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This needs to be undertaken by a \u201Ccompetent person\u201D, such as somebody who holds a P402 certificate or equivalent. There are two types of asbestos surveys:\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EManagement and Maintenance Survey This is the normal survey and is needed on all buildings built before the year 2000. The survey allows the identified ACMs to be managed and normal maintenance to be undertaken on the building, such as painting, boiler servicing, light fitting replacement.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDemolition and Refurbishment Survey \u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C/strong\u003EThis type survey is required if you are planning any works in the building that will damage the fabric of the building, for example, the removal or penetration of any walls or ceilings. Due to the very nature of this survey it does tend to damage the building and sometimes cannot be undertaken until the building is dead, ready for the construction works.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECompetent surveying companies\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EThere are a number of local and national companies offering surveys, and Groups, Districts even Counties/Areas/Regions may consider coordinating an approach to such companies to try to get a deal on a larger number of surveys.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EBefore engaging the services of a surveying organisation, the Trustee Board should be satisfied they are competent to undertake the survey. They should check they also have a quality management system suitable for asbestos surveying work. If the company holds UKAS accreditation to ISO/EN 17020 this may count towards your due diligence (defence) if problems were identified later.\u0026nbsp;\u003C/p\u003E","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""},{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Ch3\u003EWhere might asbestos be present in Scout premises?\u003C/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThere are approximately 4,000 products that are known to contain asbestos, and it\u2019s exceptionally hard to identify visually or without being an expert.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAsbestos is most likely to be found in Scout premises in the following forms (but may be present in other products):\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EAsbestos Insulating Board (AIB) partition walls, ceiling tiles, heater cupboards, door panels, fire surrounds;\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EAsbestos cement products such as roof and wall cladding, boiler and insulator flues, fire surrounds, gutters, rain water pipes, water tanks and storage heaters;\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ELoose asbestos packing between floors and partition walls;\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EPossible sprayed asbestos on structural beams and girders;\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ELagging on pipework and boilers;\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ETextured Coating (Artex) on floors and ceilings\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EOther products such as vinyl floor tiles, toilet cisterns, toilet seats, rope seals, gaskets on boilers, sink pad, sealants/bitumen, and roofing felts and shingles.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003C/ul\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIf you\u2019re not sure of what these items look like, check out these \u003Ca rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 href=\u0022https://www.hse.gov.uk/asbestos/location-materials.htm\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022Locations of asbestos and taking the right action\u0022\u003Ehelpful guidelines provided by the HSE\u003C/a\u003E.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESome materials obviously do not contain asbestos, such as floorboards, glass, brick and stone. 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