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We can assist you with your Risk Assessment and Management of Asbestos Containing Materials found throughout the site. Successful management of Asbestos Containing Materials is based on the effective identification, inspection and the implementation of an effective management programme. Working alongside your own staff, we can review your existing management plan and risk assessment and update your records with any noted deterioration, or further asbestos which has been revealed since the original survey. We are always happy to provide preliminary advice without charge or obligation. Please feel free to to discuss your needs further contact us Nass Asbestos Surveyors operate throughout the UK and provides a range of Asbestos Management services for both commercial and domestic clients. Our surveyors are all members of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and are UKAS qualified, allowing them to carry out types 1, 2 & 3 asbestos surveys. All our surveys and sampling techniques for suspect Asbestos Containing Materials are carried out in accordance with the requirements of the Health and Safety Executive guidance document ‘MDHS 100’ and all samples obtained are sent to an independent, UKAS accredited laboratory for analysis. For commercial clients we provide a full range of Asbestos Management services, from a free initial discussion through to a fully managed system. So, if you are initially unsure what service you may require then please do contact us as we are always happy to provide preliminary advice without charge or obligation. On completion of your survey, you will receive a bound, full colour report which will include digital pictures and site plans. The report will list all areas suspected of containing asbestos and independent laboratory certificates of all samples obtained by our surveyors. An initial risk assessment will be made, this will be based on the results and using a scoring system in line with the requirements of MDHS100. Your report can be used as a site register for Asbestos Containing Materials and must be made available to those who are likely to disturb the asbestos during proposed works etc. We also offer asbestos awareness training courses. Welcome to Nass Asbestos Surveyors Our Services Surveys Reports Management Systems Training Nass Asbestos Surveyors: 44 St Mary's Road Llandudno Conwy North Wales LL30 2UE Tel: 07786 150288 kevin.nass@zen.co.uk />
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Nass Asbestos Surveyors are members of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Nass Asbestos Surveyors also hold the P402 Asbestos Inspection & Bulk Sampling Certificate issued by the British Occupational Hygeine Society Nass Asbestos Surveyors also holds Level 3 Certificate in Asbestos Inspection Procedures issued by the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health © Nass Asbestos Surveyors, Registered in England & Wales No. 05218584      Type 2 Survey Click image for more detail Click image for more detail Type 3 Survey Click image for more detail

Type 1 Survey

The purpose of this type of survey is to locate, as far as reasonably practicable, the presence and extent of any suspect ACM’s (asbestos-containing materials) in the building and to assess their condition. The survey essentially defers the need to sample and analyse for asbestos until a later time. All areas are accessed and inspected, as far as is reasonably practicable. Any material that can be reasonably expected to contain asbestos must be presumed to contain asbestos, and where it appears highly likely to contain asbestos, there should be a strong presumption that it does. Whilst an experienced asbestos surveyor can usually, by inspection alone, say that a material can be ‘presumed’ to contain asbestos it is a lot more difficult for surveyors to presume that some materials do not contain asbestos, as many materials have exactly the same appearance whether they contain asbestos or not. This means that a Type 1 survey may well list many materials that are presumed to contain asbestos but in fact these would be eliminated from the asbestos register by laboratory analysis of representative material samples. Also, the duty holder bears potential additional costs of management for some non-asbestos-containing materials. For these reasons it is usually more cost effective to have a ‘type 2’ survey carried out in the first instance, with representative sampling of relevant materials for laboratory analysis.

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Type 2 Survey

The purpose and procedures used in this survey are the same as in type 1, except that it is an intrusive survey in that representative samples from each type of suspect ACM found are collected, in a non-destructive way, from all reasonably accessible areas. These samples are collected and analysed to confirm or refute the surveyor’s judgement. In order to achieve this, the samples are sent away to accredited scientific laboratories to be analysed for the presence of asbestos. The condition of each ACM is assessed and recommendations made regarding their management. If the material sampled is found to contain asbestos then it is strongly presumed that other similar homogenous materials used in the same way within the building will contain asbestos. Less homogeneous materials will require a greater number of samples. The number should be sufficient for the surveyor to make an assessment of whether asbestos is or is not present. The results are then used to compile a register of the ACM’s within the premises.

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Type 3 Survey

This type of survey is used to locate and describe, as far as reasonably practicable, all ACM’s in the building and may involve destructive inspection, as necessary, to gain access to all areas, including those that may be difficult to reach, such as sealed voids and cavities. A full sampling programme is undertaken to identify possible ACM’s and estimates of the volume and surface area of ACM’s are made. The survey is designed to be used as a basis for tendering the removal of ACM’s from the building prior to demolition or major refurbishment and so the survey does not assess the condition of the asbestos, other than to note areas of damage or where additional asbestos debris may be expected to be present.

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