Asbestos Network guidance on personal monitoring, health, and exposure records

The Asbestos Network is working on guidance to cover personal monitoring, and health and exposure records. Here we look at how the draft guidance stands, and what it means for analysts and operatives.

The Work and Pensions Committee asbestos report: five key recommendations

The Work and Pensions Committee has published its report on how the HSE manages asbestos in the UK. It’s full of well-balanced recommendations - here we look at the details, and focus in on five recommendations that could transform UK asbestos management for the better.

A look ahead to 2022

It’s a new year and, hopefully, one in which we’ll finally learn to master the pandemic. With the promise of things returning closer to normal, here’s what we’re looking forward to in 2022.

Talking Asbestos – Nick appears on the Asbestos Knowledge Empire podcast

What’s been lost in the move to the new evidence-based licensing regime? How deep should health and safety culture go? What are the particular problems posed by asbestos in schools, and what’s the story of Assure360? Nick’s covered all these topics and more in his appearance on the Asbestos Knowledge Empire podcast. Discover more.

Better Asbestos Removal – what to do when perfect isn’t possible

When the asbestos industry deals with significant risks, why do we have ‘guidance’, and why does the UK’s key health and safety legislation leave room for interpretation?

Reviewing 2019 – a year of change in asbestos management

2019 marked the 20th anniversary of the UK’s total ban on asbestos. A day to celebrate, but the year also saw upheaval in asbestos management, with the HSE’s long-overdue overhaul of the licensing regime becoming a talking point for the wrong reasons. Here’s our review of the year.

Taking licence – how the HSE is shaking up asbestos removal

In its overhaul of the asbestos licencing regime, the HSE is doing away with one and two-year licences. That's exactly what founder Nick Garland called for - here he explains why it's the right move, what some of the benefits will be, and how we're better placed than ever to help and support LARCs applying for a licence.

HSE asbestos licensing: is the system broken?

With different licence durations and multiple conditions that can be attached, clients often use a LARC’s asbestos-removal licence as a shortcut to judging competence. Fortunately the HSE is giving the system a much-needed overhaul - here's Nick Garland's take.

Events preview: the best events and conferences for asbestos and safety professionals

Our list of the best asbestos and health and safety events happening in the UK over the next 6 months.

Audit insights: top 10 site non-conformance issues June & July 2018

What were the top 10 non-conformance issues we recorded in June and July 2018? Nick Garland has the breakdown.

What to do when you find asbestos contamination on site

Finding asbestos contamination on a site or building project can feel paralysing. But there’s no need to panic. Here’s a simple guide to help.

FAAM – the new home for asbestos professionals

The Faculty of Asbestos Assessment and Management (FAAM) is the new home for qualified, experienced asbestos professionals. It’s long overdue.

Audit insights: top 10 site non conformance issues Sept & Oct 2017

This is a summary of the non conformance data we collected via the Assure360 app in September and October 2017.

Audit insights August 2017: top 10 site non conformance issues

In our regular feature, we take a look at the data collected by Assure360 to understand the issues our peers in the safety industry tackle during site audits and tech reviews.

Audit insights July 2017: top 10 site non conformance issues

See what the data from the Assure360 app is telling us about the most common non conformance issues on site audits during July 2017.

New analyst guidance part 2: testing for asbestos

Part 2 of Nick Garland's review of the draft asbestos analyst guidance from the HSE.

Our new app: evolution or revolution?

We’ve just released an updated version of the Assure360 app - here’s how it helps to turn auditing into meaningful improvements in safety.

Appointing the right asbestos analyst: new analyst guidance

Read Nick Garland's summary of the draft of the new Asbestos Analyst’s Guide from the HSE and what it suggests for hiring the right analyst.

Contamination Expo Assure360 Asbestos Innovation Award

Read why Assure360 was shortlisted for the Asbestos Innovation award at the Contamination Expo 2016.

Competence in the asbestos removal industry

Read our summary and critique of the latest ARMI guidance on competence in the asbestos industry.

Is Chrysotile dangerous? Myths debunked at EAF15

Find out what we learned about Chrysotile and asbestos at the first European Asbestos Forum in Amsterdam.

Asbestos removal and CDM – the elephant in the room

Read our thoughts on changes in asbestos CDM removal regulations and how they relate to our industry.

Asbestos exposure monitoring – not licence renewal already?

We think exposure monitoring is more than just another regulatory requirement - read why.

Competence schemes – the good, the bad and the ugly

What makes a good competence scheme – or indeed a bad one? Read our advice.

Extra red tape or what you’re doing anyway? ALG competence guidance

Read our expert take on the ALG draft guidance on how to design a competence scheme.

Asbestos exposure monitoring

Find out why we think exposure monitoring is a tool that is under-utilised in the asbestos industry.

Three key services we can provide for you here at Assure Risk Management

Find out about the variety of different services to help you combat health and safety issues.