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Competent asbestos teams. One defensible search.

A free asbestos specialist search utility in development. HSE-licenced removal contractors with UKAS-accredited surveyors and analysts. Licence facts from official registers.

Built for duty holders, property managers, and procurement teams who cannot afford spreadsheet cross-checks or conflict-of-interest surprises at clearance stage.

Coming soon

We are engaging UKAS on appropriate use of accreditation data and building deterministic HSE ingestion. Search launches after governance is clear.

Contact

Partnerships, press, and early access interest.

[email protected]

Compliance backbone

Trust engineered from official records.

RTEX separates facts from language models. Licence numbers, expiry dates, and UKAS schedule text are ingested deterministically; AI is used only to understand what you need and to summarise matches, never to invent credentials.

Deterministic HSE data

Licenced asbestos removal contractors sourced from the official CONIAC / HSE register under the Open Government Licence, with weekly sync and audit trails.

UKAS schedule grounding

Surveyor and analyst scopes tied to published UKAS schedules: verbatim text, official links, and semantic search across ISO 17020 / 17025 competencies.

After UKAS engagement

Independence checks

Designed around HSG248: your analyst and removal contractor must be separate entities. RTEX flags conflicts before you appoint a team.

Verify on official sources

Every result card links back to HSE and UKAS verification. RTEX is an information tool, not HSE, not UKAS, not a consultant of record.

The RTEX compliance layer

A two-stage architecture: Postgres holds exact licence and scope rows; models translate plain English procurement into structured queries. If data is stale or ingestion fails, you see it. We do not silently guess.

Planned capabilities

Built where UK asbestos procurement actually hurts.

Postcode directories miss intent. Spreadsheets miss independence. RTEX targets the full duty-holder question: who can remove, who can survey or analyse, and whether they can work together legally.

Licenced removal

Match by location, licence type, and project context: thermal insulation, AIB, enclosure work, against the live HSE contractor register.

In development

UKAS surveyors & analysts

ISO 17020 inspection and ISO 17025 testing bodies with asbestos-relevant scopes, searchable in language you already use on site.

After UKAS engagement

Natural language intake

Describe the building, the material, and the clearance stage; RTEX maps intent to regulatory parameters, then runs deterministic retrieval.

Planned

Why RTEX

We dropped the “A” on purpose.

For decades the industry wrestled with Artex. We built RTEX, Regulatory Technical Exchange, to find the experts, not the asbestos.

RTEX is punchy, memorable, and serious. The platform is a free public utility first: goodwill with duty holders, transparent data, and a procurement graph the official bodies were never designed to provide.

Frequently asked questions

FAQ

Quick answers while RTEX is in pre-launch.

Who is RTEX for?

Duty holders, facilities managers, contractors, housing providers, and anyone procuring licenced asbestos removal or UKAS-accredited surveying and analysis in the UK.

Is RTEX affiliated with HSE or UKAS?

No. RTEX is operated by Ecotech AI (US LLC). You must always verify licences and accreditations on the official HSE and UKAS channels before appointing anyone.

Why is search not live yet?

HSE contractor data is being integrated under the Open Government Licence. UKAS accreditation data requires a responsible ingestion path. We are engaging UKAS before any automated collection.

Will RTEX use AI to validate licences?

No. AI helps interpret your search question and summarise why results match. Licence status and expiry come only from the database rows sourced from official registers.

How much will RTEX cost?

RTEX is planned as a free public search utility at launch. Future commercial features, if any, will not change the core directory access model without clear notice.

RTEX is not affiliated with HSE, UKAS, or CONIAC.
Contains public sector information released under the Open Government Licence v3.0 where HSE-derived data is shown.
UKAS schedule content remains subject to UKAS copyright; official verification links will always be displayed.