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Best Practice | Asbestos

Asbestos

This guide covers social landlords’ responsibilities for managing any asbestos, including asbestos containing material (ACM), in their properties to protect anyone using or working in their premises from the risks to health that exposure to asbestos causes.

Andrew Burke Published date: 20 August 2019

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Bulletin | Compliance

BS 7671: The 18th Edition is crucial for maintenance and asset managers

Bulletin | Asset management

Making the most of active asset management

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General Health and Safety

Fitness for Human Habitation Act 2018: Q&A briefing May 2019

An amendment to the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 that requires all landlords (private and social) to ensure that their properties, including any common parts of the building, are fit for human habitation at the beginning of the tenancy and throughout.

Andrew Burke Published date: 11 July 2019

Best Practice | Electrical safety

Electrical safety

This guide covers social landlords’ responsibilities for electrical safety, including communal areas, such as, entrance halls and foyers, lifts and stairwells, corridors and landings, as well as external areas, such as parking and refuse areas.

Andrew Burke Published date: 29 March 2019

Best Practice | Communal areas

Communal - Heating

The European Commission is currently developing tools to assess the cost-effectiveness of individual heat metering. As a consequence the Government has updated its guidance (see above) advising that no further assessments need be carried out and that the requirement to retrofit heat meters will not be enforced until the new tools are available.

Andrew Burke Published date: 29 March 2019

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