Asbestos for surveyors is a practical reference guide for all those responsible for identifying and dealing with asbestos in buildings t. Asbestos for surveyors is a practical reference guide for all those responsible for identifying and dealing with asbestos in buildings the book is based upon the control of asbestos at work act 2002 and is intended to be a guide to the technical aspects of asbestos and why it was originally used it illustrates where it may be found in . Asbestos roof surveys the life expectancy of an asbestos roof according to the royal institution of chartered surveyors rics is 25 to 40 years profiled asbestos cement roof sheets were used because they were cheap to produce and easy to install. Complacency is the asbestos surveyors enemy number one there is lots of training available to make sure surveyors are qualified and they will build up experience before they are let loose on their own because asbestos is such a hazardous substance you tend to find surveyors arent complacent when they first qualify because the work is still new and theyre still not 100 comfortable