ASBESTOS REGULATION COMPLIANCE CHECKER
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The University of Sunderland is a major higher education institution with a diverse estate supporting teaching, research, student services, administration and residential accommodation. Its buildings are used by students, staff, visitors and contractors throughout the year, making effective asbestos management an important part of maintaining safe, compliant and well-managed campus facilities.
We have worked with the University of Sunderland since 2011, providing asbestos consultancy services across its estate. This longstanding relationship has given us a strong understanding of the University’s operational requirements, including the need to plan works around occupied and unoccupied spaces, coordinate closely with Estates and Facilities teams and support third-party contractors safely and efficiently.
For this recent project, our team supported refurbishment works at Edinburgh Gateway and The Precinct student accommodation blocks, helping to identify, manage and communicate asbestos risks before and during intrusive works so the programme could progress safely and in line with the required controls.
OBJECTIVES
WHAT WE DID
Completed initial site visits to inform the quotation, survey plan and RAMS.
Assigned a qualified and experienced surveying team to deliver refurbishment surveys across occupied and unoccupied areas.
Carried out intrusive refurbishment surveys out-of-hours where required.
Arranged high-level access to inspect third-floor roof areas.
Provided ongoing consultancy, RAMS review, safety controls.
Completed reassurance air monitoring during removal and refurbishment works.
FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS
Key findings included floor tile adhesive beneath carpets and asbestos insulating board to riser areas.
At The Precinct, known AIB panels to some risers required investigation to support fire risk assessment access and refurbishment scoping.
Recommendations included asbestos removal where required, reassurance air monitoring, review of RAMS and safe systems of work, completion packs containing RAMS, survey reports and CSVs, and a reinspection survey to update the asbestos register following completion of works.
OUTCOME
The project enabled asbestos risks to be identified, managed and communicated before and during refurbishment works.
Through close coordination with the University’s Estates and Facilities team and third-party contractors, the works were planned and sequenced safely, supporting safe working conditions across the estate and providing updated asbestos register information on completion.
