Commercial Asbestos Survey

There are three types of Asbestos Survey:

• Management Survey (previously known as type 2 surveys)
• Re-Inspection Survey (Required annually if ACM’s have been previously identified)
• Refurbishment & Demolition Survey (previously known as type 3 surveys)

Most of our work is for compliance purposes whereby Landlords, Managing Agents, Commercial Mortgage Lenders and Insurance Companies request a Management or Re-Inspection Survey to ensure the property is free of Asbestos, or the asbestos is controlled.

Alternatively, a building contractor may require Refurbishment or Demolition Surveys to ensure the property that they are about to work upon is free and safe from Asbestos.

The purpose of the Commercial Asbestos Survey or Asbestos Inspection is to identify the location, type, condition and extent of any Asbestos Containing Materials (ACM’s) present within a building/property.

• Asbestos can be found in any building built before the 2000 (including houses, factories, offices, schools, hospitals etc) and causes around 5,000 deaths every year.
• Breathing in air that contains asbestos fibres can lead to asbestos-related diseases e.g. cancer of the lungs and chest lining.
• These chronic diseases can take 15-60 years to develop, and then it is usually too late to treat!
• Workers who carry out building maintenance and repair are particularly at risk. Around 20 trades-people die each week from past exposure to asbestos fibres.
• Building work cannot be carried out on a property that contains asbestos until the trades people have seen the Asbestos Register.

If an asbestos inspection or survey has previously been carried out, the property owner will have an ‘Asbestos Register’ that identifies the type of Asbestos and where it is located within the building.

There are 3 types of asbestos- blue, brown & white. All of them are classed as carcinogenic, but blue & brown are the most hazardous.

To accurately carry-out an Commercial Asbestos Survey or asbestos inspection it would be extremely helpful if you provide us with some information relating to the property, information required includes:

• Type of Asbestos Survey required
• Is there an existing Asbestos Register
• Size and age of property
• Is there a floor plan (or a fire plan)
• Current and/or future use of building
• Access to all rooms including lofts etc

To order a Commercial Asbestos Survey for a property in Stockton on Tees, Middlesbrough, Durham, Sunderland or Newcastle or if you would like more information, simply get in touch by giving us a call or sending us a message.