admin | January 28, 2010
Last year the revised Health and Safety Executive (HSE) guidance for asbestos surveys came into force replacing current guidance known as MDHS 100. This will be a comprehensive regime covering surveying, sampling, and assessment of Asbestos Containing Materials (ACMs).
It will affect you if you are a duty holder. A duty holder is the person or [...]
admin | January 20, 2010
We have had a few calls from Farmers wanting to start the process of complying with the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006. A few questions have been common:
How much will it cost? Like everything the answer is: It depends. However the first visit by one of our surveyors is free and is generally done within [...]
admin | January 19, 2010
The main regulation is the Control of Asbestos Regulation (CAR) of 2006. This regulation, in simple terms, says that:
There must be a defined Duty Holder empowered to be responsible for all asbestos related issues. This is usually the land owner though depending on the lease it can be the operator
The Duty Holder must survey all [...]
admin | January 18, 2010
On January 12th 2010 at Bournemouth Magistrates’ court the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) initiated criminal proceedings against Marks and Spencer plc and four other companies for asbestos-related breaches during refurbishment work at shops in Reading, Bournemouth and Plymouth, where it is alleged that the companies failed to ensure that staff and members of the [...]
admin | January 17, 2010
The National Farmers Union are concerned by the cost of the new regulations governing the disposal of white asbestos cement, used in many thousands of post-war farm buildings. Until 2006 white asbestos cement could still be disposed of by burying it or using it as rubble for farm tracks. But since then farmers have [...]
admin | July 8, 2009
A new duty to manage asbestos was added to the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations and enforcement began in May 2004. It applies to you as dutyholder if you have maintenance and repair responsibilities for non-domestic premises either through contract or tenancy agreement, or because you own the premises.
The duty to manage requires those [...]
admin | July 6, 2009
Asbestos in the Home
When commercial tenants are offered a property the very first question the ask is: Is it asbestos free? We believe that people renting a property for their family’s use should be just as discerning. A certificate demonstrating the results of a Type 2 survey should suffice.
Remember that even if you, as a [...]
admin | July 1, 2009
On 31 January 2006, the consultation period for the revisions to the Asbestos Regulations and the Approved Code of Practice came to a close. The majority of the changes within the documentation were necessary to implement the amendments required to the European Asbestos Worker Protection Directive (AWPD).
A number of the changes are technical and will [...]
