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CAC Monitoring Systems Ltd hold UKAS accreditation as a Type C Inspection Body, (Inspection Body Number 196), for the surveying of buildings for asbestos. The inspection body works to the international standard ISO 17020, therefore all surveying activities, internal quality control and data handling conforms to this standard. Operating to this standard is a requirement for our UKAS accreditation.
The company have British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS) qualified asbestos surveyors, who hold the proficiency certificate P402. The company offers a UK nation wide service together with a quick survey turn around. All surveys are dovetailed to meet the customers needs
and contain detailed room by room information, asbestos identification test reports, photographs and indented drawings (if available). Surveys can be presented in various computer friendly formats, such as non-editable pdf format, as well as the original hard copy.
Click Here to see our UKAS Inspection Schedule of Accreditation
 (PDF Document, 19Kb).
CAC Monitoring Systems Ltd have continually worked for many blue chip companies, local authorities, government departments, housing trusts and NHS Trusts.
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DO I NEED AN ASBESTOS SURVEY?
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Duty To Manage
From May 2004 it is the duty of non-domestic building owners to manage asbestos within their properties. Locating asbestos within buildings would require a survey to be carried out. CAC Monitoring Systems Ltd are UKAS accredited for this work.
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ASBESTOS...
What Is Asbestos?
Asbestos is a naturally occurring silicate mineral with long, thin fibrous crystals.
Where Is Asbestos Found?
Asbestos was used most extensively within buildings between the 1950's and 1980's and formed part of hundreds
of types of materials, from plastics to boards. Asbestos was used most commonly for heat and sound insulation and fire protection.
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WHAT DOES ASBESTOS LOOK LIKE?
Asbestos containing materials (ACM's) can take many forms - some of which you may be familiar with, such as ceiling tiles, pipework insulation (lagging), cement roof sheeting, rainwater guttering and drainpipes. Others are less obvious such
as toilet cisterns, floor tiles and even the bitumen pad present underneath sink units. An asbestos survey would identify many of these materials, to see some photographic examples of ACM's
click on the image to the right.
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In February 2010 the Health and Safety Executive published a new guidance for conducting asbestos surveys. In the superseded guide (MDHS 100), there were three distinct types of asbestos survey (Types 1, 2 and 3). As detailed in the new guidance, The Health & Safety Executives document 'HSG264 - Asbestos: The Survey Guide', two types of survey now exist,
The Management Survey and Refurbishment or Demolition Surveys, details of these are given below:
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MANAGEMENT SURVEY
(Formerly Type 2 Survey)
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A Management Survey is used to locate the presence and extent of asbestos-containing materials (ACM's) within a building. Representative samples of each suspected ACM are taken leading to a positive or negative identification of the material. This survey is useful to a building manager as firstly it complies with recent legislation (Regulation 4, Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006) and secondly asbestos materials positively identified can be effectively managed.
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REFURBISHMENT OR DEMOLITION SURVEYS
(Formerly Type 3 Survey)
Refurbishment or Demolition Surveys are identical to a Management Survey, however all areas of a building, including concealed voids, wall cavities etc are accessed forcibly in an attempt to identify all ACM's within a building. This type of survey is required prior to major refurbishment to the fabric of the building or demolition.
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OUR SURVEY REPORT
On completion of the site survey, CAC Monitoring Systems Ltd will compile a survey report, this will contain:
A discussion listing asbestos materials identified along with surveyors comments
Asbestos survey report sheets - room by room information, asbestos materials extent and type detailed
Asbestos sampling test reports - analysis carried out by our in-house UKAS laboratory
Photographs of asbestos materials in-situ
Labelled and colour coded drawings
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MANAGE THE RISK
The Surveys Complete - What Next?
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Following the completion of a Management Survey the ACM's identified need to be effectively managed and any issues highlighed by the survey rectified. There are three main types of action required:
Removal of ACM
Repair and Encapsulation of the ACM
Manage and Inspect the ACM (at least bi-anually)
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CAC Monitoring Systems Ltd offer assistance with the management of ACM's identified in our survey reports. Data from the survey report is input into our simple to use software allowing you to prioritise all ACM's identified into the
three categories detailed above. This process is known as a Priority Assessment and is based upon the HSE document 'A Comprehensive Guide to Managing Asbestos in Premises (HSG 227)'.
If you would like CAC Monitoring Systems Ltd to provide this additional service following the survey, please discuss it with our representitive at the inital quotation stage.
This service does not form part of our UKAS accreditation.
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USEFUL INFORMATION...
Click Here to visit the HSE's Asbestos health and safety in the workplace site.
Click Here to open a copy of HSE document 'HSG 264 Asbestos: The Survey Guide'
(PDF Document, 2.23Mb).
CAC Monitoring Systems Ltd can not be held responsible for the content of external web sites
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