Asbestos Surveys & Management Support

Specialist asbestos surveys, organised records and coordinated follow-up for buildings across London.

Bigness Built Environment helps property owners and managing agents arrange asbestos surveys and organise the actions arising from specialist findings.

Whether you need information for ongoing building management, a survey before planned works or help updating existing records, we provide one point of coordination.

Choose the Right Survey

The survey required depends on how the building is used and what work is planned.

Management surveys help locate and assess asbestos-containing materials that could be disturbed during normal occupation, including foreseeable maintenance. The findings support the asbestos register and management plan.

Refurbishment or demolition surveys investigate the areas affected by proposed works before materials are disturbed. These surveys can involve intrusive inspection and require appropriate access and arrangements to keep the survey area unoccupied.

We coordinate with the appointed surveyor to confirm the appropriate survey type, extent and access requirements.

What We Can Help With

Depending on your building and agreed scope, we can arrange:

• Asbestos management surveys.
• Refurbishment and demolition surveys.
• Specialist sampling and laboratory analysis.
• Reinspection of previously identified materials.
• Organisation of survey reports and asbestos registers.
• Specialist support to prepare or review management plans.
• Coordination of recommended monitoring, remedial or removal works.
• Collection of relevant completion documentation.

Existing reports are reviewed alongside the proposed use or works to identify whether further survey information is needed.

Plan the Survey Before Attendance

We bring together available building plans, previous surveys, access information and details of any proposed works.

The appointed surveyor confirms the inspection scope and identifies areas requiring intrusive access, isolation or temporary vacancy. Any exclusions or inaccessible areas are recorded in the survey report.

Where further access or investigation is needed, Bigness helps organise the next steps.

Competent Asbestos Specialists

Surveys and sampling are undertaken by competent asbestos specialists, with appropriately accredited providers selected for the relevant services.

Bigness coordinates appointments, information, access and action tracking. The appointed specialists remain responsible for identification, analysis, technical findings and recommendations.

Any asbestos remedial or removal work is allocated to contractors with the competence and, where required, licensing appropriate to the work.

Support for Ongoing Management

Finding asbestos does not automatically mean it must be removed.

The appropriate response depends on its condition, location, likelihood of disturbance and the specialist assessment.

Bigness can help keep the register, monitoring arrangements and action records organised, and make relevant asbestos information available to contractors before maintenance or improvement works.

We support the dutyholder’s management arrangements while specialist decisions remain with the appropriate professionals.

From Findings to Completed Actions

Where a survey recommends further action, we can help:

• Record the recommendations and specialist priorities.
• Obtain quotations for approved work.
• Coordinate access and the sequence of specialist activities.
• Track monitoring, repairs, encapsulation or removal where specified.
• Arrange independent analysis or clearance services where required.
• Collect completion records and coordinate updates to the asbestos register.

Additional investigations and remedial works are quoted separately unless included in the agreed scope.

What You Receive

Depending on the service, you receive the specialist survey report, sample analysis results where applicable, and records of the findings, limitations and recommendations.

Where management support or follow-up works are included, we also organise the relevant register updates, action records and completion documents.

Request a Survey or Management Support

Tell us the property address, approximate building age and whether your enquiry concerns ongoing management or planned refurbishment or demolition.

Upload previous surveys, building plans or a description of the proposed works using the enquiry form. We will review your requirements and confirm the proposed scope and quotation.