Commercial property > Health and safety
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Asbestos - Lead us not into contamination
06 May 2010
Martin Russell-Croucher considers asbestos management in schools. Asbestos is a mineral fibre which is mined in various parts of the world such as Canada, South Africa and China....
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Health and safety - Doing it for real
28 April 2010
An insight into the complexities that the facilities management surveyor faces when producing an emergency plan for business continuity, then applying that plan into real time incident management,...
Summary
This section covers obligations of surveyors to their employees in the workplace and when advising clients. Key topics include a surveyor's role and responsibilities, the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, asbestos issues, fire, Occupiers' Liability Acts 1957 and 1984, statutory provisions and penalties for non-compliance, alteration and refurbishment of premises and surveyors acting as management agents.
This section is maintained by Hilary Ross of Bond Pearce LLP and Julia Thomas of Bond Pearce LLP.
Resources
- Glossary
- Features
- Forms
- Legislation
- Confined Spaces Regulations 1997
- Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007
- Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005
- Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (Amendment) Regulations 2003
- Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1999
- Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002
- Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007
- Defective Premises Act 1972
- Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994
- Electricity at Work Regulations 1989
- Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987
- Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998
- Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005
- Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992
- Health and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2002
- Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996
- Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
- Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998
- List of Wastes (England) Regulations 2005
- Management of Health and Safety at Work and Fire Precautions (Workplace) (Amendment) Regulations 2003
- Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
- Notification of Cooling Towers and Evaporative Condensers Regulations 1992
- Occupiers' Liability Act 1957
- Occupiers' Liability Acts 1984
- Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928
- Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998
- Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
- Waste Management (England and Wales) Regulations 2006
- Work at Height Regulations 2005
- Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992
- RICS practice standards
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Worksmart tools
- Contract Administrator
- ProForms
- Survey Writer
- A surveyor's roles and responsibilities
- Specialist consultants and contractors
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Advising occupiers or tenants on H&S
- Introduction
- Principal obligations
- Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
- Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007
- Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992
- Fire safety and a tenant's or occupier's responsibilities
- Asbestos issues in buildings and a tenant's or occupier's responsibilities
- Occupiers' Liability Act 1957 - duties to visitors
- Occupiers' Liability Act 1984 - duties to non-visitors
- Other statutory liabilities and responsibilities of tenants and occupiers
- Statutory provisions and penalties for non-compliance
- General common law liabilities
- Alteration and refurbishment of premises
- Advising a landlord on H&S
- Acting as a management agent
- Current health and safety issues
- Legal framework
- Statutes and regulations
- Key cases
- Further information on health and safety