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“As long as it's accurate and clear. It gives the risks. Whether there is a blue asbestos for insulation or fire purpose.” “Clear wording and images of the areas.” “A page summary. Then you can see at a glance whether you need to investigate deeper into the report.” “Clear and concise content. Means that any person can read the register, understand the meaning and associated risk.” “Accurate information, easy to interpret. Some of it is 70 pages long and doesn't make any sense, nobody reads it.” Be detailed: “That everything is itemised clearly. That all information can be clearly understood.” “Accuracy is the most important feature of a good quality asbestos register as in what type of asbestos and where it is located. In most registers information is way too general.” “Let you know exactly what's happening on site. They let you know where the asbestos is and where it's not.” “The problem with registers is that they don't specify the type of asbestos that's there and whether or not it's dangerous or whether or not you can work around it, they just tell you it's asbestos. There are many different types…Some of the registers go into detail that doesn't need to be gone into.” “There should be room to put in the actual laboratory findings.” “All the details relating to asbestos - all the about what is involved in the job and materials involved.” “Isolate type and location, sheet and lagging.” Include visual cues e.g. pictures, diagrams and colour coding: “More diagrams and pictures explaining exactly the area affected. It's easier to show someone on a diagram than to say in words.” “Photographs of the location, a warning that asbestos is hidden behind another covering that might be non-asbestos and if any machinery is known to have asbestos.” “Photos, dates, position. It tells you exactly where it is.” “The might be accompanied by a map or floor plan “Photographs and descriptions of what the picture is describing.” “Provided in colour form. Something that highlights the worse areas. Has all the no-go zones listed first, so that you don't have to go through page after page, floor to floor, it just makes it so much easier to read through.” Be accurate and up to date:
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