{"id":1899,"date":"2019-01-09T08:38:25","date_gmt":"2019-01-09T08:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/?p=1899"},"modified":"2019-01-09T08:38:25","modified_gmt":"2019-01-09T08:38:25","slug":"asbestos-blunder-costs-contractors-112000-in-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/asbestos-blunder-costs-contractors-112000-in-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Asbestos blunder costs contractors \u00a3112,000 in court"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two construction companies have been fined \u00a3112,000 after their subcontractors were exposed to asbestos fibres during school refurbishment work.<\/p>\n

Derby Crown Court heard that on 1 August 2016, Oakwood Junior school in Derby was undergoing refurbishment work during the school holidays.<\/p>\n

Two subcontractors removing suspended ceiling tiles entered a storage room which had a suspended ceiling made from asbestos containing ceiling tiles.<\/p>\n

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They started to remove the tiles, unaware that they contained asbestos, potentially exposing themselves to harmful fibres.<\/p>\n

A licensed asbestos removal company working on site alerted management to the situation and action was taken to stop the work and deal with the contamination.<\/p>\n

An HSE investigation found that main contractor Ashe Construction Limited failed to effectively plan, manage and monitor the work to prevent the accidental removal of the asbestos containing tiles.<\/p>\n

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Ashe also failed to effectively communicate information about the asbestos, leaving the storage room open without barriers or signage warning of asbestos.<\/p>\n

The work was not then suitably managed or monitored to ensure that nobody came into contact with the asbestos.<\/p>\n

The HSE also found that Cladceil Limited, a contractor appointed by Ashe to carry out the suspended ceiling removal work, also failed to effectively plan, manage and monitor the work.<\/p>\n

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The company appointed a subcontractor to remove the suspended ceilings on its behalf but provided only a generic risk assessment and method statement which failed to identify important information, including the asbestos risk.<\/p>\n

Ashe Construction of Hitchin, Herefordshire pleaded guilty to breaching CDM and safety regulations and was fined \u00a3100,000 and ordered to pay costs of \u00a39,759.76.<\/p>\n

Cladceil Limited of\u00a0 Nottingham pleaded guilty to breaching CDM regulations and was fined \u00a312,000 and ordered to pay costs of \u00a347,184.48.<\/p>\n

Speaking after the hearing, HSE inspector Andrew Bowker said: \u201cThe exposure to asbestos could so easily have been avoided if the two companies involved had put sufficient effort into planning, managing and monitoring the ceiling tile removal work.<\/p>\n

“HSE will not hesitate to take appropriate enforcement action against those that fall below the required standards.\u201d<\/p>\n

from Construction Enquirer http:\/\/bit.ly\/2FkHVZQ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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