Do
I need an Asbestos Survey?
Is asbestos a problem
in your building?
If your building was constructed or altered prior to
1999 your building may contain one or more of some 3000
products manufactured that contain asbestos.
Current
legislation requires that all property owners/employers
(Duty Holders) maintain and update an asbestos register.
If
you allow persons to disturb asbestos in your property
unknowingly you are breaking the law as well as putting
the health of those persons and your employees at risk.
Asbestos
Surveys...
Managing Asbestos
The
new Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations (CAWR) creates
an explicit duty to assess and manage the risks from
asbestos in premises. The risks will vary with circumstances,
ranging from normal occupation of a building to the
repair, refurbishment and demolition of the premises,
and they will each need to be assessed. This assessment
will be used to produce a management plan, which details
and records the risks from asbestos.
The
broad requirements on employers are to:
-
Take reasonable steps to determine the location of
materials likely to contain asbestos:
- Presume
materials to contain asbestos, unless there are good
reasons not to do so:
- Make
and maintain a written record of the location of the
asbestos and presumed asbestos materials:
- Monitor
the condition of asbestos and presumed asbestos materials:
- Assess
the risk of exposure from the asbestos and presumed
asbestos materials and document the actions necessary
to manage the risks:
- Take
steps to see that the actions above are carried out:
To manage the risk from asbestos-containing materials
you will need to:
-
Keep and maintain an up-to-date record of the location,
condition, maintenance and removal of all asbestos
-containing materials on the premises:
- Repair,
seal or remove, if there is a risk of exposure due
to its condition or location:
- Maintain
in a good state of repair and regularly monitor the
condition:
- Inform
anyone who is likely to disturb it about the location
and condition of the material:
- Have
arrangements and procedures in place, so that work
which may disturb the materials complies with CAWR;
- Review
the plan and arrangements if circumstances change.
There
are three types of survey available.
-
Location and assessment survey [Presumptive survey]
- Standard
sampling, identification and assessment survey. [Sampling
survey]
- Full
access sampling and identification survey. [Pre-demolition/major
refurbishment surveys]
Survey report format
Lexxion can provide you with a specialist software management
system to help survey, store, update, analyse and present
all your Asbestos Data. The software contains caveats,
and work permits to help you comply with the latest
CAWR 2002 regulations. Your Asbestos records are easily
updated, accessible, organised and clearly presented
with out the need for expensive third party involvement.
This system provides a means for holding all your historical
data as well as producing schedules for sample re-inspections.
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