Surveying Services

EMS are UKAS accredited for all levels of Asbestos surveys ensuring the highest quailty of service at all times. There are three levels of surveys as follows:

As part of the management requirements, all materials within a property should be presumed to contain asbestos, unless there is good reason to prove otherwise. A survey can aid management by allowing our experts to identify all the asbestos containing materials within your unit, and exempt non-asbestos materials, thus allowing you to focus management where it is required. Surveys designed specifically for asbestos management are classified in two ways:

Type 1 surveys are visual only. No sampling is undertaken and any material likely to contain asbestos must be presumed to. Type 1 surveys may save money on sampling costs, however, are likely to require more expense for long term management of products which do not contain asbestos, and could have been ruled out by sampling.

Type 2 surveys are inspections with sampling. These fully assess the asbestos content of the materials and allow the Duty Holder to focus all management efforts on confirmed asbestos containing materials.

Type 3 surveys are fully intrusive and required by law before major refurbishment or demolition occurs. For more more information see here.