Welcome to ADMAS Ltd

ADMAS Ltd. specialises in providing an independent, comprehensive and totally confidential advisory and testing service to ensure that your organisation meets relevant occupational and environmental health requirements.

About Us

Established in 1984, ADMAS Ltd. is now one of the UK's leading and longest established occupational and environmental health companys. We have a team of experienced and qualified analysts, surveyors, technical and appropriate administrative support staff. ADMAS Ltd. is equipped to monitor, evaluate and advise on wide ranging aspects of occupational and environmental health in the workplace. As an employer you are legally responsible for the health, safety and welfare of your employees or any other person who may be affected by your actions under the Health and Safety at Work Etc Act 1974. Over the last few years the UK has introduced occupational and environmental regulations which are now amongst the strictest in the World. Example areas of legislation, which may require external expertise, are ASBESTOS, COSHH and NOISE

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By taking action to comply with the law, you will also be acting in your best interest by maintaining a healthy and efficient workforce. This can only be achieved by recognising, evaluating and controlling environmental factors and stresses in the workplace, which may cause sickness, impaired health or significant discomfort and inefficiency. In many cases it is simply not possible to solve complex problems of statutory compliance without outside help from a specialist such as ADMAS Ltd.

ADMAS Ltd. is accredited by UKAS to ISO 17020 and 17025 for asbestos surveying, identification and fibre counting. Our accreditation also covers the sampling of a wide range of pollutants in ambient environments and the associated gravimetric evaluation of such samples.

ADMAS Ltd. is able to offer certificated Asbestos Awareness training within it own, fully equipped training suite.

Asbestos Basics

Asbestos is a mineral that was, and in some cases still is, commonly excavated from mines in various countries of the world including parts of Canada, South Africa and Zimbabwe. In its unrefined state asbestos appears as a fibrous rock. This rock is then processed to produce a fibrous cotton-wool-like material that can be used in the manufacture of a wide variety of products i.e. Asbestos Containing Materials (ACM's).

Asbestos is often categorised into three main types, these being White Asbestos (Chrysotile), Brown Asbestos (Amosite) and Blue Asbestos (Crocidolite). Asbestos cannot be recognised by its colour alone and must be identified using laboratory techniques which are detailed on our Asbestos Identification web page. It is important to recognise that all types of asbestos are hazardous to health and should be treated accordingly, if you are unsure it is much safer to presume that asbestos is present until it can be proved otherwise.

The dangers with asbestos arise when asbestos fibres, which are so small they are invisible to the naked eye and can only be seen using microscopic techniques, become airborne. This is when they can be inhaled through normal breathing and lodged in the lungs. Here they can cause Lung Cancer, Mesothelioma and / or Asbestosis, all of which are incurable. Asbestos related diseases usually take between 15 and 60 years to develop and show themselves. After diagnosis it can be only a matter of months until they prove fatal.

It should be noted that ACM's are usually only a hazard if they are disturbed or damaged causing the release of asbestos fibres into the air. If an ACM is in a good condition and adequately sealed, usually by way of paint (we recommend that a licensed Asbestos Removal Contractor carry out his process), it does not present an immediate cause for concern, however, an Asbestos Register should be implemented. For further details please refer to ADMAS Ltd Asbestos Surveys web page.

To minimise the exposure of the public and employees to asbestos fibre, the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) have implemented strict guidance and regulations. These restrict work activities on and with Asbestos Containing Materials (ACMs). Included in these regulations are work with asbestos insulation, asbestos coating and asbestos insulation board, under the ‘Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012′.

Trading Since

1984