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What is the duty to manage asbestos? Any non-domestic building built before 2000 may contain asbestos-containing materials (ACMs), and Regulation 4 of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 (CAR 2012) places a legal duty on those responsible for maintaining such buildings to manage that risk. This "duty to manage" requires identifying where asbestos is, or is likely to be, assessing its condition, keeping records up to date, and making sure anyone who might disturb it, whet

What does the law actually require? Employers' obligations for workplace ventilation come from Regulation 6 of the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, which requires that every enclosed workplace is ventilated by a sufficient quantity of fresh or purified air. The Approved Code of Practice (ACOP) accompanying the Regulations expands on this, noting that ventilation should be sufficient to remove and dilute warm, stale air and replace it with fresh air, an

In March 2024, the Health and Safety Executive published the first significant revision to HSG274 Part 1 since the guidance was originally issued in 2014. If you operate or have responsibility for an evaporative cooling system, whether that's a cooling tower, an evaporative condenser or a hybrid dry/wet system, this update affects you, regardless of whether you're running a full-scale legionella management programme or simply keeping on top of a single unit. It's worth saying