Posted By Andrew Carr As landlords, we are responsible for hundreds of properties across a very large and diverse area. Most of the properties are at least 30 years old. Most have had some works done on them with respect to improvements, and a fair number have had full refurbishments. We need to establish our Asbestos Management Plan to cover all our properties. My Facility Manager has asked me if we can do this by taking a representative sample across our estate, e.g. say 30% of our holding and extrapolate across the estate to give us our "percentage of achieving compliance". My initial gut instinct is of course that we cannot, the risk of missing ACM's is too high. My initial suggestion to him is that we instruct Type 1 Surveys on all our properties, and where suspicion is raised, we then instruct Type 2's. I said to him, I'd need to take further guidance though, so here goes!!

Posted By Andrew Carr Thanks for the advice Ron. I'm only with this "organisation" for just over a year. Management Plans are already in place, and surveys are being done. It's the rate of being done and the "amount" that's a little concerning me. Added factor is we're not in the UK, but trying our best to comply with UK requirements.

Posted By Bob Youel you should comply with local laws in the first instance - leave UK compliance alone if you are not in the UK however the UK systems, standards etc can be used anywhere as your guides