Identify, manage, remove is the mantra of Inspectas’ Asbestos Manager Byron Cooper whose specialist advice, consultancy and expertise has supported the inhouse facilities management team at the University of Durham since 2020...
A school and its maintenance contractor have been fined after workers disturbed asbestos at the school while installing a new heating system. Peterlee Magistrates’ Court heard that, in February 2019, T.W. Steam & Heating Services Limited had been contracted by Park View Academy, to install a new heating system...
A Freedom of Information (FoI) request by BBC Wales shows more than 900 schools are known to contain asbestos...
More than half a dozen schools run by Hammersmith and Fulham council contain a harmful type of asbestos – while 30 out of its 62 schools contain some form of the hazardous material....
As we head into the summer holidays, how confident are you about the presence and condition of any asbestos in your school, university, college or other education premises? Despite asbestos use being outlawed at the turn of this century, it is still prevalent in UK schools, with as many...
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 ...
The University of Sheffield is set to lead the way in pioneering patient-led mesothelioma research after being specially selected to launch the Mesothelioma UK Research Centre - Sheffield (MURC-S)
Newnham College has been fined for failings that exposed employees and subcontractors to asbestos during refurbishment of a flat owned by the college...