23 February 10
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published Asbestos: The Survey Guide, which provides guidance on asbestos surveys and includes information on the dutyholder’s use of survey information.
The guidance has been prepared to help those responsible for managing the risks from asbestos best protect those workers who may disturb it. It will:
- Help people who carry out asbestos surveys and those with specific responsibilities for managing the risks from asbestos in non-domestic premises under regulation 4 of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006 (CAR 2006).
- Provide guidance in situations where surveys may be carried out for other purposes, for example for managing asbestos in domestic premises under wider health and safety legislation and for meeting the requirements of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (CDM).
The guidance is aimed at those who commission asbestos surveys, the surveyors who carry them out and those who use the surveys, such as architects and demolition or removal contractors.
For more information, please contact Charles Marchant-White on Tel: 01256 320 555.
