In late 2025 a London block management client gave us five working days' notice to complete annual asbestos re-inspections across 320 flats and ~40 communal areas, ahead of a portfolio sale. Standard mobilisation would normally take three weeks.
Brief
- Re-inspect all known ACMs against the existing register.
- Update condition scoring and risk priority for each item.
- Issue a consolidated portfolio register and revised management plan in a format the buyer's compliance team could accept without rework.
How we delivered
Four BOHS P402 surveyors mobilised on day one, working in pairs across two zones. Photographic evidence and condition scoring fed directly into our cloud-based register from the field — no separate write-up phase. Our internal QA reviewed each surveyor's outputs at the end of each day, allowing a same-day correction loop. The buyer's compliance team accepted the deliverable without query.
Lessons learned
- Pre-mobilisation register reconciliation saves a full day on every block over 100 units.
- Field-to-register workflows (no spreadsheets between) cut total elapsed time by ~40%.
- Daily QA outperforms end-of-job QA on programmes shorter than two weeks.
If you've got a portfolio sale, regulator visit or major refurbishment with a hard date, talk to us early. Short-notice mobilisation is the part most consultancies will quietly decline.