Asbestos management for Edinburgh workplaces and communal areas
Turn survey data into an active system: a current register, responsibilities, risk-based actions, contractor controls and planned reinspection across the areas you manage.
A survey report is not the whole management system. The dutyholder must use the findings, keep records current, control work and review the plan when circumstances change.
Four connected parts of effective control
Management survey
Locate accessible asbestos-containing materials that could be disturbed during normal occupation and routine maintenance.
Find out moreAsbestos register
Maintain an accessible record of known and presumed materials, locations, condition and actions.
Management plan
Set responsibilities, priorities, inspection arrangements, emergency steps and communication controls.
Find out moreReinspection
Reassess recorded materials at a frequency based on risk and after damage, work or material change.
Find out moreSupport for Edinburgh dutyholders and property portfolios
Landlords and managing agents
Communal areas, plant rooms, service risers and contractor access across residential portfolios.
Businesses and building owners
Offices, shops, warehouses, workshops and industrial premises built before 2000.
Schools and public estates
Consistent registers, priorities and access information across occupied or phased sites.
Facilities and maintenance teams
Practical information before drilling, access, repairs, upgrades and planned projects.
From first survey to ongoing assurance
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Identify responsibility
Confirm who controls maintenance, access and budgets for the non-domestic premises or common areas.
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Survey and record
Obtain adequate information and build the asbestos register around known and presumed materials.
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Plan and communicate
Prioritise actions and ensure anyone liable to disturb materials can access the relevant information.
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Inspect and review
Reinspect according to risk and update records after work, damage, removal or changes in use.
Management information does not clear a refurbishment scope
When a contractor will break into the building fabric, arrange a project-specific intrusive survey before work starts.
Refurbishment survey
For the full area and depth affected by upgrades, strip-out, repair or installation.
Find out moreDemolition survey
For all areas and elements affected by demolition.
Find out moreSampling
For a single defined material where the wider building fabric is not being disturbed.
Find out moreKeep asbestos information useful across occupied estates
We help factors, landlords, hotel and hospitality operators, universities, schools, healthcare teams, offices, retail portfolios and industrial operators maintain current registers, practical management plans, contractor controls and risk-based reinspection programmes.
Tenements and managed blocks
Clear information for common stairs, plant areas, risers, roof spaces, basements and shared external elements.
City-centre and public buildings
Usable asbestos information for maintenance around Princes Street, the Old and New Towns, education, healthcare and hospitality property.
Speak to the Edinburgh team
Asbestos Surveying & Monitoring Ltd — Edinburgh Office
Third Floor, 3 Hill Street
Edinburgh EH2 3JP
Local team lead: James Brown, Regional Manager Scotland
James coordinates Edinburgh and Scottish enquiries with ASM surveyors, analysts and project teams.
0131 202 4096
info@asbestosSM.co.uk
Monday–Friday, 8:00am–6:00pm
Areas served
Edinburgh City Centre, New Town, Old Town, the Royal Mile, Leith, Stockbridge, Morningside, Newington, Marchmont, Bruntsfield, Haymarket, Murrayfield, Gorgie, Dalry, Corstorphine, Portobello, Liberton, Colinton, Craigentinny, Granton, South Gyle and Edinburgh Park, with wider attendance across Musselburgh, Dalkeith, Bonnyrigg, Penicuik, Livingston, West Lothian, East Lothian, Midlothian, Fife, Falkirk and Central Scotland subject to project requirements and availability.
For surveying enquiries use survey@asbestosSM.co.uk. For removal enquiries use removal@asbestosSM.co.uk.
National services and practical guidance
Asbestos management FAQs
Who has the duty to manage asbestos?
The duty normally sits with the person or organisation responsible for maintenance and repair of non-domestic premises, including relevant common areas of some domestic buildings. Contract terms and actual control both matter.
How often should asbestos be reinspected?
There is no universal interval suitable for every material. Set the frequency according to risk, condition, location and likelihood of disturbance, and inspect sooner after damage, works or other material change.
Is an asbestos register the same as a survey?
No. A survey provides evidence at a point in time. The register is the maintained record used to communicate known and presumed materials, while the management plan defines responsibilities and actions.
Do landlords need an asbestos management plan?
Where the duty to manage applies to non-domestic premises or relevant communal areas, the dutyholder must make and keep an up-to-date plan for managing the risk.
Can contractors use a management survey before refurbishment?
Not as clearance for intrusive work. A refurbishment survey must cover the complete work area and the building elements that will be disturbed.
Get the scope right before work starts
Send the Edinburgh postcode, property or site details, photographs or plans, access information and required date.
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