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Demand for national asbestos database as cancer deaths surge
Unfortunately there will always be unscrupulous operators in every line of work, particularly where H&S is concerned. We all rely on the advice of professionals in these matters ad having reviewed an number of surveys and management plans they vary greatly in content and quality, I would agree that scare...
Comment | 12 Nov 2008
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Demand for national asbestos database as cancer deaths surge
... of money to remove substances that do not need removing. We were told by the local council and a P402 surveyor that we had to remove it at enormous expense. No one ever mentioned that it could be covered and left alone. You want to know what the problem is? We don't trust you!!! If you want more information; I suggest you visit the Asbestos Watchdog site.
Comment | 12 Nov 2008
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Demand for national asbestos database as cancer deaths surge
... planners and CDM Co-ordinators and have encountered numerous clients who operate large institutional and public buildings and who have absolutely no management plan in place. and on the face of it, have no intention to do so. It is only when we request a type 3 as part of our pre-construction information that any assessments are made, and they are only ever on the areas affected by the works. We too have experienced an apparent lack of appreciation of the real world from the HSE with regard to the CDM Regs, nobody is policing that either, and we estimate that 70-80% of construction project...
Comment | 12 Nov 2008
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Demand for national asbestos database as cancer deaths surge
With so many Buildings both in the public and private sectors still not inspected why are most of the P402 surveyors scratching for work? HSE needs to empower P402 surveyors to help Police the situation? I for one would be happy to put on a suit and visit companies, landlords etc and ask to see there building register. I recently gave a speach at a Landlords federation meeting in Southampton, to say they were unaware of ther...
Comment | 11 Nov 2008
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Changes to Workplace Law Magazine
... diversity. Nobody seems to have stopped to consider that many women may value other things, such as flexibility, more than money. Could it be that they are actively choosing not to work full-time, enjoying quality of life at home with their children, rather than working long hours doing stressful, demanding, high-paying jobs? Surely the ultimate expression of diversity is to be found in the differences between the sexes. Women and men have and always will have different talents, skills, aspirations, needs, opinions and concerns. Fairness comes from having the freedom to make choices. As long as cho...
Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2009
