It used to be reinforced with asbestos until the 1980s ... Georgia-based Nichiha USA, makes fiber-cement cladding resembling stacked stone, brick patterns and cedar shakes, among other designs.

As part of the enforcement action that followed, the HSE required Wood Treatment to replace asbestos cement cladding in its warehouse with ‘explosion relief’ panels to improve safety in the ...

"It would have been far better to have removed the cladding and asbestos cement panels, fixed an external quality fire rated board, insulated with a mineral wool and then rendered on mesh," he said.

Named for their asbestos fibre cement cladding, these houses were rapidly and cheaply constructed during the postwar period. Known for their poor thermal performance, inefficient energy use and ...

The asbestos is typically in external wall cladding and fibre cement fences in the staff cottages and other buildings. The vast majority of sites on the island are in the much lower risk A4 and A5 ...

The Welsh Bridge-based business was awarded the "significant" contract at Carpenter & Paterson, a pipe suspension specialist based in Hanfaes Lane in the Mid Wales town. The 20-week scheme ...

A HAMPSHIRE roofing firm has been hit with fines totalling more than £34,000 for blasting asbestos fibres into the air. Concept Roofing and Cladding Services Ltd, of Titchfield, were using ...

In New Zealand, asbestos has been used mainly in construction materials for roofing and cladding, and in products ... floor tiles and asbestos cement pipes. Once the health risks of asbestos ...

A $1.2 million project was approved Wednesday to replace a nearly mile-long stretch of waterline in North Huntingdon, including a 75-year-old section of cement pipe that is infused with asbestos.