When considering an asbestos removal project there are a number of considerations. These regulatory issues are detailed below. The revised asbestos Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 20026 requires that before any work is carried out with asbestos, a written assessment including risk assessment (method statement) should be prepared and a copy held on site. It is particularly important that the asbestos removals work is strictly segregated from other works on site and, as far as possible, all asbestos materials are removed before any demolition works. Work at a particular site may involve a single method or a combination of methods of asbestos removals. The methods of work and control will be such as to ensure that asbestos dust is, as far as practical, confined within the designated working areas. Asbestos stripping shall, wherever possible, be by "wet" stripping techniques. The only exception will be where there are strong health & safety or technical reasons which prevent the use of less dusty methods, e.g. work on hot plant or pipes, work which if done wet may introduce electrical or "chemical hazards". Dust control for dry strip will be by extraction/vacuum equipment being used at the workface, (shadow vacuuming) the Type of equipment used will depend on the particular work being done. To prevent contamination, during the course of asbestos removal operations, of adjacent property, plant, equipment & persons, the areas of asbestos removals should be completely sealed under negative pressure.
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