Asbestos survey – not worth the paper it was written on

Over the last two years or more C&D Consultancy have been acting as Demolition Consultants to B&K Nottingham Ltd on a project at Humberstone Lane in Leicester for Bovis Homes Midlands where during the demolition works a large quantity of asbestos insulation board was discovered that had not been identified on the type 3 survey.

This failure to identify caused major delays and disruption to the project and financial hardship to B&K who are still waiting for Bovis Homes to settle their account, and a total rethink of the method of working, hence our involvement.

The HSE always said that they were unhappy with the survey that lead to a release of asbestos fibres and they have now completed their prosecution of the surveyor involved.

Details of the case can be found at The Construction Index