When the HSE was asked whether all asbestos-containing materials should be compulsorily removed from buildings, its comments gave an insight into its concerns about the asbestos removal industry.
What’s the story?
Published 12.09.2019
You have a small asbestos outbuilding which is falling apart and needs to be taken down. Do you need to appoint an approved asbestos contractor or can you do it in-house?
Published 28.09.2020
Asbestos-containing materials were still used in buildings until 1999. It’s therefore not unusual for asbestos to be found during building maintenance or alterations. What should you do if you come
across it?
Published 19.03.2021
Realising that you have a duty to manage asbestos-containing materials within your building you’ve commissioned a specialist surveyor to identify them. Now the report has arrived, what must you do
with it?
Published 04.03.2016
The HSE has reviewed and updated its asbestos essentials task sheets in order to highlight the importance of information, instruction and training. What else has changed and what training is
required?
Published 20.11.2017
Wherever asbestos-containing materials are present they’re difficult to manage, but when you add in members of the public, expensive retail space and stock the problems multiply. How should retail
managers tackle these challenges?
Published 23.08.2013
If you’re responsible for premises, managing any asbestos which may be present is a high priority. There are a number of rules regarding how to do this, but our flow chart makes it simple. What’s
covered?
Published 10.10.2019
A company has been prosecuted after it was discovered that asbestos-containing materials it knew were present were left to deteriorate and spread fibres throughout a workplace. What measures should
it have implemented?
Published 26.04.2019
A leading industry training body has publicly expressed its irritation at the HSE’s latest campaign which aims to help tradespeople avoid contact with asbestos. How could there be scope for
disagreement?
Published 27.03.2015
In March 2015 the BBC reported that asbestos was present in nearly 90% of schools in the UK. There were also demands for it to be removed. Does this apply beyond school premises?
Published 11.05.2015