‘Audit’ and ‘screen’ techniques are highly valuable in the good management of asbestos, says Alan Hambidge, director and principal consultant of controls-assurance.co.uk
The management of asbestos within an organisation responsible for a large and diverse property portfolio may seem daunting.
This brief article examines the concepts of risk management status audits and risk screens.
It continues by illustrating the benefits as summary findings of asbestos risk management audits at ten different organisations, each with a property stock of in excess of one thousand separate premises, many with multiple dwellings and communal areas. The organisations examined were subject to asbestos audits in the last 18 months by controls-assurance.co.uk
In all instances this was the first time that the organisations had conducted an audit and a screen exercise, and in all cases it has resulted in a change of approach and cost savings, sometimes considerable ones. The organisations are comprised of two local authorities and eight housing associations – there are significant implications for healthcare premises.
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