CAMBRIDGE, England, June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Asbestos solutions provider Thames Laboratories has published a newly
updated 24-page report to help property owners and managers understand the
basics of asbestos management and their legal requirements under the Control
of Asbestos Regulations (CAR)2006.
The publication - Managing Asbestos: report for property owner and
managers - covers the historical usage and processing of asbestos, asbestos
production (including sprayed asbestos, thermal insulation, asbestos
insulating board, and asbestos cement), asbestos hazards (including
asbestosis, mesothelioma and pleural plaques), and the implications of
asbestos legislation.
The free-to-download report contains new information regarding duty
holders responsibilities in light of the European Asbestos Worker Protection
Directive (AWPD). This includes:
- Duty to Manage - what do the new regulations mean for
facilities managers and duty holders?
- Sporadic and low-intensity work - what does this mean in
practice?
- Awareness training - who needs awareness training and who is
responsible for ensuring that those working with asbestos have been
properly trained?
John Richards, author of the report and technical director at Thames
Laboratories, commented:
"This report aims to provide a comprehensive introduction to the subject
for property owners and managers, health and safety professionals, facilities
managers, and - of course - all employers who have duties under asbestos
legislation."
The report can be downloaded from Thames Laboratories' website at
www.thameslabs.co.uk.
NOTES TO EDITORS
1. Managing Asbestos: report for property owner and managers (second
edition) was published on 01 June 2007. Images of the report and author are
available from marketing manager Kasia Czura, tel. +44(0)1480-891800, email
kasia@thameslabs.co.uk.
2. Thames Laboratories is one of the UK's leading asbestos consultancies
and has been providing a full range of surveying, management, and testing
services since 1991. Thames Laboratories specialises in helping property
owners/managers to comply with the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations
2006, and is accredited by UKAS to carry out asbestos surveys, testing and
monitoring under ISO 17020 and ISO 17025.
3. TL technical director John Richards has more than 20 years'
professional experience in asbestos management, and is an internationally
recognised figure in the asbestos abatement sector: John sits on the RICS
asbestos working group, and is currently the chair of ATAC (a division of the
Asbestos Removal Contractors Association).
4. Contact details:
Thames Laboratories
The Granary
Brook Farm
Thrapston Road
Ellington
Cambridgeshire PE28 0AE
tel. 0800-085-2348
email info@thameslabs.co.uk
web www.thameslabs.co.uk
Thames Laboratories
Kasia Czura, tel. +44(0)1480-891800, email kasia@thameslabs.co.uk
