Phil Collins Asbestos Management
Specialists in asbestos related surveying and management
Phil Collins Asbestos Management
Specialists in asbestos related surveying and management
Who we are
We are a small practice of Chartered Surveyors giving national coverage from our base just outside Taunton in Somerset.
The practice comprises a specialist Chartered Surveyor who offers a professional service without the restraints or overheads of larger practices.
Asbestos
Asbestos is a naturally occuring silicate mineral that has been mined in many countries including Australia, Canada, Russia and South Africa.
Commercially there are three common types of asbestos, which originate from two mineral groups.
Amphibole mineral group:
Crocidolite (Blue asbestos)
Amosite (Brown asbestos)
Both banned in 1985.
Serpentine mineral group
Chrysotile (white asbestos)
Banned in 1999.
Clear Reports
Our reports are unique to our company. We have written our own software which enables us to tailor our reports to our clients' needs.
The reports are clear concise and jargon free. All incidences of asbestos containing materials have easy to follow references, and risk assessments are colour coded.
We even include 'look alike' materials to avoid confusion at a later date.
Working with asbestos
When working with asbestos materials, they are divided into three categories. The legislation is different for each category:
Licensed Materials.
Notifiable Non-licensed materials
Non Notifiable Non Licensed materials.
Do you know which is which?
Listed Buildings
We have considerable experience in conducting surveys in Listed Buildings where professional knowledge of building structures is required.
Where renovation surveys are undertaken, advanced survey techniques are employed including the use of camera probes where more intrusive methods are not appropriate.
Complex Sites
Our experience includes complex and varied sites ranging from an international airport large school sites and hospitals.
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Chartered Surveyors are the only surveyors entitled to use the designation MRICS. This is only awarded after about 4 years of study and rigorous training.
Chartered Surveyors are renowned for their professionalism, honesty and integrity. They are governed by the rules of the RICS.
A short history lesson
"We have learned to depend in many, many
ways upon these mineral fibres. Fire does not burn them.
Alkalis does not eat them. Water does not destroy them.
Vermin do not attack them. They do not decay, rot or
corrode. Surely asbestos which gives us so much protection
and so much comfort in our daily lives is a magic
mineral."
— From Asbestos: A Magic Mineral by Lilian Holmes Strack,
1941.
Every year in the UK
4,000 people die from
asbestos-related
diseases, more than the number killed on the roads each
year.
By 2020 it's estimated
that the substance will lead to the deaths of 10,000
people
annually.
BBC Saturday 28 April 2001
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