Octofolio Asbestos Information Management Software

The Octfolio Asbestos Information Management Software, which has been three years in the making, is a technology platform designed to provide an easy and efficient way to track, assess, remove and dispose of asbestos.

According to the Octfolio company, the fully integrated tool will map, classify, quantify and enable the strategic cost-effective removal of asbestos from workplaces and homes. The technology also provides online training for asbestos assessors and removalists, and shares medical research information, initiatives to encourage safe storage and disposal at licensed facilities and even mechanisms for reporting illegal disposal sites.

Benefits include: accessibility of the project data in situations such as natural disasters and recovery operations, and providing a way for the government and private sector to better inform the public in relation to asbestos and its safe removal.

Essentially, the system works by creating a centrally operated database that unites all asbestos stakeholders from site assessors and removal workers to building owners and government agencies, recording their information in a micro format that then provides the big picture of what’s happening everywhere in the country in relation to asbestos-contaminated sites and buildings, removal, disposal and storage.

The system can be used by business and government in line with objectives set by the Australian Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency (ASEA) to implement the National Strategic Plan for Asbestos Awareness and Management and collect vital information relevant to the new National Asbestos Exposure Register.