Patrick

My initial thougth when reading your post is have you carried out with your employees Asbestos Awareness training as per CAW 2006 s10? This is both a legal requirement and will assist those who come into contact with ACMs to identify a potentially dangerous occurrence.

It may also be prudent to ensure that where there is doubt and possibly some significant work taking place that you ensure the dwelling is suitably tested for ACMs. Whether you can recoup costs through the Housing Executive is another matter and one perhaps that needs to be agreed. You could also highlight to the aforementioned the quality of the asbestos register and reports. At the end of the day you need to protect your staff and insulate your business from any prosecution or civil claim.

Ray

In a nutshell, you have to be certain that your guys are not working upon asbestos materials. While the Housing Executive bear some responsibility to provide you with accurate information, you retain the ultimate responsibility to your staff and in all probability you will be prosecuted if things go wrong. Have a Google for Springfield school in Kettering for the possible fallout when this sort of job goes awry.

The Housing Executive really should pull their finger out and at least carry out a Typing survey of their stock followed by a representative asbestos survey of the identified types. Awareness training is very much the last line of defence and should not be relied upon. From the info you've supplied your company is wide open to claims, prosecution and of course exposure of your personnel. Be very careful.