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At Resolve Asbestos Management, we can offer you asbestos management surveys throughout the UK, including Blackpool, Preston, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds and Chester.
Asbestos management Surveys give all the required information you need regarding the presence of ACMs (asbestos containing materials) in your premises. Our surveys will give you all the information required to make an informed decision whether any ACM’s need to be simply contained or removed.
The asbestos risk register key element, as well as the legal requirement and duty to manage asbestos, is under the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 (Reg 4). This applies to the occupiers & owners of commercial premises (for example offices, shops, industrial units) who have responsibility for repair and maintenance activities in the premises. As part of these responsibilities, the property occupier/owner has a duty to assess the presence & condition of any ACMs (asbestos containing materials). If there is asbestos is present, or is believed to be present, then it must be managed in accordance with regulations and dealt with appropriately. The duty also applies to shared parts of some domestic properties.
Asbestos, a category 1 human carcinogen, and has been determined to be the root cause of several thousand deaths each year. If routinely exposed to fibres from ACMs over time, younger people are at a greater risk of developing asbestos-related disease than older people.
Another issue is asbestos latency which is the long time it takes after exposure for the person to develop symptoms. Asbestos was widely in use in building materials within commercial buildings, machinery, residential developments and houses and until 1999, when it determined the risk was so great to health it was banned. Unfortunately, this means that asbestos is rather common in our general environment.
The information in the management survey report should be used to form the asbestos register which is a key component of the management plan. The survey report itself will generally not be the asbestos register. The asbestos register will be a simpler document and will not contain most of the information in the survey report, eg the bulk analysis results or survey site information. However, the results in the survey report are presented in a manner or format that can be directly lifted or employed to form the asbestos register.
The asbestos register is a living document which must always contain current information on the presence and condition of asbestos. The register will need regular updating (at least once a year). To do this you should make:
The asbestos register can be a paper documentation or electronic database. It must be accessible and up to date, irrespective of the form. The asbestos register must be available to those who plan or initiate maintenance and related work, so it can be consulted before the work is authorised. The asbestos register should be consulted for all work which may disturb the fabric of the building or involve the building services. It includes simple and short duration work such as single hole-drilling or attaching items to walls. The duty-holder should ensure that the contractor acknowledges the presence of ACMs and will implement controls. The register should also be available to contractors and employees on request.