Deleterious materials: The surveyor's responsibility – 2

Our previous paper on this subject in Structural Survey (Vol 3 No 1) outlined the problems facing the surveyor in this difficult area. Clients may often expect (sometimes implicitly) surveyors to identify hazardous materials as part of their normal survey procedure and subsequently to assist in the assessment of any hazard to the occupiers, with the selection of alternative materials, and advise upon the pros and cons of remedial or replacement work. While the paper identified the locations where hazardous materials may be expected in domestic buildings, many questions on the other issues remain unanswered.