Discovery of asbestos pushes back planned blast. Mercy Medical Center officials have cancelled an implosion that was set for Sunday to bring down the three apartment buildings on the east side after a material that could be asbestos was discovered. Crews will bring down the buildings through traditional demolition means as a safety precaution so…Read moreRead more
Asbestos
Big bang postponed…
Probe launched into major wall collapse…
50 metre wall collapses on Daltons Demolition site in Leith. A supermarket chain has launched an investigation after a wall collapsed during work on a new branch – sparking a major gas scare. Dozens of residents had to be evacuated after nearly 30 tonnes of rubble came crashing down towards flats on St Clair Place,…Read moreRead more
Complete fined over worker crush injury…
Worker injured when he was hit and then run over by an excavator. Complete Demolition Ltd had been contracted to demolish a school on the site at Stanney Lane, Ellesmere Port to make way for a new leisure centre when the incident occurred. The firm was prosecuted by The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after…Read moreRead more
Powerday slapped with hefty fine…
Company found guilty of illegally storing asbestos and hazardous waste. One of the biggest waste-management companies in the South-East has been given a record fine over illegal treatment of hazardous material including asbestos at its huge Willesden depot. Powerday, run by London Irish rugby club co-owner Mick Crossan, disposes of waste for major clients including…Read moreRead more
Video – No trouble at mill…
Rhodar paves way for further redevelopment of London’s Docklands. Rhodar was commissioned by The Silvertown Partnership as Principal Contractor, as part of the £3.5 billion Docklands Silvertown Regeneration project to oversee the process of returning the Millennium Mills building back to its original structural shell. This is in preparation for its development into a multi-use…Read moreRead more
Facing down the industry’s biggest killer…
C&D Consultancy throws its weight behind the Working Well Together campaign. A West Midlands training specialist has teamed up with the ‘Working Well Together’ campaign to help prevent construction workers from being affected by the biggest single cause of work-related deaths. Experts from C&D Consultancy will provide three interactive ‘Asbestos Awareness’ workshops later this month,…Read moreRead more
Industry unites to address disease issue…
UK construction sector will gather to address growing problem of industrial disease. The inaugural Construction Health Summit, to be held in London on 21 January 2016, will bring together key players in the construction industry to address the shocking statistic that deaths, as a result of occupational disease, are 100 times more likely than deaths…Read moreRead more
Anglian left boiling mad…
Contractor prosecuted for sale of boiler found to contain asbestos. A demolition and licensed asbestos removal company has been fined after it sold a boiler found to contain asbestos. Norwich Magistrates’ Court heard that in May or June 2012, Anglian Demolition & Asbestos Limited was the contractor for the demolition and asbestos removal work at…Read moreRead more
