UK Asbestos Surveys, Testing, Air Monitoring & Removal Services
UKAS-accredited asbestos inspection and testing, supported by our Sunderland laboratory and regional teams across the UK. From one suspect sample or a domestic survey to corporate portfolios, complex demolition, removal, renewable-energy and contaminated-land projects, ASM provides clear information and practical next steps.
Accredited inspection activities within ASM's current ISO/IEC 17020 schedule.
Check inspection scope →Accredited testing activities within ASM's current ISO/IEC 17025 schedule.
Check testing scope →Bulk identification from ASM's accredited laboratory at Sunderland headquarters.
View laboratory services →Independent accreditation and supplier-assurance evidence for relevant operations.
View assurance logos →Regional teams supporting projects throughout England, Scotland and Wales.
Find your nearest team →Find the right asbestos service
Select the closest starting point for your property or project. If the scope is uncertain, send the postcode, photographs and proposed work and ASM will help identify the appropriate service.
Asbestos surveys
Management, refurbishment, demolition and re-inspection surveys for homes, commercial property, estates and construction projects.
Sampling and laboratory testing
Controlled sample collection and bulk identification through ASM's UKAS-accredited Sunderland laboratory.
Air monitoring and clearance
Background, leak, reassurance and personal monitoring. For licensed removal, the client must independently appoint an appropriate UKAS-accredited analytical organisation for four-stage clearance.
Asbestos removal
Assessment, planning and controlled removal routes for non-licensed, notifiable non-licensed and licensable work.
Asbestos in soils
Investigation, watching briefs, air monitoring, remediation support, capping and validation for affected land.
Asbestos management plans
Registers, risk-based action plans, re-inspection programmes and practical support for people responsible for non-domestic premises.
Stop work, keep people away from the affected area and do not sweep, dust or use a domestic vacuum. Contact ASM so the next step can be assessed.
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Specialist asbestos support connected to wider project delivery
For national estates, property transactions, renewable-energy assets and construction or demolition programmes, ASM can review the wider requirement before defining the survey, testing, management, removal or enabling-work package.
Corporate asbestos services
Consistent scopes, reporting and mobilisation for facilities teams, multi-site estates, investors, capital programmes and confidential corporate instructions.
Full and specialist demolition
Full or partial demolition, robotic Brokk demolition, deconstruction, soft strip and site clearance, planned around structural, asbestos and project information.
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ASM within F&I Group
Connect specialist asbestos work with relevant construction, scaffolding, roofing, safety-system, solar and energy capability through the wider Group.
Choose the corporate or major-project route
UKAS accreditation applies to the defined inspection and testing activities on ASM's current schedules. It does not accredit demolition, asbestos removal, remediation or other construction work.
Inspection and testing that supports the next decision
The best asbestos information is correctly scoped, clear about limitations and usable by the people managing the property or carrying out the work.
- Survey scope matched to occupation, maintenance, refurbishment or demolition
- Representative sampling and clear material and location references
- Laboratory analysis linked to the relevant sample and project records
- Practical recommendations for management, repair, encapsulation or removal
- Regional attendance supported by national technical and quality systems
UKAS-accredited inspection and testing
UKAS accreditation 32982
Asbestos Surveying and Monitoring Limited is accredited by UKAS under number 32982 for the defined inspection and testing activities shown on its current schedules.
Important scope note: UKAS accreditation applies to the specified inspection and testing activities—not to asbestos removal or remediation itself. Our accredited bulk identification laboratory is located at Sunderland HQ.
ASM within F&I Group
ASM is part of the wider F&I Group, whose 450-plus staff work across specialist construction, roofing, access, solar and energy divisions. This wider resource can support coordinated delivery on complex refurbishment, infrastructure and development programmes.
ISO/IEC 17020
Accredited inspection activities, including defined asbestos surveying work.
ISO/IEC 17025
Accredited testing activities, including defined air and bulk identification work.
Experience on complex UK projects
Our team has supported domestic clients, national organisations, construction teams and major land projects. These examples show the range of conditions our staff have worked within.
