Management Surveys

Management Surveys

Management surveys will be required during the normal occupation and use of the building to assess which ACMs could be damaged or disturbed during normal occupancy. They will include an assessment of the condition of the various ACMs and their ability to release fibres if they are disturbed.

Management surveys will often involve minor intrusive work and disturbance, the extent of which will depend on the type of building.

The management survey reports will include full results of all materials sampled or presumed to contain asbestos, a full list and description of all areas inspected, annotated plans and conclusions and any recommended actions.

The management survey should locate any asbestos damaged materials or asbestos disturbances. This is usually completed by maintenance or replacement of equipment. When we conduct our management survey it involves us making a minor instance of disturbance to the asbestos area to make a strong material assessment. This indicates to us the strength and severity of the asbestos contaminated material or area. Allowing us, if disturbed, to assess, manage and handle the safe removal of hazardous asbestos containing materials.  

You will need to provide the surveyor with all available building plans, building specifications, any previous asbestos work documentation, site layout or architect drawings. 

Information from the management surveys can be enhanced with data from more intrusive surveys when the circumstances allow, eg when properties are vacant.

The information from the management survey report should be used to form the asbestos register, which should be used as part of the management plan.

For buildings where asbestos has been detected or presumed to be present the management plan should be reviewed at least every 12 months.