Advertorial: Asbestos – Real Risk and Cost Management

23 Apr 2015

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It is well known that asbestos can be a challenging and expensive problem to encounter on site – either in buildings or in the ground – as well as incurring some significant legal liability. However, proper assessment and management of the REAL risks (as opposed to the commonly believed perceived risks) can make a dramatic difference to the stress, hassle, time and costs involved.

This requires proper understanding of the legal requirements and the medical-scientific data on health effects from initial assessment, through the surveying strategy to competent scoping and management of any remediation works.

Issues to consider include the use of ‘representative’ surveying, ‘localising’ surveys, properly identifying the classification of asbestos works (e.g. Licensed contractors are not always required), correctly classifying asbestos contaminated land and waste, and scoping/managing asbestos works to take account of the real risks and not simply the perceived need to ‘remove all asbestos’.

Over the past year, ACS has saved clients several million pounds through pragmatic surveying, project managing asbestos removal works and properly classifying asbestos contaminated land. We have also provided UKATA approved training to all levels of professional and technical staff.

The key to effective management is to ensure you obtain competent advice BEFORE any works are started. This should allow asbestos issues to be properly assessed and dealt with in a legally compliant and efficient manner.

ACS Physical Risk Control is one of the oldest asbestos consultancies in the UK, holds UKAS accreditation and is a founder member of UKATA. Our unique services incorporate in-house specialisms in Asbestos, CDM, Health & Safety and Environmental Management to provide you with peace of mind in relation to cost, quality and safety control on any asbestos related contract.

ACS Physical Risk Control Ltd

Glasgow