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Asbestos Management Survey of St Marys Deane Parish Church, Bolton, Greater Manchester.

We have recently conducted an Asbestos Management Survey at St Mary’s, Deane Parish Church in Bolton, Greater Manchester. Each building within the Church of England must carry out a Quinquennial inspection. A Quinquennial inspection happens every 5 years and involves an inspection by an architect or chartered building surveyor that have been previously approved by […]

Read the full article | Published Mar 06, 2015

Liverpool NHS Trust fined after asbestos failings.

The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NSH Trust have been prosecuted by the HSE (Health and Safety Executive) for failing to manage asbestos present in their building. The NHS Trust was fined £10,000 after it was found that workers may have been exposed to deadly fibres in the basement area of the office building […]

Read the full article | Published Mar 02, 2015

Asbestos charity DAST wins lottery funds.

DAST, the Derbyshire Asbestos Support Team are a registered charity offering help for victims of asbestos related disease. The charity helps with industrial injuries, and government presentation schemes. DAST was named charity of the year in 2014 by IATP (International Asbestos Training Providers). DAST works with sufferers and the families of Mesothelioma victims, an aggressive […]

Read the full article | Published Feb 23, 2015

Families of Mesothelioma & Asbestos victims urging former colleagues to come forward.

Sadly, in the past we have seen many examples of employers failing to take responsibility for the safety of workers. With Mesothelioma taking usually an average of 30 years to show signs and develop, today we are seeing a high number of cases of death due to exposure in the 1960’s – 1980’s when asbestos […]

Read the full article | Published Feb 19, 2015

Waltham Forest Council to face sentencing for asbestos failures.

Waltham Forest Council is awaiting sentencing for allowing workers to be exposed to asbestos in the basement of their town hall building. The case has been set for March 30th at the Crown Court after the judge decided the case was too serious a matter for the magistrate’s court, which could only fine a maximum […]

Read the full article | Published Feb 17, 2015