Abastra

Asbestos Treatment

noreply@blogger.com (searchfirst) — Tue, 06 May 2008 14:52:00 +0000

Asbestos treatment is a highly skilled job which should only be undertaken by experts in the field of the treatment and disposal of asbestos. We have twenty years experience in asbestos treatment and ensure that all government guidelines dealing with the treatment of asbestos are followed correctly to ensure safety to anybody involved in the removal of the asbestos.

Before carrying out a site survey to deal with the asbestos treatment, it is important that an assessment of the risks to the health and safety of surveyors, sampling personnel and other occupants is carried out. Risk assessments should be documented and must be available to the site surveyors. Often surveyors will be seeing the site for the first time so will have little chance to evaluate the site-specific hazards that are involved and will rely on the risk assessment made based on information gathered during the preliminary site meeting and walk-through. The client should be asked to provide information relating to any hazards specific to the site.

Our plant and equipment is tested and serviced by independent specialist companies who ensure our compliance to the strictest Health and Safety Executive legislation. We are members of ARCA who provide technical and legislative support to the asbestos removal industry. All equipment and training documentation will be available for inspection through out the project.

Asbestos Risk Assessment

noreply@blogger.com (searchfirst) — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:53:00 +0000

The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 requires an employer to provide a safe workplace. Work with asbestos is covered by its own set of regulations - the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations. There are duties to prepare an asbestos risk assessment and to make written arrangements to protect those at risk in the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, and to maintain workplace buildings/premises to protect occupants and workers under the Workplace Regulations 1992. Arrangements to deal with asbestos during refurbishment may also be required by the Construction Regulations 1994. It is intended that CAWR6 be amended by introducing a specific duty to manage the risk from asbestos-containing materials in premises. This specific duty will be supported by an approved code of practice and associated guidance. Our specialists will run an asbestos risk assessment and judge which is the best way to remove and dispose of the asbestos safely.

The new regulation will create an explicit duty to assess and manage the risks from asbestos in premises. The risks will vary with circumstances, ranging from normal occupation of a building to the repair, refurbishment and demolition of the premises, and they will each need to be assessed. This assessment will be used to produce a management plan which details and records the actions to be undertaken to manage and reduce the risks from asbestos, so this is where the asbestos risk assessment team comes into play.

6 In order to have an effective asbestos management programme, it is necessary to establish clear lines of responsibility for the programme's management and implementation. A survey of the premises must be undertaken to locate and assess the ACMs. The results of the survey must be recorded in an easily retrievable form, which can then be used to make a risk assessment and draw up an asbestos risk assessment plan.

Asbestos Removal

noreply@blogger.com (searchfirst) — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:32:00 +0000

Abastra offers high quality and discreet asbestos removal and treatment in London, Surrey, Berkshire & Middlesex; we are currently only offering asbestos removal in the home counties but hope to spread to surrounding areas in the future.

If you need some asbestos removed then you have come to the right place, we are experts with many years experience and follow all guidelines to the word to ensure that no laws are broken when we remove and dispose of the asbestos so that it will not harm anyone or anything.

Abastra has been specialising in asbestos removal and its treatment since 1985. We provide a high quality and sympathetic service for our clients.

Here at Abastra we understand the sensitive nature of our work and have worked in occupied office blocks, listed buildings, prisons and housing projects.

Our supervisors and operatives are trained to Health and Safety Executive Guidance note EH50 and our work processes are backed by our ISO 9002 accreditation. Training for staff is ongoing and the training certificates for the team who will work on your project can be supplied.

A series of meetings were held at which representatives of all four organisations were present. Clear guidance, which satisfied all present, was produced. The HSE kindly agreed to fund the production costs and approximately 500,000 copies have been produced for distribution. The Managing Asbestos leaflet represents an excellent starting point for anyone charged with managing asbestos within the workplace. Abastra's experienced staff would be pleased to discuss any concerns you may have. We offer a comprehensive service allowing you to fully comply with your duties. Your asbestos problems are over!