Global Asbestos Audits’ Brisbane office serves as our national home base, coordinating projects and supporting clients right across Australia. Whether you are a commercial property owner, landlord, property manager, or developer, our Brisbane-based team and our network of consultants, inspectors, and assessors are ready to help you identify, manage, and document any asbestos risk at your premises.
About Global Asbestos Audits Brisbane
Brisbane is the operational hub from which Global Asbestos Audits coordinates work throughout Queensland and across the country. Our consultants, inspectors, and assessors are located in capital cities and regional centres nationwide, meaning no matter where your property is situated, our team can reach you.
Initial enquiries are always welcome by phone or email. We are happy to discuss your situation and provide guidance before any site visit is required. However, because every property is unique, our consultants typically conduct an on-site consultation to properly scope your premises, gain a thorough understanding of the building’s history, and tailor their recommendations accordingly.
Due to Australia’s nationwide ban on the importation, manufacture, and use of asbestos, which was phased in from the 1980’s and took full effect on 31 December 2003, and the widespread use of asbestos in building materials prior to that date, the properties we most commonly service are older commercial buildings. Asbestos was used extensively in plasterboard, cement products, insulation, electrical boards, fire-retardant materials, and general construction throughout much of the twentieth century, making it a legacy concern for a large proportion of Australia’s existing commercial building stock.
We also regularly attend sites prior to demolition or major renovation to assess asbestos risk and confirm the presence or absence of asbestos-containing materials (ACMs). From there, we coordinate testing, remediation, and removal, and once ACMs have been cleared, we issue the necessary clearance certificates. Throughout the entire process, everything is thoroughly documented through our asbestos reports and asbestos registers in accordance with legal requirements.
We are also seeing an increasing incidence of asbestos contamination arising from contaminated landfill and from imported products originating in countries where asbestos regulation is less stringent. Global Asbestos Audits can help you identify and quantify your exposure risk. With the health consequences of asbestos exposure now well understood, taking a ‘wait and see’ approach is no longer a viable strategy. It can expose workers and tenants to serious health risks while creating significant legal liability for property owners and landlords.
Services Provided Through Our Brisbane Office
Global Asbestos Audits provides a comprehensive range of services to help commercial property owners, landlords, and property managers meet their legal obligations. Services available through our Brisbane office include:
- Division 5 asbestos audits (visual inspection)
- Division 6 asbestos audits (more intrusive inspection)
- Asbestos inspections and asbestos testing
- Asbestos reports
- Compilation of asbestos registers
- Asbestos management plans
- Asbestos air testing and clearance certificates
- Pre-demolition asbestos assessments and ACM identification
- Remediation and removal coordination
- Ongoing asbestos management
- Silica air testing, monitoring, and management
Our team draws on years of practical experience and a thorough understanding of the legal requirements in each Australian state and territory to provide recommendations on how best to manage any asbestos exposure identified at your property.
Legislative Considerations for Asbestos Management in Queensland
Asbestos management in Queensland is governed by a framework of state and federal legislation administered by several government agencies. The primary legislation affecting commercial property owners and landlords includes:
- Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld) and the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011; the primary legislation governing asbestos management in Queensland workplaces, including commercial premises.
- The How to Manage and Control Asbestos in the Workplace Code of Practice 2021 provides detailed guidance on identifying, recording, and managing asbestos to meet the legal standard.
- Building Act 1975 (Qld) regulates the demolition of buildings and structures that may contain asbestos.
- The Environmental Protection Act 1994 (Qld) addresses illegal dumping and environmental incidents involving asbestos.
- Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011 (Qld) regulates the transport and disposal of asbestos waste.
Key obligations for Queensland commercial property owners and managers include:
- Maintaining an asbestos register for any workplace building: buildings constructed before 1 January 1990 must have an asbestos register unless asbestos has been confirmed as absent.
- Preparing and maintaining an asbestos management plan where asbestos has been identified.
- Notifying Workplace Health and Safety Queensland before certain asbestos removal or disturbance work takes place.
- Ensuring that appropriately licensed removalists carry out any asbestos removal and that clearance certificates are obtained upon completion.
Important: Workplace Health and Safety Queensland conducts regular statewide compliance audits targeting businesses operating from buildings constructed before 1990. Non-compliance can result in improvement notices, on-the-spot fines, and other enforcement action. Ensuring your asbestos register and management plan are up to date is not optional: it is a legal requirement.
What Is the First Step If You Suspect Your Property Contains Asbestos?
Stop! Don’t disturb it!
If you suspect asbestos-containing materials may be present at your property, the single most important thing you can do is leave those materials undisturbed. Drilling, cutting, sanding, or otherwise damaging ACMs can release asbestos fibres into the air, creating an immediate and serious health hazard for anyone in the vicinity.
Once you have made the area safe, give us a call or email us with a brief description of your situation, and we can work out the rest from there. Sending through some photos is also very helpful and allows us to provide a more accurate initial assessment before attending the site.
Phone: 1800 635 977
Email: [email protected]
We Have Locations, Consultants, Assessors, and Contractors Right Across Australia
While Brisbane is our home base, Global Asbestos Audits operates nationally. Our network of qualified consultants, inspectors, assessors, and contractors is active in capital cities, including Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Perth, as well as in older manufacturing precincts and regional areas throughout Australia.
No matter where your property is located, we can connect you with the right expertise. Our national reach means you receive consistent, high-quality service and advice aligned with the specific legislative requirements of your state or territory.
Contact our Brisbane office today to discuss your requirements, and we will make sure the right people are on the case.