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Based in Colchester, Essex, Survey Safe™ asbestos consultancy focuses on advising clients on their exposure to the hazards of asbestos within the work place and how any risks are best managed or removed. Survey Safe™ really is a one stop shop where the client can download their asbestos surveys, with confidence and within seven days of site completion. We employ a team of specialised asbestos consultants with many years of consultancy experience; advising on regulation, standards and duties required by law that are enforced by the Health and Safety Executive and the Environmental Health Office.
The name of the area, Charing, is derived from the Old English word cierring, referring to a bend in the River Thames.
The addition of the name Cross to the hamlets name originates from the Eleanor cross erected in 1291 to 94 by King Edward I as a memorial to his wife, Eleanor of Castile, and placed between the former hamlet of Charing and the entrance to the Royal Mews of the Palace of Whitehall. Folk etymology suggests the name derives from chere reine, meaning dear queen in French, but the original name pre dates Eleanors death by at least a hundred years.
This wooden sculpted cross was the work of the medieval sculptor, Alexander of Abingdon. It was destroyed in 1647 on the orders of Parliament during the Civil War. A 70 ft high stone sculpture in front of Charing Cross railway station is a copy of the original cross. Erected in 1865, it is situated a few hundred yards to the east of the original cross, on the Strand. It was designed by the architect E. M. Barry and carved by Thomas Earp of Lambeth out of Portland stone, Mansfield stone and Aberdeen granite. It is not a faithful replica, being more ornate than the original.
Since 1675 the site of the cross has been occupied by a statue of King Charles I mounted on a horse. The site is recognised by modern convention as the centre of London for the purpose of indicating distances by road in favour of other measurement points. Charing Cross is marked on modern maps as a road junction, and was previously a postal address denoting the stretch of road between Great Scotland Yard and Trafalgar Square. Since 1 January 1931 this section of road has been designated part of the Whitehall thoroughfare.
The cross has given its name to a railway station, a tube station, police station, hospital, a hotel, a theatre, and a music hall. Charing Cross Road the main route from the north was named after the railway station, which was a major destination for traffic, rather than for the original cross.
Survey Safe can handle all your asbestos related enquiries from start to finish. We have many years experience in the asbestos industry, enabling us to help keep you, your family or work colleagues safe from the dangers presented from the presence of asbestos.
Survey Safe provide the following services in Charing Cross:
Continental Environmental Services Ltd also deliver bespoke training courses in a wide range of topics via our online training courses section. These courses are designed to meet the individual needs of our clients, without the need to book costly meeting rooms, or getting all the candidates in the same place at the same time. The courses can be taken online with an easy to use video format at a fraction of the cost and with a fraction of management time. All our courses are approved by the likes of CPD: Continuing Professional Development, RoSPA: The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, IIRSM: International Institute of Risk & Safety Management, IATP: Independent Asbestos Training Providers and IFE: Institution of Fire Engineers.
So if you live or work in the Charing Cross area and require the services of an asbestos surveyor, please give us a call today.
Asbestos Registers and Management Plans relating to portfolio of buildings can be managed using Survey Safe™ or Survey JEM Database Software, collating all the asbestos risks for compliance with the UK and EU directives on asbestos containing materials. For more information on the content of the asbestos registers and management plans please refer to the report production and asbestos management sections of the website. These sections are fully integrated to provide a complete asbestos management solution.
If you would like to know more about our procedures or are interested in a quote for our asbestos related services. Phone us on 07730 446 224, email us at info@survey-safe.com or fill in our contact form and we will be in touch as soon as possible.
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