WHERE ARE WE THIS YEAR? - Poole Housing Partnership

Asbestos: Sampling Asbestos: Removal
Meet The Team
Roy Davis
Area Manager
Roy coordinates
the asbestos works
across the Borough
and liaises with AA
Wood’s for asbestos
removal works.
Glenn Bancroft
Surveyor
Glenn will come to
your home to take
samples, prior to any
other contract works
taking place.
John Dawson
Surveyor & Analyst
It’s John’s job to
analyse the samples
taken in your home
and monitor any
asbestos removal
works that take
place.
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Meet The Team
( 0 202 8 3222 ( 0 202 669977
Don’t Delay!
If you receive a letter from
either Ethos or AA Woods, please
call the number on the letter to
make an appointment time that’s
convenient for you. This will ensure
that any improvement works that are
due to happen at your home, like
a new kitchen or bathroom, go
ahead without any delay.
...Ethos Environmental ...AA Woods
Ethos Environmental are one of the
country’s leading UKAS-accredited
asbestos consulting laboratories.
The company is licensed by the UK
Health & Safety Executive and will
maintain a full-time presence in the
Poole area for the duration of the Decent
Homes reinvestment programme.
Ethos are responsible for taking samples
from areas in your home that may be
disturbed by any of the other works that
are due to happen.
For example, if you’re getting a new
kitchen, an Ethos Surveyor will come to
your home and take tiny samples from
the areas that may be affected when the
kitchen fitters start work.
The sample will be discreet and Ethos
will endeavour not to cause any damage
to your property or decoration, as far as
is possible.
Ethos surveyors will be as unobtrusive as
possible. Each survey takes about 30-45
minutes.
Any samples that the Surveyor takes will
be analysed in a lab to see if it contains
any asbestos-related materials. If the
result comes back as positive, we will
ask AA Woods to undertake removal
works at your home.
Ethos Environmental monitor the removal of asbestos by
AA Woods, using air monitors and other specialist equipment
Mention asbestos and the majority of
people start to worry. It is a well-known
fact that asbestos-related diseases can
kill, but did you know that as long as
it’s in good condition and not disturbed,
there is no risk to your health?
In fact, the people most at risk from
asbestos are not our residents, but
those who may have to disturb it as part
of their work activities, e.g. plumbers
and electricians, etc.
We have employed both Ethos
Environmental and AA Woods because
many of our properties do contain
asbestos in one form or another.
At PHP take seriously our responsibilities
for identifying, assessing and managing
the risks from asbestos in your home.
Asbestos materials can most commonly
be found in housing stock constructed
during the period 1950s to 1980s.
Did You Know?
Ethos have surveyed
over 800 homes
across Poole
Asbestos
Common locations can include:
Decorative textured coatings (old
artex materials)
floor tiles
panelling/boarding
roofing slates and felts
bin chutes
It’s not just the building fabric either,
asbestos can crop up in acoustic sink
pads and even in toilet cisterns!
We need to safely remove any asbestos
materials that may be present in your
home, so that the rest of our contractors
are not at risk when they come to install
new kitchens and bathrooms, etc.
Although asbestos can cause alarm, it is
important to remember that it is usually
present in a house without presenting
any health risks to the occupants.
Asbestos is
a natural mineral
excavated from the
ground
AA Woods have been operating
throughout the UK since 1994. They
are specialists in the field of asbestos
removal works.
They have offices in Poole, and in many
instances will be the first contractors
you meet as part of the Decent Homes
reinvestment programme.
If you’re down to have any of the works
done, you’ll first get a visit from an Ethos
Environmental Surveyor.
After the Surveyor has been, if the
results of the asbestos tests come
back as positive, AA Woods will have to
make another appointment with you to
undertake removal works at your home.
This work will involve a team of qualified
asbestos removal experts coming in to
carefully remove the asbestos that’s
been found.
We will try to minimise the disruption
to you while the works are carried out.
However, for your own safety, you will not
be allowed to go into the rooms that AA
Woods are working in, while the asbestos
is being dealt with.
AA Woods’ Tenant Liaison Officer will
discuss the removal process with you
when booking your appointment, and
further information is available in your
Tenant Pack.
AA Woods staff unload their equipment in preparation for
removal works to start
Kevin Harkin
General Manager
Kevin is responsible
for organising the
works for you. He
will make sure that
all the works in your
home run smoothly.
Imelda Harkin
Tenant Liaison
Officer and Admin.
Coordinator
Imelda is your first
point of contact
when telephoning
AA Woods.
Jerry Greenway
Senior Site
Supervisor
Jerry has been
with AA Woods for
two years and is
the main point of
contact on site.
Have you
seen this
sticker?
Did You Know?If you see this sticker
stuck somewhere, it
means that whatever
it’s stuck to contains
asbestos.
Whether it’s a ceiling, wall, floor, panel,
or anything else, DO NOT nail into, drill
into, sand over or otherwise disturb
the material.
If an area where a sticker is gets
damaged, please call PHP on 0800
652 3900 immediately.