BOHS announces the closure of ABICS

It is with deep regret that the British
Occupational Hygiene Society
(BOHS) announces the closure of
the Asbestos Building Inspectors
Certification Scheme (ABICS).

Steve Perkins, chief executive of
BOHS, states: “Despite the support
of the Health and Safety Executive
(HSE), the
cooperation with
UKAS, and the high
level of initial interest
from individual
surveyors that ABICS
has always generated,
we have come to the
conclusion – after eight years of
significant and unsustainable
investment – that a voluntary
certification scheme is not viable in
the extremely competitive
environment of asbestos surveying.”