• the refurbishment/demolition survey (akin to the Type 3 survey) - a much more intrusive survey, designed to locate all the ACMs so they can be removed before the refurbishment (whether small scale or a large project) or demolition takes place. Aggressive inspection techniques will be required, so controls must be in place to prevent the spread of asbestos debris
COMPANY INFORMATION
FibrecleanUK.com, Units 1 & 2,
Maltings Farm, Grange Road, Blunham
Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK44 3NS
Company Reg No: 6848911
VAT Registration No: 978305582
24 Hour Telephone No: 0800 917 3570
International: +44 (0) 1767 640 079
W: www.fibrecleanuk.com
E: enquiries@fibrecleanuk.com
HSE Asbestos Licence No: 2090905402
Environment Agency Reg No: CB/WN5810GP
Insurance Policy No: LJJA/00015987/2009/06
CERTIFICATION & ACCREDITATIONS
Ian McKinnon, Managing Director of Exor Management Services " Major public organisations can no longer run the risk of employing asbestos removal contractors who are not able to prove that they have sound range of business policies. More companies need to understand the importance of adopting good risk management in the way that FibrecleanUK.com has done. The firm's high standard has set an example, which hopefully will be followed by other companies within the sector".
