Managing asbestos across forty buildings is often treated as though it were the same as managing one building, but repeated forty times. That assumption is where most portfolio-level compliance problems begin. The work at each individual site may well be handled competently, by people who know what they are doing, but the estate as a…

There are certain aspects of asbestos management in UK buildings that often cause a lot of confusion. One common misconception is that responsibility for managing asbestos-containing materials (ACMs) at a particular premises must surely always sit with a single person, role, or organisation. The reality is that such responsibility for asbestos does not always belong to…

Here at Assets & Compliance Managed Services (ACMS), we work with duty holders, responsible persons, and estates managers across NHS trusts, local authorities, educational institutions, and complex commercial estate portfolios. That experience has informed the indicative market ranges in this cost guide. These costs reflect the kinds of multi-site, multi-building commissions that make up our…

If you are responsible for a non-domestic building constructed or refurbished before 2000, the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 requires you to identify, assess, and manage any asbestos-containing materials present. For most occupied premises, that obligation begins with an asbestos management survey. The term is often used loosely — sometimes interchangeably with "asbestos survey" — which…

It’s been over a quarter of a century since the final ban on all forms of asbestos in the UK was imposed in November 1999. However, this landmark change in the law did not automatically mean the removal of all asbestos-containing materials (ACMs) already lurking in buildings up and down the country. This distinction is a…