Asbestos Survey Projects Ltd for your asbestos surveying needs
UK law places a legal duty on anyone who maintains commercial premises to investigate whether asbestos is present in their building, monitor its condition, put controls in place and notify anyone who might be a risk.
Under Regulation 4 of the Control of Asbestos at Work regulations, which became law in May 2004, this responsibility falls to the Duty Holder. This could be a building owner, tenant or even the landlord of commercially run housing premises.
Every commercial premises in the UK should have undertaken an asbestos survey report and taken measures to manage any materials on the premises found to contain asbestos. Failure to do so could result in prosecution by the Health and Safety Executive.
With asbestos-related diseases killing around 3500 people every year in the UK, asbestos surveys are essential.
Based in the West Midlands, Asbestos Survey Projects Limited is a company that works with clients across the UK. Its asbestos surveyors are qualified to carry out all types of asbestos surveys and have expertise and experience in asbestos surveying. They can help you with the following issues:
Type 1 and 2 Management Surveys
Type 3 Refurbishment and Demolition Surveys
Asbestos Reports
Asbestos Consultancy
Asbestos Testing
Asbestos Health and Safety
Asbestos Legislation
Asbestos Regulations
Asbestos Survey Projects Limited’s work complies with the European Standard ISO 17020:2004. All its asbestos surveyors have P402 and P405 qualifications.
Asbestos can be present in over 3500 common substances, ranging from pipe insulation and cement roofing to suspended ceiling tiles, artex coating and vinyl flooring. Most older buildings in the UK have some asbestos-containing materials.
Exposure can occur when workers disturb ACMs during maintenance work or in the refurbishment and demolition of buildings, when asbestos fibres become airborne and inhaled.
Surveyors will compile a report based on their findings, which itemises each material that contains asbestos (ACMs) and provide recommendations as to how to deal with them, as well as providing a future management programme.
Any concerns you have over asbestos-related issues are resolved and compliance with regulations is guaranteed.”
If any ACMs are found in a building, surveyors produce risk assessments to establish the likelihood of asbestos fibres being released. Asbestos Survey Projects Limited may recommendation that the ACM be removed, but as they are purely a surveying company, they will not recommend unnecessary removal.
Often leaving the ACM in place, thus not disturbing the asbestos fibres is the best option. Asbestos Survey Projects Limited can provide a management system where the condition of the ACM is regularly monitored.
The HSE publication HSG264 sets out the methodology for asbestos surveying any premises for asbestos containing materials (ACMs). It defines three types of asbestos survey;
Type 1 & 2 management surveys
The purpose of a management surveys is to locate, as far as reasonably practicable, the presence and extent of any suspect asbestos-containing materials (ACMs) in a building which could be damaged or disturbed during normal occupancy, and to assess their condition. Management surveys can be presumptive (Type 1) or samples of suspect materials can be taken for analysis (Type 2) by a UKAS accredited laboratory. On some occasions management surveys can be a combination of sampling ACMs and presuming them. In both instances the ACMs are assessed and recommendations are made regarding their future management. Type 3 refurbishment and demolition surveys
This survey may involve destructive inspection to gain access to all areas and is designed to be used as a basis for tendering the removal of ACMs from the premises prior to demolition or major refurbishment work. Samples are taken and analysed by a UKAS accredited laboratory but the survey does not assess the condition of the asbestos, other than to note areas of damage or where additional asbestos debris may be expected to be present.
Each ASP Survey Report Pack includes;
An asbestos register of ACMs
Colour photographs of sampling points
Site plans indicating each sampling point
A certificate of analysis from a UKAS accredited laboratory
A CD with the full report in PDF format
About Asbestos Survey Projects
Asbestos Survey Projects Limited are based in the West Midlands, with a client base throughout the West Midlands and the UK.
All of our asbestos surveyors are qualified to carry out all types of asbestos surveys and have accumulated thousands of hours of experience in asbestos surveying.
The operations of Asbestos Survey Projects Limited comply with the European Standard ISO 17020:2004 and all our asbestos surveyors have P402 and P405 qualifications. All our work strictly follows the methodology presented in HSG 264, the HSE document ‘ Asbestos: The Survey Guide. All our work strictly follows the methodology presented in HSG264 'Asbestos:The survey guide'.
We hold Professional Indemnity Insurance to £2m
Employers Liability Insurance to £1m
Public Liability Insurance to £10m
Asbestos Survey Projects Limited Patrick House 5 Maney Corner Sutton Coldfield B72 1QL
0800 083 4262
