Asbestos survey
Asbestos Legal Requirements And Best Practice For Property Professionals And Clients, 4th Edition, published by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) in May 2021, defines an asbestos survey as: ‘The process of surveying a property for asbestos containing materials. Different levels of asbestos survey are available’
It describes a management survey as: 'A type of asbestos survey undertaken to ensure asbestos containing materials that may be disturbed during the normal day-to-day management of a property have been identified.'
See also: Asbestos management.
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