Most of our clients are continuing largely as normal but with office staff working from home where practical. Some asbestos surveyors are finding it difficult to gain entry to domestic premises, in particular, whereas others are finding that they are being welcomed into buildings that have fewer staff than normal to complete their asbestos-related tasks.
The latest instructions (at 24.3.2020) from the UK Government are here and contain this instruction about how work has been affected:
Clearly, asbestos surveying cannot be done from home and so appears to be OK for now, maintaining social distancing protocols, naturally.
The government minister Robert Jenrick has also appeared to confirm this in a Tweet:
Other construction websites are reporting that they are seeking clarification about whether "open air" sites are OK whereas confined spaces are not. I guess there will be more clarification over the next few days.
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