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Client: Ayerst Environmental Ltd
Stakeholder: London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
Location: Aspen Gardens Community Centre, London W6
Contractor: Deconstruct UK Ltd
Completion Date: April 2011
Sector: Public Buildings
Decontamination of asbestos from boiler house in local community centre.
About the project:
Project challenges:
This project was undertaken adjacent to a live Community Centre that was in constant use, so it was imperative that our operatives carried out the works as discretely as possible and conducted themselves professionally at all times. The access to the working area was directly off the public highway, so a secure timber hoarding had to be erected around the entrance to the boiler room.
An operative was stationed outside the entrance to the enclosure at all times, during working hours, to ensure that no unauthorised people entered the work area.
Download the Asbestos Removal case study for Aspen Gardens Community Centre here
A Plympton family were ‘trapped’ in their home after five tonnes of potentially lethal asbestos containing waste was dumped outside their farm.
Emma and Simon Turpin, have four children and keep a number of animals on their farm, as they returned home on Wednesday they were shocked to find dangerous, toxic rubbish dumped in the lane leading to their house.
31 year old Emma said:
“My husband and our friend were trying to move the rubbish but then we found out it’s asbestos. I’m so worried; this is all just a nightmare.”
“We had to try and move it because it blocked us in our house and trapped me and my family. If anything happened to the kids or animals we wouldn’t have been able to get out.”
They variety of animals they keep on the farm include, 10 horses, chickens, dogs and cats.
Simon, aged 36 said:
“Our driveway is half a mile off the road to the house.”
“They’ve dumped it in the gateway and blocked the lane completely. We can’t get in or out.”
The couple have said that they believe two men in a white transit van with mesh on the back reversed into the lane that leads to their house and waited till dark before they dumped the waste, the waste consisted of rubble, fridge freezers and office chairs.
A partner in a Kent based development company, Allan Smith, has been prosecuted for ‘cutting corners’.
Allan Smith has been prosecuted after dangerous conditions were found on a demolition project in Dover; he had failed to carry out an asbestos assessment and did not secure the site.
Children were not prevented from accessing the site where asbestos may have been present.
The Canterbury Magistrates heard that in April of 2010 a former public house was purchased for development. Mr. Smith from ATS Developments was the principal contractor to demolish the building.
The Health and Safety Executive received a complaint when an inspector visited in October 2010. According to the inspector there were children playing on the site whilst the building was partially demolished and the site unfenced.
A public footpath also ran across the land.
HSE investigations found that there had been no asbestos survey undertaken prior to demolition and this remained the case even after the HSE sent a letter to the partners stating that, a survey needed to be carried out.
An all-party group is calling for a scheme to remove asbestos from schools.
MPs and peers have said that the presence of asbestos in most UK state schools constitutes a “national scandal”.
After studying estimates which suggest the material was present in more than 75% of state schools, an all-party group now wants to implement a scheme to remove the asbestos.
In the past 10 years more than a 140 teachers have died from the asbestos-related cancer, mesothelioma, which is primarily caused by exposure to asbestos.
Education chiefs are saying that it is unacceptable for schools to ignore guidance but that undamaged asbestos should not be disturbed.
In 2010 the Department for Education (DfE) revealed that its “best estimate” was that more than three-quarters of schools contain asbestos.
Chairman for the Parliamentary group on Occupational Safety and Health, Jim Sheridan said:
“This is a national scandal.”
“Urgent action is needed to prevent more pupils, teachers and other staff being exposed to this deadly killer dust.
He went onto say:
“We need both far greater awareness of the risks that this material poses and a programme for its phased removal.”
Walthamstow residents were in uproar last week after asbestos warning signs were posted.
The residents were angry and concerned after signs were put up across the road, warning people about asbestos in the area.
Asbestos warning signs were erected after construction workers, who were rebuilding the Lloyds Park next to the William Morris Gallery, found a slab containing the dangerous material underneath a demolished bowls alley.
The council decided to remove the asbestos but did not notify the residents living in Winns Terrace, the road opposite the construction site.
Chair of the Winns Terrace Residents Association, James Pitman, said:
“I was absolutely furious when we found out what was going on. The only reason we knew that there was asbestos at all was because an asbestos van turned up outside.”
Asbestos, the workplace killer, has been a around for years and the danger of it has also been known.
In 1985 it came about that the use of blue and brown asbestos was no longer allowed, and the two type of asbestos was banned. It was only white asbestos which was allowed to be used until 1999; it then received the same treatment as the other types of asbestos.
Unfortunately, asbestos has caused numerous for many years now, the main deaths being caused by mesothelioma or asbestosis.
In 2011 the Supreme Court heard that Diana Williams had been negligently exposed to asbestos at school which led to her tragic death from mesothelioma in 2009. The court accepted evidence in which is said there was no safe level of exposure to asbestos.
Despite this, a report by The Independent on Sunday has shown that in the forthcoming audit of our 23,000 school buildings around the country, an investigation to determine the use of asbestos and also the risks it may pose is not going to take place.
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Contact: 0161 684 2333
BACKGROUND
Redhills first opened an office in the North of England in 2006. The office was developed in Leeds and due to client base and staff home locations the office was moved to Manchester in 2008. Due to expansion of the client base and workforce and our Manchester Office becoming the regional centre for our other Northern Offices in Newcastle and Scotland in 2011 we moved the office to a larger location with space to set up a laboratory which facilitates further expansion.
In May 2011 we achieved UKAS Accreditation for our bulk analysis laboratory. The office is run by an experienced team and continues to grow, servicing both a mature existing client base and a new developing client base.
SERVICES
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Client: Ayerst Environmental Ltd
Stakeholder: Aspen Health Care
Location: Holly House Hospital,Buckhurst Hill, Essex
Contractor: Deconstruct UK Ltd
Completion Date: July 2011
Sector: Healthcare Estates
To carry out a full decontamination of the boiler room at Holly House Private Hospital 
About the project:
Deconstruct were appointed by the client’s asbestos consultants to carry out a full decontamination of the main boiler house that served the entire hospital.
Asbestos had been removed from the boiler house previously, but works had been carried out to a very poor standard so residual contamination remained. The Deconstruct team had to carefully clean around all plant, pipework and electrical switch gear to enable the hospitals engineers to work safely within the boilerhouse, without the risk of exposure to asbestos fibres.
Project challenges:
The work area contained many pipes and cables that all had to be cleaned. Careful separation and cleaning of the cables, a slow and labour intensive process was necessary. All walls and pipework were thoroughly cleaned using hand tools.
The boilerhouse was located directly beneath the administrative heart of the hospital. The work was co-ordinated and planned to use the single point of access directly onto the rear of the boilerhouse, thereby keeping our works well away from hospital staff and the public.
Client: ISG Plc
Location: Harris Academy, East Dulwich, London
Contractor: Deconstruct UK Ltd
Completion Date: July 2010
Sector: Education
Removal of asbestos insulation board roof soffits from a teaching block at the Harris Academy for Girls, London.
About the project:
The project brief was to safely remove the asbestos insulation board soffits from the eaves of the main roof to the teaching block.
The project was for ISG who had been commissioned directly by the academy to refurbish the building. The main refurbishment scheme had to be completed during the summer break, so it was imperative that works were fully considered and planned to satisfy the programme.
Project challenges:
The project was undertaken in a educational environment and it was vital that the works were carried out to the highest standards with the asbestos being completely removed and the area left ’spotlessly’ clean.
The asbestos removal was the first ‘construction’ activity on site and any delay would impact upon the overall programme. Enclosures were constructed in an external environment and had to be robust enough to withstand adverse weather conditions.
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