HSG264 The Asbestos Surveyors Guide

Posted on July 15, 2010 with 2 Comments

The SHP reported that In January this year, the HSE published new guidance on asbestos surveying, which explicitly advocates the need to be able to demonstrate and ensure competency. Martin Gibson, Martin Stear and Jon Murthy explain how both surveyors and duty-holders can do so.

The HSE estimates that asbestos-containing materials (ACMs) are still present in some 500,000 commercial properties in the UK. No one really knows how much asbestos still remains in UK buildings but those built before 1999, when asbestos was finally banned, are likely to still contain some, with those pre-dating 1985, when blue and brown asbestos were banned, causing the most concern.

Asbestos Supervisory Licenses

Posted on June 14, 2010 with 1 Comment

Clients regularly ask about whether Spectra Analysis are Supervisory License Holders and don’t necessarily understand the purpose of a Supervisory License

Asbestos Licensing is a permissioning regime, one of only a very few that operate in the

Asbestos notifications and licence renewals – important information

Posted on May 20, 2010 with 4 Comments

It has come to the HSE’s attention when visiting sites throughout the UK that several contractors may have been working on projects the fell beyond the period of their licence expiry and as such The Asbestos Licensing Unit (ALU) has been made aware of occasions where licence holders are attempting to notify asbestos work that either

•  starts beyond the expiry date of their current licence,

or

• continues beyond that date.