Building surveyor fined £30k for flawed asbestos survey
Building surveyor Watts Group has been fined £30,000 for health and safety breaches that resulted in two construction workers being exposed to asbestos...
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Dairy Farm fined over asbestos exposure due to lack of management plan
Dale Farm has been fined £30,000 plus costs of £2,500 after two ventilation engineers were exposed to asbestos fibres. The incident happened during extension work at their creamery in Cookstown in March 2013. The company pleaded guilty to breaches of health and safety legislation. The case was brought by the Health...
More firms heavily fined after asbestos failings
A food company and their contractor have been fined over £165,000 after asbestos was disturbed during building work and only identified by chance when an asbestos removal contractor attended site....
Unlicensed company removes asbestos ceiling from school
A construction firm removed an asbestos ceiling in a school despite not being legally approved to do the work....
Lord’s stand closed for Test after asbestos find
The Warner Stand will not be available for use during the first of the two Test matches at Lord’s next summer after a second discovery of asbestos during demolition, the Times has reported. It was removed from the roof last month and has now been found in the base...
Work at Hereford library including asbestos removal to cost £1 million
THE cost of removing asbestos and carrying out a backlog of maintenance work at Hereford library will cost £1 million. The Broad Street building has been closed since September when traces of asbestos were discovered. Herefordshire Council has today said the options for the library will be debated by the...
Making a mission of asbestos removal
As many people know, asbestos can be found in any industrial or residential building built or refurbished before the year 2000. But when we say before 2000, how far back should we really go? Large scale, industrial use of asbestos didn’t really start until the mid 19th century, so it would...
Asbestos find delays Tyne Tunnels re-opening again
The reopening of the Tyne Pedestrian and Cyclist Tunnels after a multi-million-pound revamp has been delayed again. The tunnels have been closed since May 2013, and the work was originally due to be completed by August 2014. But the scheme has been beset by problems, with the latest the discovery...