Asbestos Knowledge Empire

In this episode Neil and Ian deep dive into how to ensure you select the right asbestos contractor. Covering everything from licenses, accreditations, memberships and financial stability.   Transcript: Ian:      Welcome to Asbestos Knowledge Empire. I’m Ian Stone. Neil:    I’m Neil Munro. Ian:      So today we’re looking at contractor competence and how to check it. Neil:    Previously spoke about the [unclear – 01:12] sort of failures and stuffs of [unclear – 01:17] companies. Ian:      So this is more removal contractors, asbestos remediation, asbestos removal works, all those type of contractors. They kind of fall into two categories, don’t they, are they licensed or non-licensed? Neil:     Yeah. Ian:      Licensed contractors they are given a license from the health and safety executive to work on and with licensable asbestos materials. You need license if you’re going to potentially exceed the control limit so it’s kind of the work on the higher risk materials, higher percentage of asbestos would you say