Asbestos Services

Introduction

The Health & Safety at Work (Asbestos) Regulations 2016

require “a Person Conducting a Business or Undertaking

(PCBU) with management or control of a workplace who

knows or ought reasonably to know that there is a risk of

exposure to respirable asbestos fibres in the workplace

must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that all

asbestos or ACM giving rise to the risk at the workplace is

identified”.

Maynard Marks employs a large team of Licensed

Assessors through Worksafe NZ with the globally

recognised British Occupational Health Society (BOHS)

P402 and P405 qualifications in the surveying, sampling

and management of asbestos in buildings. This means

our team members satisfy the “competent person”

requirement and will complete the service to the

appropriate safety standard, providing you peace of mind.

Asbestos Management Surveys and Reports(also known as Asbestos Risk Assessment Report)

The purpose of an Asbestos Management Survey is to locate (as far as is reasonably

practicable) the presence, extent and condition of any suspected Asbestos Containing

Material (ACM) in the building, which could be damaged or disturbed during normal

occupancy, including foreseeable maintenance works.

If we complete an asbestos management survey for you it will usually involve

sampling and analysis to confirm the presence or absence of ACMs. The Report will

provide sufficient information to assist you and us to develop an Asbestos Register,

to carry out a suitable Risk Assessment and to establish a written Management Plan/

Policy to manage the risks.

The kind of services we provide include:

• Asbestos Management Surveys and Reports

• Demolition and Refurbishment Surveys and Reports

• Asbestos Registers

• Asbestos Management Plan/Policy

• Risk Assessment and Method Statements

• Reviewing Contractors’ Method Statements and

Plans of Works

• Monitoring of Asbestos Removal Works

• Asbestos Clearance Certification

• Design and Project Management Services

• Client Asbestos Awareness Training.

If you’re planning any refurbishment or demolition

work, you will require a Demolition and

Refurbishment Survey in advance of this work.

This type of survey may also be required in other

circumstances e.g. for items such as plant

regardless of whether an Asbestos Management

Survey has been completed.

The purpose of this survey is to locate and

describe all ACM in the areas where refurbishment

will take place or, in the case of demolition, the

entire building or part of the building being

demolished. This type of survey is fully intrusive

which means we will need to carry out a

destructive inspection and to gain access to all

areas including those that are otherwise difficult

to reach and which would typically not normally

be covered by an Asbestos Management Survey.

Asbestos RegistersWe will produce an Asbestos Register once ACM is confirmed in a building. It’s important

that this is kept onsite to inform those parties engaged to work on your building, such as

consultants and contractors, of the presence of ACM. This will ensure that they can take

the necessary measures to treat the material and make sure that no contamination of the

building or space where the material exists occurs as a result of disturbance or damage.

The Asbestos Register is a live document that we, and your other consultants and

contractors, will update as material is identified and removed from your building or site.

Demolition and Refurbishment Surveys and Reports

An Asbestos Management Plan essentially involves

forming a policy to provide direction to a PCBU (and

those that it may employ) around managing ACM. If

we develop a plan on your behalf, we will:

• Identify asbestos or ACM (confirmed and

presumed) and create an Asbestos Register via the

Asbestos Management Report

• Set out our decisions and reasons for managing

asbestos

• Define the procedures for detailing incidents and

emergencies relating to asbestos

• Agree schedules for ongoing monitoring of ACM

• Advise parties that may work upon or occupy a

building about the asbestos management plan and

the decisions that have been made in relation to

management of material

• Ensure a copy of the plan is readily accessible

on site.

Risk Assessment and Method StatementsIn situations where we identify asbestos, we will

complete a Risk and Management Assessment. This

will provide you with site-specific, risk-based data

for the working with, or removal, of ACM in advance

of works and will include suggestions of possible

methods of treatment.

Asbestos Management Plan/Policy

We can review contractors’ site specific method statements and plans of works to ensure

these comply with both legislative requirements and best practice. This will provide you with

confidence that the work is going to be completed in a safe and compliant manner thereby

protecting you from the onerous implications of not doing so.

Asbestos Clearance CertificationUpon completion of asbestos removal works, you’ll need confirmation that all asbestos has

been successfully removed and that contamination has not occurred as a result of a release

of fibres. We can provide you with a clearance certification. In order to provide this, we will

need to take swabs and complete spore trap sampling in the treated areas/premises to

confirm successful decontamination and that spaces are fit for re-occupation.

Reviewing Contractors’ Method Statements and Plans of Works

Monitoring of Asbestos Removal WorksWe are often engaged to monitor works

during the removal or treatment of products

to ensure the correct procedures are

followed, so that no one is inadvertently

‘exposed’ to asbestos. Engaging us in this role

is your insurance policy to ensure the work is

carried out properly and in accordance with

previously agreed Method Statements and

Plans of Work.

Maynard Marks has the ability to produce design documentation and provide the

subsequent project management services for the treatment and removal of asbestos,

ensuring the appropriate measures are taken.

We are able to undertake asbestos removal design and project management, which covers the following areas of service:

• Production of design documents

• Writing and preparing asbestos removal specification documents

• Providing appropriate guidance to the client

• Writing and preparing removal tender documentation

• Asbestos removal tender evaluation

• Vetting of method statements and plans of work

• Full site management and supervision of contractors

• Provision of IANZ, UKAS, NATA accredited asbestos fibre air monitoring on site for the

duration of the project

• Update asbestos registers following works

• Site hand over once all works have been completed.

Design and Project Management Services

Client Asbestos Awareness TrainingBusinesses and property owners and staff

that they employ are often unaware of

the requirements imposed upon them by

legislation and what this may mean about

the day-to-day running of a building or

facility that may contain asbestos. Maynard

Marks assists its clients by providing asbestos

awareness training that will impart knowledge

on such parties to operate in a safe and

compliant manner, as well as practical training

to assist with this process.

By choosing Maynard Marks, you’ll have access to some of the most highly-qualified and experienced professionals in New Zealand. Our team members have a mix of complementary skills. All professional staff are committed to continuing professional development, ensuring we stay top of our field and abreast of the latest technologies and legislative requirements.

AucklandLevel 12, 52 Swanson Street, Auckland. PO Box 1299, Shortland Street, Auckland 1140. Phone: +64 9 912 2550

WellingtonLevel 11, 36 Customhouse Quay, Wellington. PO Box 25218, Featherston Street, Wellington 6146. Phone: +64 4 282 0650

ChristchurchLevel 2, 50 Victoria Street, Christchurch PO Box 3277, Christchurch 8140 Phone: +64 3 379 1773

Professional Associations

Maynard Marks is a Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) chartered surveying practice and a New Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA) practice.

In addition we employ Registered Building Surveyors who are Registered Members of the New Zealand Institute of Building Surveyors (NZIBS) and Registered Quantity Surveyors through the New Zealand Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NZIQS).

This means we are governed by, and work to, the highest standards, so you can be confident that the service we provide is the highest professional standard.

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