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Fit-out and refurbishment specialist Piperhill Construction Ltd has been fined £8,000 for stripping out asbestos without a licence. On 25 August 2011, while carrying out refurbishment work, Piperhill Construction removed asbestos insulating board (AIB) from the stairwells of Kilbroney House, a 14 storey apartment block in east Belfast managed by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive.…
A building contractor has been fined £50,000 for ignoring asbestos safety rules after discovering the lethal material in the basement of Surrey school. Buxton Building Contractors Ltd was carrying out refurbishment work at the independent Woldingham girls’ school in Caterham in 2011. It had commissioned a specialist survey to identify the presence of asbestos…
A FAMILY-run furniture firm has been fined £3,000 after two workers were exposed to asbestos in South Tyneside. The offence happened when employees with Interior Designs (NE) removed plasterboard from a garage ceiling in Windermere, Cleadon Village, and transported it outside to a van on January 10 this year. Magistrates in South Tyneside were told…
A Birmingham glazing contractor and a local school have been fined for failing to manage refurbishment works properly and exposing workers to asbestos. Birmingham Glass Services Ltd and Equitas Academies Trust, the owner and operator of Aston Manor Academy, were jointly prosecuted by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) after an investigation found they put…