Compliance With legislations
An asbestos register that follows the criteria set out in the MDHS100 and, complies with the legal requirements, will become an effective addition to the company's Heath and Safety procedures taking responsible actions towards health and safety issues.

Improved Management of Health Risks
Advertising the use of a working asbestos register will reduce asbestos exposures to staff, contractual workers and other persons that visit the premises.

Facilities Management and Project Planning
The working asbestos register should be made readily available to any person(s) working or visiting the premises; this could prevent additional costs to refurbishment or maintenance work. To remove most asbestos containing materials a 14-day notification period is required before asbestos -related work can commence, which could seriously affect project program and budgets creating major setbacks, such as:

• Loss of production time and/or materials
• Relocation costs
• Disturbance to other project timetables
• Remediation or clean up costs
• Possible prosecution and/or legal costs
• Damage to relationships with employees, tenants or other third parties

Advanced programming to work is vital to prevent additional costs and to minimize the disturbance and adequately manage health and safety issues, without an asbestos survey and a working asbestos register, it is difficult to manage and control asbestos on site.

Central Sources of Information
A well maintained; comprehensive working asbestos register would give a central sauce of information about asbestos containing materials within the premises. Information on Health and Safety issues can also be readily sought form the working asbestos registers, eliminating enquiries from different departments, groups, or individuals. This lessons the possibility of conflicting or incorrect information being giving out. All enquiries and updates to the working asbestos register should be monitored and the information feed back into the asbestos management plan.

Resources
The resources required will depend on the scale of the premises and the quantity of asbestos present, or likely to be present. The working asbestos register is a vital part of the asbestos management and risk assessment procedures. If the approach is methodical and thorough, the working asbestos register will be a reliable source of information and an asset to the asbestos management procedure.