In a case heard in April 2016, two companies were prosecuted for the same incident of asbestos disturbance. Why was the client fined alongside the contractor and what can you do to avoid the same
fate?
Published 26.05.2016
A court has heard how workers cleaned up asbestos dust from a floor the size of a football pitch without any precautions. As a result, the firm has been prosecuted. What should the company have done
instead?
Published 20.12.2018
Realising that you have a duty to manage asbestos-containing materials within your building you’ve commissioned a specialist surveyor to identify them. Now the report has arrived, what must you do
with it?
Published 04.03.2016
You’ve had an asbestos survey carried out, through which you’ve identified materials which you want to have removed. How should you organise the work to ensure that the job is done safely?
Published 10.02.2017
In April 2017 a construction company and its subcontractor appeared in court regarding an asbestos disturbance at a refurbishment project. But what was unusual about the case?
Published 26.04.2017
A council has been fined £200,000 after asbestos materials were discovered in a poor condition in a primary school. The school was under the control of a third party at the time, so why was the local
authority at fault?
Published 24.10.2018
One of your staff has just phoned to say that during work on a client’s site they’ve come across what they think is asbestos. However, the client is adamant that it isn’t and that they should carry
on. How should you deal with this?
Published 07.04.2008
A company has been prosecuted after it was discovered that asbestos-containing materials it knew were present were left to deteriorate and spread fibres throughout a workplace. What measures should
it have implemented?
Published 26.04.2019
In May 2015 the HSE prosecuted a company after it failed to identify asbestos materials in advance of construction work in a college. What type of survey ought to have been commissioned and why?
Published 19.06.2015
Wherever asbestos-containing materials are present they’re difficult to manage, but when you add in members of the public, expensive retail space and stock the problems multiply. How should retail
managers tackle these challenges?
Published 23.08.2013