Asbestos Surveys
Merryhill Asbestos Testing and Consulting is the company's asbestos surveying, asbestos sampling and asbestos consultancy division. We carry out management and refurbishment/demolition asbestos surveys, under the guidance of the Health & Safety Executive's HSG264 guidelines for surveying, sampling and assessing asbestos containing materials. There are two options for asbestos surveys;
Management Surveys
This survey is conducted to all reasonably accessible areas and involves sampling of suspect materials to determine the presence of asbestos, the results of this survey will usually form the basis of an asbestos register and management plan.
Refurbishment / Pre Demolition Surveys
These surveys are conducted prior to major refurbishment and demolition and aim to identify asbestos as much as reasonably practicable within the fabric of the building, planning is essential to ensure adequate access and equipment is in place to reach hard to access areas.
Accreditation
We are accredited by UKAS (No. 371) to 17020:1998 for asbestos surveying and sampling. UKAS is the United Kingdom Accreditation Service, and audit Merryhill on a regular basis to make sure that the surveys we provide are accurate, fully within legislation and independent. Although our group offers an asbestos removal service, which a survey may recommend, we note that other companies also offer this service.