Building surveying to comply with HSE regulations and MDHS 100

New Regulations now place the responsibility for asbestos awareness in buildings on the owners themselves. The lack of a survey or equally an inaccurate survey undermines the management of the building and places employees, maintenance workers, and the general public at risk with contact with asbestos through lack of information.

The importance of the accuracy of a survey cannot be over emphasised. A complete and accurate survey is the basis of future informed management.

All surveying is conducted by experienced, trained and qualified personnel, with integrity and a professional and experienced approach to the standards of MDHS 100

Surveying standards encompass over 20 years of asbestos surveying experience, project management and asbestos removal and the British Institute of Occupational Hygienists P402 Certificate in “Building Surveys and Bulk Sampling for Asbestos”.

All surveys are supported by a fully detailed photographic record, in hard copy or stored in various computerised formats.

Surveys are produced in a proven established format but can be tailored to meet individual clients requirements if necessary.

All surveys are fully detailed to enable asbestos management to be undertaken in a systematic manner.

Surveys are designed to be available on site, and understood by building trades, ensuring that during any site works all contractors are advised and understand the asbestos material situation on site.

Site asbestos registers compiled and managed

A “Property register for the locations of Asbestos Materials” is produced as an element of every survey document.

All registers are referenced directly to the main survey and are normally sub-divided into phases for assessment and management.

Whilst Asbestos Management is being undertaken the registers are updated to ensure they reflect the current situation on site.

Risk Assessments

All asbestos removal operations pose a risk, and close liaison with the client, prospective contractors and the regulating authorities ensures a positive, controlled and risk minimised approach is achieved.

Independent, impartial advice

Being totally independent, all advice and recommendations are given for the clients benefit. In all situations the client will receive only independent, impartial advice.

All aspects can be covered from the practicalities of works to legal implications of specialised situations.

Project specifications

To ensure all aspects of a project are considered and evaluated at quotation stage, all specifications are produced as an in-depth, fully detailed record of the legal, statutory, health & safety and project workscope requirements.

The specification reflects the results of the survey, the statutory, all legal and environmental requirements, as well as the constraints of each individual situation, and staff or public interest, and/or proximity to the work area.

At project specification stage the programme is established in accordance with Client requirements and the nature and urgency of the asbestos removal works.

The content encompasses all aspects including scope of work, working difficulties, access, monitoring philosophy, site operational constraints, disposal, enclosure details etc.

The specification can also encompass re-instatement of materials to the fabric of the building, to meet clients requirements.

All project specifications are used to establish quotation requirements, and ensure that all contractors invited to quote are pricing on an equal footing.

The Project Specification also includes: Procedure for removal, heat stress evaluation, public and third party considerations, operational technique, incorporation of CDM regulations etc.