Management asbestos surveys in Leeds
Identify asbestos-containing materials that could be disturbed during normal occupation, routine maintenance and foreseeable activity. ASM provides Management Surveys for commercial buildings, landlords, schools, healthcare premises, housing portfolios, industrial sites and public estates throughout Leeds and West Yorkshire.
If work will break into walls, ceilings, floors, service risers, partitions or other concealed building fabric, send the proposed scope before booking. A Refurbishment Survey may be required.
Establish the asbestos information needed for normal building use
The purpose of a Management Survey is to locate, as far as reasonably practicable, ACMs that could be disturbed during normal occupation, routine maintenance and foreseeable activity and to assess their condition.
Locate ACMs
Systematically inspect relevant accessible areas within the agreed management survey scope.
Identify materials
Sample representative suspect materials where appropriate or record them as presumed asbestos.
Assess condition
Record condition and material characteristics relevant to potential fibre release and management.
Build the register
Provide information that can form or update the building's asbestos register and wider management arrangements.
What can be included in a Management Survey?
The exact scope depends on the property, access and maintenance requirements. Restrictions should be kept to a minimum because inaccessible areas reduce the usefulness of the resulting asbestos information.
Internal areas
- Rooms and circulation areas
- Basements and undercrofts
- Ceiling voids
- Accessible service risers and ducts
- Plant rooms
- Lofts and roof voids
- Accessible areas beneath floor finishes where appropriate
- Areas likely to be disturbed during foreseeable maintenance
External and ancillary areas
- Roofing materials
- Soffits and fascia products
- Rainwater goods
- External panels and cladding
- Garages and stores
- Plant buildings
- Outbuildings
- Other structures included in the agreed survey brief
From building information to usable asbestos register
Scope
Confirm buildings, plans, access, occupation, maintenance activity, previous surveys and known exclusions.
Inspect
The surveyor systematically inspects accessible areas and records suspect materials and survey limitations.
Sample & analyse
Representative samples are collected where appropriate and analysed through ASM's UKAS-accredited Sunderland laboratory.
Report & manage
Findings, photographs, analytical results, material assessments, limitations and actions provide the information needed for management.
The survey is the start of asbestos management — not the end
For dutyholders, the survey provides evidence used to build the asbestos register and management arrangements. The information then has to be kept current and communicated to people who could disturb ACMs.
Management Survey
Establish the location and condition of relevant ACMs and presumed ACMs.
Asbestos Register
Maintain a current record of known and presumed asbestos locations and condition.
Management Plan
Define responsibilities, monitoring, contractor controls, communication and required actions.
Reinspection & review
Monitor ACM condition and keep the register and management arrangements current.
Management Surveys and refurbishment work
A Management Survey is designed for
- Normal occupation
- Day-to-day building use
- Routine maintenance
- Foreseeable low-level disturbance
- Producing an asbestos register
- Ongoing asbestos management
It is not designed to clear
- Major refurbishment
- Strip-out work
- Opening wall or ceiling construction
- Removing floors or fixed building elements
- Major service replacement
- Partial or complete demolition
For these works use the appropriate Refurbishment or Demolition Survey .
Management surveys across Leeds' varied building stock
Offices & commercial property
City-centre offices, retail units and converted buildings can contain several phases of construction and fit-out, with ceiling voids, service risers, plant and altered partitions requiring careful scope planning.
Holbeck, Hunslet & industrial buildings
Older manufacturing, warehouse and workshop property can include extensive roofing, plant, service insulation, fire protection and other historically asbestos-containing products.
Education & public estates
Schools, colleges and public-sector estates need accurate asbestos information that can be accessed by site managers, maintenance teams and contractors.
Healthcare premises
Occupied healthcare buildings often need surveys planned around sensitive areas, plant access, service routes and operational restrictions.
Flats & communal areas
The duty to manage can apply to common parts of multi-occupancy domestic premises, including corridors, stairs, plant areas, service routes and other shared building elements.
Management Survey pricing
Leeds Management Surveys
From £190 + VATThe existing ASM Leeds survey cost guide currently uses £190 + VAT as the starting guide price for a Management Survey.
The final quotation depends on building size, number of rooms, outbuildings, communal areas, plant, access restrictions, previous information and the amount of representative sampling required.
View Leeds survey costs →UKAS-accredited asbestos inspection
ASM is listed by UKAS as Inspection Body 32982. Management Survey work is undertaken within the applicable accredited inspection scope. Samples from Leeds are analysed through ASM's accredited Sunderland laboratory rather than describing the Leeds office as a laboratory.
HSE HSG264
The HSE survey guide covers survey planning, inspection, reporting, competence and how dutyholders should use asbestos survey information.
Read HSG264 →Duty to manage asbestos
Regulation 4 applies to non-domestic premises and the common parts of multi-occupancy domestic premises where the relevant person has responsibility for maintenance or repair.
HSE Duty to Manage →Speak to the Leeds team
Asbestos Surveying & Monitoring Ltd
Ground FloorRadley House
Richardshaw Road
Leeds
LS28 6LE
Leeds:
0113 532 7195
Survey enquiries:
survey@asbestosSM.co.uk
National:
0330 433 9680
Areas served
Leeds City Centre, Headingley, Hyde Park, Woodhouse, Burley, Kirkstall, Armley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Beeston, Chapel Allerton, Roundhay, Moortown, Horsforth, Pudsey, Farsley, Morley, Rothwell, Garforth, Seacroft, Cross Gates, Bramley and Middleton.
Wider West Yorkshire attendance includes Wetherby, Otley, Guiseley and Yeadon, together with larger regional and multi-site portfolios subject to project requirements.
Leeds asbestos management and survey routes
Management Survey Leeds FAQs
What is a Management Asbestos Survey?
Who normally needs a Management Survey?
Does a Management Survey satisfy Regulation 4 on its own?
Can a Management Survey be used before refurbishment?
How much does a Management Survey cost in Leeds?
What happens after asbestos is identified?
Build the right asbestos information from the start
Send the Leeds property address, building type, approximate size, existing asbestos information, access details and required date. ASM can confirm the appropriate Management Survey scope and provide a written quotation.