Licensed company was not used for asbestos work

Mansell Build Ltd, formerly Birse Build Ltd of Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire, has been fined £12,500 with £12,500 costs for not adhering to legal requirements in relation to asbestos removal at Kelford School in Rotherham in 2006.

Mansell, the principal contractor for the project, was employed to carry out the work to remove asbestos insulating board ceilings but it contracted ARB Agriplant Ltd of Rotherham who did not have a licence for such work.

A former manager of ARB Agriplant Ltd was fined £2,500 with £500 costs and another individual, to whom the work was further contracted, was fined £500 and ordered to pay £250 costs.

All involved failed to implement basic requirements to prevent the spread and exposure to asbestos, additionally, ARB Agriplant Ltd provided a forged asbestos licence and a falsified clearance certificate to Mansell Build Ltd to the effect that the work had been undertaken by a licensed contractor and that the area was free from asbestos.

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