Supplementary A - London Borough of Hillingdon

3.1.2.4 The total programme for an 8 year investment is therefore £9,293,000. As the Civic
Centre requires this level of investment to deal with outstanding repairs its condition
category overall is considered to be C (Poor – showing major defects and/or not operating
as intended).
3.1.2.5 The Council allocated £30,000 for condition surveys of buildings for the financial year
2006/07. Following discussion at PASG, this was targeted at updating the information held
on Winston Churchill Hall, Compass Theatre, Hillingdon Learning & Development Centre,
Hillingdon Tuition Centre, Uxbridge Child Guidance Centre, Willow Tree Maintenance
Base, Civic Hall Car Park, 62 Bedwell Gardens and Fassnidge Depot. The additional
information collected on the buildings enabled their future to be considered in more detail
and matched the new processing capabilities of the Property Database. Information
collected on the community centre buildings were to be passed onto the respective
community associations. This is to help bring to the respective community association’s
attention, outstanding maintenance work that they are responsible for.
3.1.2.6 Subject to agreement at PASG and any new priorities, it is anticipated that the 2007/08
programme of surveys will complete the final year of the revisit surveys.
3.1.3 Asbestos
3.1.3.1 In order to meet statutory requirements regarding the compilation of asbestos information
and records for all of its buildings as well as identify any asbestos that could pose a risk to
building users, the Council initiated a four-year asbestos survey programme in 1999 to
update its records and the final year of the survey programme was completed in 2004.
3.1.3.2 To ensure that full asbestos information is kept, an Asbestos Database package was
purchased in 2001/2 and updated in February 2003. This database was developed for
the Council and has allowed certain information to be available through the Council’s
Intranet (from September 2005). This database will be capable of linking with the Property
Database.
3.1.3.3 Key clients have been provided with direct access to the Asbestos Management database
through the use of a web tracker. We are currently looking at the possibility of extending
this type of access to schools.
3.1.3.4 In June 2006 a phased programme of Asbestos re-surveys was commenced. Schools
were given the top priority with re-surveys of all other properties to follow in future years.
These re-surveys are being carried out once every two years. These re-surveys will
facilitate the updating of Asbestos Registers and also ensure continued compliance with
the Statutory Instrument 2006 No. 2739 The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006
3.1.3.5 The Department continues to share realtime Asbestos related information as and when it
is received from the Health & Safety Executive.
3.1.4 Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) Surveys and Access Improvement Works
3.1.4.1 External consultants have now completed the majority of audits to corporately- managed
buildings and sites for which the Council is responsible. A programme of access audits to
school buildings is being prioritised by Education Services.
3.1.4.2 The findings published in the consultant’s audit reports are used to prioritise the allocation
of funding for the DDA Improvement Works Programme. The reports also identify low
cost improvements that the officer-in-charge/Premises Manager/Site Manager can action
and generally considerably improve awareness of Disability Discrimination Act issues.
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