Collins Chartered Surveyors - Who we areWe are a small practice of Chartered Surveyors giving national coverage from our base just outside Taunton in Somerset. The practice has a specialist chartered surveyor offering a professional service but without the restraints or overheads of a larger company.The Royal Institution of Chartered SurveyorsChartered Surveyors are the only surveyors entitled to use the designation MRICS. This is only awarded after about 4 years of study and rigorous training.Chartered Surveyors are renowned for their professionalism, honesty and integrity. They are governed by the rules of the RICS.A short history lessonAsbestosAsbestos is a naturally occurring silicate mineral that has been mined in many countries including Australia, Canada, Russia and South Africia. Commercially there are three common types of asbestos, which originate from two mineral groups.Amphibole Mineral Group – Banned in 1985Crocidolite (Blue asbestos)Amosite (Brown asbestos)Serpentine Mineral Group – banned in 1999Chrysotile (White asbestos)"We have learned to depend in many, many ways upon these mineral fibres. Fire does not burn them. Alkalis does not eat them. Water does not destroy them. Vermin do not attack them. They do not decay, rot or corrode. Surely asbestos which gives us so much protection and so much comfort in our daily lives is a magic mineral."From Asbestos: A Magic Mineral by Lilian Holmes Strack, 1941.
Welcome to Collins Chartered SurveyorsCollins Chartered Surveyors - Who we areWe are a small practice of Chartered Surveyors giving national coverage from our base just outside Taunton in Somerset. The practice has a specialist chartered surveyor offering a professional service but without the restraints or overheads of a larger company.The Royal Institution of Chartered SurveyorsChartered Surveyors are the only surveyors entitled to use the designation MRICS. This is only awarded after about 4 years of study and rigorous training.Chartered Surveyors are renowned for their professionalism, honesty and integrity. They are governed by the rules of the RICS.A short history lessonAsbestosAsbestos is a naturally occurring silicate mineral that has been mined in many countries including Australia, Canada, Russia and South Africia. Commercially there are three common types of asbestos, which originate from two mineral groups.Amphibole Mineral Group – Banned in 1985Crocidolite (Blue asbestos)Amosite (Brown asbestos)Serpentine Mineral Group – banned in 1999Chrysotile (White asbestos)