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Category: Air Testing

Refurbishment at Houses of Parliament paused after asbestos discovery

Sub-standard renovation works in the Houses of Parliament may have exposed dozens of people working on the estate to asbestos...

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Posted on 19th February 202227th February 2022 Categories Air Testing, Trades Tags parliament

British Occupational Hygiene Society invites asbestos professionals to 2021 Virtual Conference

The British Occupational Hygiene Society, the Chartered Society for Worker Health Protection, and the Faculty of Asbestos Assessment and Management (FAAM) are inviting ...

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Posted on 5th November 20215th November 2021 Categories Air Testing, Asbestos, Asbestos Management, Training Tags BOHS, CSWHP, FAAM, Mavis Nye

Health and Safety Executive to crack down hard on construction site dust

Starting on Monday 4 October, HSE inspectors across Great Britain will be targeting construction firms to check that their health standards are up to scratch during a month-long inspection initiative...

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Posted on 24th September 202124th September 2021 Categories Air Testing, Asbestos, Asbestos Management, HSE, Legal Tags Construction, Environmental, Lungs, Public Health, Tradespeople

32 year old Newcastle man battling terminal cancer blames asbestos at former school

Chris Willis, who is battling terminal cancer, believes it was caused by asbestos in his old Kenton school, Aged 29, he received the terrible news that he had mesothelioma ...

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Posted on 15th June 20212nd August 2021 Categories Air Testing, Asbestos Management, COVID-19, Education, Legal, North East Tags Irwin Mitchell, Mesothelioma, Newcastle, Schools

Heavy fines for Bradford hotel over asbestos removal delays

The court heard officers "were concerned" the asbestos risk hadn't been taken more seriously...

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Posted on 11th January 202111th January 2021 Categories Air Testing, Asbestos, Asbestos Management, Safety Tags Bradford, Yorkshire

Building contractor fined for asbestos failings

A company has been fined for failing to complete the correct asbestos survey at a domestic construction project...

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Posted on 20th November 202020th November 2020 Categories Air Testing, Asbestos Management, HSE

Why asbestos management must continue through lockdown, say professional bodies

Asbestos professional and trade bodies issue joint statement advising all duty-holders that asbestos must continue to be managed ...

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Posted on 6th November 202020th November 2020 Categories Air Testing, Asbestos, Asbestos Management, HSE, UKAS Tags ACAD, ARCA, ATAC, BOHS, FAAM, NORAC

Owners of Blackpool pier arcade sentenced over asbestos refurbishment while still open to public

Up to 600 workers and members of the public were potentially exposed to asbestos fibres from Blackpool's South Pier after the pier’s directors cut corners on cost to remove a circus style roof ...

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Posted on 21st June 202023rd June 2020 Categories Air Testing, Asbestos, Asbestos Management, Safety Tags Blackpool

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