Why Your Asbestos Survey Keeps Saying “Reinspect Annually”

This is why asbestos management is ultimately not a surveying exercise, but a management responsibility.

Asbestos compliance was never intended to be driven by templates or fixed inspection calendars. Regulation 4 places responsibility with those who understand how a building is actually used, how spaces change, how maintenance occurs, and where disturbance risk genuinely exists. Surveys remain an essential starting point, but compliance is achieved through informed management decisions made over time, not pre-written recommendations. The most effective asbestos management systems are therefore not those that simply repeat annual inspections, but those that apply professional judgement, proportionate risk assessment and continuous oversight, exactly as UK guidance intended.