This year National Mental Health Awareness Week is organised between 10-16 May. Mental health is still a taboo topic for many, nowhere more than in the Construction Industry.  Construction has among the greatest suicide rate of any industry. This, combined with the physical and mental exhaustion of staff continuing to work throughout the pandemic, means

At Asbestech we are always looking to improve what we do and how we do it, with the first thought in our minds being how to keep everyone safer. We didn’t just look at our own site team’s safety, but also other parties who may come to site to carry out different roles. Discussions with

A life-saving defibrillator is now available at Asbestech’s Head Office and Warehouse in Hatfield. The portable defibrillator can be used by anyone to help restart the heart when someone suffers a cardiac arrest. Although no training is needed to use the defibrillator, staff at Asbestech have also recently undertaken first aid training which included the

At the recent Annual General Meeting of ARCA, which is the trade body for the asbestos removal and remediation industry, Asbestech were delighted to be awarded not only the ARCA Gold Training Award in recognition of achieving a high standard of accomplishment but also the prestigious National Training Standard Award for 2021. This latter award

The team at Asbestech were delighted to be a main ‘’Co-sponsor’’ of this year’s Noah’s Ark Golf Day held at The Grove in Hertfordshire; a very special venue which is home to the England football team when playing at Wembley. Fortunately, the weather held out with even some occasional sun bursts which made for a special

Asbestech have just come to the end of their first season of sponsoring the Year 5 Foxes and Year 6 Wolves MLS girls football teams in Barnet and what a season it’s been as both teams won their respective leagues in their first year of trying! The teams were set up just before COVID hit

As Asbestech operate in a tightly regulated market place, the insurance premiums that come with that are a significant part of our operating costs. Asbestech; with our underwriters QBE have signed up to an initiative called Premiums4Good where 25% of the premium paid is directly invested into projects which deliver benefit to communities and the

The team have taken possession of the former M&S in Northampton City Centre. We are currently setting up site and progressing through the building isolating all the services such as electricity, gas and water. The 12 week £1m project is to soft strip all areas in preparation of large scale asbestos removal throughout the building.

At the end of November the Asbestech team came together to raise a staggering £24,000 for Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice in their Moments that Matter campaign. Overall, the Hospice’s supporters raised a huge £2m in just 36 hours and smashed their initial target of £1.2m – the annual cost of their nurses and carers. The