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
ASM supports asbestos management across the Trust's healthcare estate, including asbestos surveys, planned re-inspections, asbestos-register and statutory-compliance support, and technical or removal support where condition or planned works make intervention necessary. Delivery is planned around occupied clinical environments, access restrictions, infection-control arrangements and continuity of patient services.
Sunderland Strategic Transport Corridor Phase 3
Survey, site-investigation and compliance support where significant buried asbestos from former shipbuilding and demolished buildings was encountered. Work included managing amosite and crocidolite findings, removal where practicable, and controlled retention and capping where supported by the site strategy.
More than 120 schools supported nationally
ASM works with academy trusts and education providers throughout the UK, delivering asbestos management, surveys, programmed re-inspections, sampling and air monitoring. Portfolio experience covers more than 120 schools across areas including Durham, Newcastle, Doncaster, London, North Yorkshire and Peterborough, helping estates teams maintain consistent records and plan work safely across multiple sites.
Former Barrow shipyard and marina land
Remediation support with Redstart North West to address asbestos-impacted soils and help create a safe platform for new housing. The work used controlled picking, managed placement, capping and validation evidence suited to the agreed remediation approach.
Cape Insulation / Turner & Newall works, Washington
Extensive experience associated with the former asbestos-manufacturing location, supporting the identification, assessment and safe management of complex asbestos contamination and industrial legacy conditions.
Battery energy-storage developments
Asbestos and ground-support experience on major battery-storage sites, including a Sheffield development with approximately 150 energy-storage units. Services can include pre-start review, watching brief attendance, sampling, air monitoring, remediation support and validation.
Project descriptions summarise the team's previous delivery experience and do not imply client endorsement. The precise scope, contracting arrangements, permissions and current accreditation coverage are confirmed separately for each new instruction. Hospital photograph: Philip Barker / CC BY-SA 2.0. The education image is an illustrative stock photograph and does not identify an ASM client site.
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Removal planned around the material and the site
Finding asbestos does not automatically mean that everything must be removed. The appropriate response may be management in place, repair or encapsulation, controlled removal, or a combination of measures.
- Review of surveys, sample results, photographs and proposed works
- Correct classification as non-licensed, NNLW or licensable work
- Work planning, access, waste routes and independent analytical requirements
- Controlled completion with the relevant handover records
Find asbestos services near you
Sunderland is our headquarters and accredited laboratory location. Regional offices and teams support projects across England, Scotland and Wales, coordinated through the same company systems.
For multi-site portfolios or locations outside the dedicated clusters above, the national team can coordinate attendance across England, Scotland and Wales.
Asbestos cost guides
Use the guides for initial budgeting, then send the property or project details for a written quotation matched to the actual scope.
Asbestos survey costs
Typical pricing, survey types and the factors that affect domestic and commercial survey quotations.
Asbestos sample costs
Collection and laboratory-analysis pricing for individual materials and larger batches.
Asbestos removal costs
Guide ranges from small domestic items and garage roofs to complex commercial removal.
Practical asbestos guidance
Our guides answer the questions people commonly ask immediately before arranging a survey, test or removal quotation.
My survey found asbestos—what happens next?
Understand the findings and decide whether the material can be managed, protected or needs removing.
Do I need a survey before refurbishment?
Learn when intrusive work needs targeted asbestos information before contractors begin.
Asbestos removal cost 2026
See the principal cost factors and the information needed to obtain an accurate removal price.
Common questions
Which asbestos service do I need?
Are all ASM services UKAS accredited?
Do you cover the whole UK?
What information gives me the most accurate quotation?
Does asbestos always have to be removed?
Can ASM support multi-site and corporate asbestos programmes?
Is a Demolition Asbestos Survey the same as a demolition service?
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UKAS accreditation applies to the defined inspection and testing activities on ASM's current schedules. The other marks shown relate to relevant business, safety, membership or supplier-assurance activities and do not extend UKAS scope to removal or remediation.
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