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Asbestos and its implications for members and their clients RICS guidance note [old edition]

By: Language: English Series: RICS Guidance NotePublication details: London RICS 2003Description: ix, 97p. 30cmISBN:
  • 1842190636
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 549.66 $2 18
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Partial contents:
Risk to RICS members -- Surveyors' responsibilities -- Responsibility of others (employer, landlord, tenant, occupant) -- Services offered by surveyors -- Limitations and exclusions -- Insurance -- Asbestos inspection -- Sampling asbestos -- Management plan -- Types of property -- Asbestos removal -- Health issues and risks arising from asbestos -- Extent of Asbestos-Containing Materials (ACMs) -- Regulations -- Flow chart to determine Regulation 4: dutyholder -- Legal issues arising and cases -- Competence of thise involved in inspection for, and in sampling, assessment and removal of asbestos -- Chart showing whether residential premises are likely to be classified as domestic or non-domestic for the purposes of Regulation 4 of the CAWR 2002.
Summary: Aims to give readers a balanced and pragmatic appreciation of the various issues surrounding asbestos, with particular regard to its use in buildings and structures. Includes guidance for surveyors working in specific areas of practice and outlines the responsibilities of dutyholders. BibliographySummary: Superseded by 2nd. edition (ISBN 9781842194508).

Risk to RICS members -- Surveyors' responsibilities -- Responsibility of others (employer, landlord, tenant, occupant) -- Services offered by surveyors -- Limitations and exclusions -- Insurance -- Asbestos inspection -- Sampling asbestos -- Management plan -- Types of property -- Asbestos removal -- Health issues and risks arising from asbestos -- Extent of Asbestos-Containing Materials (ACMs) -- Regulations -- Flow chart to determine Regulation 4: dutyholder -- Legal issues arising and cases -- Competence of thise involved in inspection for, and in sampling, assessment and removal of asbestos -- Chart showing whether residential premises are likely to be classified as domestic or non-domestic for the purposes of Regulation 4 of the CAWR 2002.

Aims to give readers a balanced and pragmatic appreciation of the various issues surrounding asbestos, with particular regard to its use in buildings and structures. Includes guidance for surveyors working in specific areas of practice and outlines the responsibilities of dutyholders. Bibliography

Superseded by 2nd. edition (ISBN 9781842194508).