Our Services
Our professional asbestos management services are designed to offer excellent value-for-money, whilst maintaining the very highest standards due our commitment to best practice, coupled to our wealth of experience. For those who wish it, we offer a one-stop service; you only need to deal with one company whatever the outcome of the initial findings.
These include (to find out more — click on the service):- free initial discussion;
- surveying for asbestos;
- project management;
- containment or clearance of asbestos containing materials;
- asbestos awareness training;
- asbestos management software tools; and
- AV Asbestos Locate Online.
Free initial discussion |
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Free advice Our advice hotline enables you to obtain an assessment of your suspected asbestos problems without commitment, from asbestos surveying to asbestos management and asbestos removal. Call our helpline on 0845 833 2660 (local rate number).
Surveying for asbestos |
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Refurbishment and demolition surveys
These replace the MDHS 100 Type 3 survey — they are specified in the HSG264 guidelines, which states:
A refurbishment and demolition survey is needed before any refurbishment or demolition work is carried out. This type of survey is used to locate and describe, as far as reasonably practicable, all ACMs in the area where the refurbishment work will take place or in the whole building if demolition is planned. The survey will be fully intrusive and involve destructive inspection, as necessary, to gain access to all areas, including those that may be difficult to reach. A refurbishment and demolition survey may also be required in other circumstances, e.g. when more intrusive maintenance and repair work will be carried out or for plant removal or dismantling. 
To see more on information refurbishment and demolition surveys click here.
Asbestos management survey
These replace Type 1 and Type 2 surveys — quoting HSG264:
A management survey is the standard survey. Its purpose is to locate, as far as reasonably practicable, the presence and extent of any suspect ACMs in the building which could be damaged or disturbed during normal occupancy, including foreseeable maintenance and installation, and to assess their condition.
Samples will normally be taken under controlled conditions for analysis and the survey will then enable an asbestos register and an asbestos management plan to be drawn up.
To see more information on management surveys click here.
Emergency sampling — In the event of uncovering suspect material, AV Asbestos are usually able to attend site and have sampled results back within 36 hours.
The old regulations are as follows:
Type 1 survey — location and assessment
To see a definition of a Type 1 survey click here.
Type 2 survey — standard sampling, identification and assessment
To see a definition of a Type 2 survey click here.
Type 3 survey — full access (before major works)
To see a definition of a Type 3 survey click here.
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We undertake the management of asbestos as an out-sourced contractor for clients. This full service includes:
- initial surveying of sites and an asbestos management plan;
- re-inspection visits, and update of asbestos surveys and your asbestos management plan with its records;
- employee training-needs consultancy. See Asbestos awareness training; and
- recommendation and management of licensed contractors for repairs or removal of work, as required. See below.
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We can arrange the repair (encapsulation etc.) or removal of asbestos containing materials. The work will be specified, documented, and overseen by one of our experts and carried out to the highest standards by one of our group of licensed contractors.
Asbestos awareness training |
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AV Asbestos is a member of Independent Asbestos Training Providers |
Asbestos awareness training provides managers and maintenance staff with the tools to discharge their duties with regard to management of asbestos on a day-to-day basis, and thus comply with the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006.
Asbestos awareness training course for employees We offer an off-the-shelf asbestos awareness training course for employees who may come into contact with or have a responsibly for asbestos containing materials. Employees attendance to this course will help employers ensure that they comply with Section 10 of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006.
The standard AV Asbestos awareness training course considers the following topics:
- What is asbestos?
- Why is it so dangerous?
- What are the diseases caused by asbestos?
- What were the advantages of asbestos that led to its wide scale use?
- History of its use.
- Which buildings are likely to contain asbestos?
- What do the asbestos products look like?
- Where should you look for them?
- Current legislation.
- Asbestos removal or asbestos management?
- understand the dangers to health of asbestos products;
- identify potential asbestos containing materials;
- know where to look for these materials;
- understand your duties under current legislation;
- know how to respond when asbestos is found;
- the use of an asbestos register records to alert contractors to asbestos risks; and
- advise others on the risks and dangers associated with asbestos.
Bespoke training This can cover any aspect of training about asbestos, or just be our off-the-shelf course adjusted to your individual requirements.
One quite popular example is 'What to do before an inspector calls' which takes the form of a workshop combining training in record keeping with an audit of existing practice.
Asbestos training needs consultancy For larger clients, we will build an asbestos awareness training plan for an organisation's entire workforce on a post-by-post basis. This will guide the organisation's management on the training levels required throughout the organisation based on location, staff seniority, and responsibility.
Asbestos management software tools |
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'AV Asbestos Locate' software management tool This is for our larger clients with one or more properties to manage. Our software helps you keep track of the location, condition, and any risk associated with asbestos materials across multiple sites.
'AV Asbestos Locate' is fully compliant with health and safety regulations (Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006).
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Especially designed with our larger clients in mind, AV Asbestos Locate Online is a new web-based service that allows our clients to see their AV Asbestos survey reports on-line; any time, and anywhere they have access to the internet. The reports are delivered in PDF files (internet standard Portable Document Format). The files are only available to the client when they enter an ID and password. Once entered, all of that client's reports are presented in a list that gives the survey's location, date, etc., one-click and the report is on the screen (and then may be saved to the client's PC).
For our largest clients, AV Asbestos offers AV Asbestos Locate Online Plus. This gives the client the added benefit of being able to manage their AV Asbestos Locate Online account using an administrators control panel. This allows for the addition of the clients designated users to AV Asbestos Locate Online and which survey reports that their are allowed to see. This is very useful for allowing a contractors and staff to access specific reports online.
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