| Till quite recently asbestos had been one ideal material | | | | to manage the risk associated is to be prepared. |
| for building purposes. Being inexpensive and easy to | | | | Starting up with managing asbestos problems involves |
| use and having fire retardant and electrical resistance | | | | the following:o A desktop study is to be conducted to |
| properties this was a much sought after building | | | | find out and take down together what all is already |
| material. The discovery that the airborne asbestos | | | | known about your building. Documents such as plans |
| fibers upon inhaling cannot be expelled by the lungs | | | | and papers are to be verified.o Thereafter an |
| has led to it being classified as a health problem | | | | inspection of the building is to be preferably done to |
| creator. These sharp fibers have also been known to | | | | ascertain that building materials contain asbestos. The |
| have a penetrating effect on the tissues. These | | | | results of inspection are to be recorded for identifying |
| together with the findings of health problems attributed | | | | the parts where asbestos may lie.o Then an |
| to asbestos like asbestosis, mesothelioma and cancer | | | | assessment is to be made about the risk of asbestos |
| has led to the emergence of the need for suitable | | | | fibers being released into the air from the problem |
| legal measures in this regard to be advocated. | | | | areas. The condition of the problematic materials and |
| Asbestos fibers or dust needs to be kept away from | | | | their probability of being damaged or disturbed to |
| the workplaces and homes. Though there are | | | | aggravate the risk are to be adjudged too.o As per |
| regulations for controlling asbestos related diseases | | | | legal duty and responsibility a management plan is to |
| and asbestos fiber spread such legal provisions would | | | | be drawn. The areas that may need asbestos sealing |
| be effective enough only if robust enforcement | | | | or encapsulation or if not anything else- removal are to |
| reinforces it. Such enforcement would require backing | | | | be declared. |
| by banning of the import and use of asbestos | | | | An important objective of the plan thus to be set is to |
| products that remain that are permissible for serving | | | | provide a warning to the people coming for work at |
| as construction material. It might be needed to provide | | | | the building so that they prevent themselves from |
| additional legislation in the regard and would require | | | | getting exposed to accidental asbestos dust exposure. |
| focusing of the minds of construction companies and | | | | Frequent checks conducted on a regular basis is |
| their suppliers. With substitutes of asbestos being | | | | important for making sure that material condition has |
| readily available the existing laws may be suitably | | | | not worsened. The plan for managing the asbestos |
| enforced to ban asbestos usage altogether. Alongside, | | | | risk need be kept up to date. |
| special care ought to be taken for the effective | | | | What legal duty concerns is managing asbestos and |
| management of asbestos removal, refurbishment, | | | | not doing away with (removing) it. The asbestos that |
| maintenance and demolition work. | | | | remains in good condition and is not likely to be |
| Determination whether the building you are residing in | | | | disturbed need not be removed. And such removal |
| contains asbestos is important. It is equally important to | | | | may actually lead to bearing of an expense quite |
| assess the building's risk of releasing fibers. And a plan | | | | unnecessarily. |