A Pontypool building firm carried out unlicensed asbestos removal despite being warned materials they were handling contained the potentially dangerous substance.

During a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecution on Thursday (29 July) Caerphilly Magistrates’ Court heard Ron Couch Building Contractors Ltd, were replacing a central heating boiler at a private property in High Street, Pontypool.
Carpenters from the Griffithstown-based firm removed a cupboard door clad with asbestos i ...

Monitor Environmental Ltd celebrated 30 very successful years in the asbestos industry on March 1st 2010. An informal opening evening was held at Monitor’s head office in Sandiacre, Nottingham. Drinks and nibbles were provided during which clients were invited to view Monitor’s varied work processes.
Clients could view their air test and survey reports live over the internet and on show were Monitor’s exclusively adapted cars which allow on site fibre counting in an emergency. ...

Controllers of premises commissioning asbestos surveys should be wary of the many unscrupulous organisations offering this service.
Relatively inexperienced and minimally qualified surveyors have gained the two-day P402 asbestos surveying course in order to capitalise on the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006.
Asbestos surveying is a very involved discipline, requiring a great deal of specialist knowledge and practical experience.
For clients to be assured of a quality service, surveyors wo ...

Updated guidance is now available to help those responsible for managing the risks from asbestos best protect those workers who may disturb it.
'Asbestos: The survey guide' is aimed at those who commission asbestos surveys, the surveyors who carry them out and those who use them such as architects and demolition or removal contractors.
It replaces the MDHS 100 guidance and sets out the role of surveys in ensuring that builders or maintenance workers have all the information they need to minimi ...