Specialist Asbestos & Hazardous Materials Consulting Services in Sydney and NSW

The Work Health and Safety Regulation and the Code of Practice “How to Manage and Control Asbestos in the Workplace” require all buildings constructed prior to 31 December 2003 and operating as a workplace to have an Asbestos Register and Asbestos Management Plan. Australian Standard AS2601 Demolition of Structures requires that the structures and all parts of the site to be examined in order to determine the presence of hazardous materials before commencement of any renovation or demolition. Identified hazardous building materials must be removed under controlled condition prior to disturbance. Local Councils require an asbestos inspection and hazardous materials inspection and a submission of an Asbestos Survey Report (asbestos register) or Hazardous Materials Survey Report (hazardous materials register) for buildings constructed prior to 1990 as part of a Development Application (DA) documentation. The WHS Regulation require that removal of asbestos is undertaken in accordance with the Code of Practice “How to Safely Remove Asbestos”. Other applicable Standards, codes and guidelines:

• Australian Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Code of Good Practice Set. HB 40 Set-2005
• Australia and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council (ANZECC), Polychlorinated Biphenyls Management Plan
• Australia and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council (ANZECC), Identification of PCB – Containing Capacitors
• Australian Commonwealth Government – Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989
• Australian Standard AS4361.2-2017 Guide to hazardous paint management, Part 2: Lead paint in residential, public and commercial buildings
• Australian Standard AS 4361.1—2017 Guide to hazardous paint management Lead and other hazardous metallic pigments in industrial applications
• National Occupational Health and Safety Commission (NOHSC), Control of Inorganic Lead at Work: National Standard, 1012 – 1994
• National Occupational Health and Safety Commission (NOHSC), Guidance Note on the Membrane Filter Method for Estimating Airborne Asbestos Fibres 2nd Edition, 3003 – 2005
• National Occupational Health and Safety Commission (NOHSC), National Standard and National Code of Practice for Synthetic Mineral Fibre – May 1990
• National Occupational Health and Safety Commission (NOHSC), National Code of Practice for the Control and Safe Use of Inorganic Lead at Work, 2015 – 1994.