An asbestos management survey locates and assesses asbestos-containing materials in the fabric of a building — common in any stock built or refurbished before 2000. Identified ACMs are logged in a register, condition-assessed, and re-inspected on a rolling programme.
Asbestos remains the biggest cause of work-related deaths in the UK. For housing providers the duty to manage applies to communal areas of residential buildings, and contractors must be able to check the register before any works begin.
The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 apply across Great Britain. Regulation 4 places a duty on those responsible for non-domestic premises — which includes the communal parts of residential blocks — to identify, assess, record and manage asbestos.
Regulatory frameworks differ across the UK — see the city pages below for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland specifics.
The duty to manage applies to communal areas of residential blocks — stairwells, plant rooms, entrance halls. Individual dwellings aren't covered by the duty, but surveys are still essential before refurbishment works.
HSE expects the register and management plan to be kept up to date; re-inspecting known ACMs annually is the widely adopted standard, and Kaarr schedules it automatically.
The material assessment changes and the management plan must respond — encapsulate, enclose or remove. Kaarr flags condition changes from re-inspection photos and readings.
The duty to manage asbestos is continuous. Management surveys identify asbestos-containing materials (ACMs); the asbestos register and management plan must then be kept up to date, with re-inspection of known ACMs commonly carried out annually.
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