Inner City Environmental

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  • Getting rid of Asbestos – Always believe in… Gold

    Getting rid of Asbestos – Always believe in… Gold

    Getting rid of asbestos – In the words of the famous Spandau song always believe in…. You certainly can when it comes to Inner City Environmental to provide a gold service when it comes to asbestos removal. Getting rid of asbestos is a difficult dirty job that requires high level training and the right equipment.

    Getting Rid of Asbestos

    We are delighted to announce that  for the second year running we have been awarded an Arca Gold Site audit.

    We are one of only 21 ARCA accredited companies to achieve this.

    The award acknowledges our consistent performance in achieving Grades A-C over a sustained time period.

    https://www.arca.org.uk/news/arca-announce-winners-of-gold-site-audit-award-2018

    It is indeed high testament to our management and workforce in achieving this. All at Inner City are delighted.

    Inner City Environmental are one of the South Easts leading Environmental companies working for the Construction and Property Industries.

    We provide;

    For more information, request a quote or send us a tender email info@icfstaging.mydevlink.co.uk

    Tel: 01322 213517

  • Domestic Asbestos Removal – Is asbestos hiding at your property?

    Domestic Asbestos Removal – Is asbestos hiding at your property?

    Domestic Asbestos Removal

    Domestic asbestos removal – is asbestos hiding in your home?

    When you buy a property you probably do not consider that asbestos may be lurking where you least expect it!

    At Inner City we carry out domestic asbestos removal including garage roof removal, soffits and guttering. We also carry out surveys for residential properties.

    Domestic Asbestos Removal Kent

    Our presence on Google pays off as we were contacted by a lady in Tunbridge Wells recently. The previous owners had put some nice decking down in the garden. Little did she know that buried underneath it was damaged asbestos insulating board and asbestos cement. She had the good sense to go on Google and of course our name came up as a leading Asbestos Removal Contractor in Kent.

    Obviously this was quite a serious matter and Inner City were able to respond with a solution to her problem.

    Inner City removed all visible asbestos material under controlled conditions, we had air monitoring throughout our works, which were all below the control limit.

    Our client was very pleased;

    “You and your team were AMAZING! 

    You explained everything in detail to me, so I knew what exactly was going on and then Colin and the boys did the rest.

    They were polite, professional and friendly…what more could I hope for and you all turned, what was a nasty shock, into a process that left me feeling happy and positive again.

    The area looks better than it was originally.”

    A full range of domestic asbestos removal services

    We have seen this sort of thing time and time again. Most commonly asbestos was used within hardcore when concrete slabs were laid for garages and sheds.

    At Inner City Environmental we provide a full range of services which include:

    For more information or advice on asbestos related matters telephone 01322 273517

    You can also get information on all asbestos related matters by clicking here

  • Asbestos information – MoD SeaKing Helicopter technicians

    Asbestos information – MoD SeaKing Helicopter technicians

    The Mail on Sunday recently revealed important asbestos information in a report stating that the Ministry of Defence is urgently removing parts from Sea King Helicopters. The Sea King came into service some 50 years ago. The parts are thought to contain harmful asbestos.

    What does this mean?

    The worrying part of this is that thousands of engineers may have been affected over the years.  Therefore the Ministry is trying to track down staff who have worked on these aircraft since they were brought into service. Pilots are not said to be at risk.

    Anyone contacted by the MoD has been given detailed instructions on what to do.

    Foreign governments and civilian organisations who purchased these helicopters have also been contacted.

    5,000 People Die Annually From Asbestos-Related Illness

    Staggeringly 5,000 people die a year from asbestos related illnesses through fibres being released when asbestos is disturbed.

    The British Lung Foundation advises that most people who are exposed to asbestos do not develop serious illnesses.

    Search and rescue

    The MOD warning comes after an official report into the death of an Australian serviceman was attributed to exposure to asbestos, petrol or other toxins while working on a naval base.

    Petty Officer Greg Lukes, a technician who maintained Sea Kings in Australia, died four years ago from an aggressive form of rare cancer.

    The Sea King has been used extensively in  conflicts from the Falklands War to Afghanistan.

    In its role as a search and rescue craft, it flew on 14,595 missions over a 31 year period

    However the ageing aircraft is being gradually replaced. Search and rescue missions have now been taken on  by privately operated Sikorsky S-92s and AgustaWestland AW189s as the Royal Navy switches to Merlin helicopters.

    If anyone has concerns about their contact in a working environment for the MOD. In other cases, not involving the MoD, workers and their families have been awarded hundreds of thousands of pounds in compensation after they developed mesothelioma, an aggressive form of cancer, from asbestos.

    For asbestos information on removal and encapsulation services visit www.innercityenvironmental.co.uk.

    We are a leading asbestos removal contractor for London and the South East. Based in Dartford we work for a wide range of clients in the construction and property industry.

    Information taken from the BBC News and Mail on Sunday

  • The old curiosity shop – the dangers of asbestos

    The old curiosity shop – the dangers of asbestos

    Beware the old curiosity shop – dangers of asbestos

    In the early eighties buying an Edwardian or 1930’s house meant an upsurge in people people scouring the local antiques fairs and junk shops.

    They would be looking for little curios that would help capture the ambience of the bygone era and display as ornaments. Old household appliances suddenly had a new lease of life.The dangers of asbestos would have never entered their heads and probably not with people getting their hands on these curios to this day.

    They are typically the old iron which can be adapted to become a doorstop, old radios, coffee pot, hair dyers, clothes dryers, ironing boards and iron rests.

    Whilst not representing a danger if left undisturbed the minute some of these are handled, dismantled or in the case of electrical items switched on then they become a lethal hazard.

    Old hair dryers are the worst because of the asbestos insulation enclosing the heating element. The heating elements were often soft and friable which meant when switched on they release fibres into the air.

    As you can appreciate if anyone has these and turn on for Friable asbestos was also contained in the wire insulation.

    Wear and tear makes the wires fray and have the potential to release fibres.

    There are still a lot of junk shops around containing items from house clearances and asbestos could be lurking so ensure you seek advice before buying.

    For more information on asbestos management and the dangers of asbestos from old appliances  please contact us on 01322 273517
    www.innercityenvironmental.co.uk

    Inner City provide a wide range of services to the construction and property industry:

  • Finding Asbestos – where is it located in buildings

    Finding Asbestos – where is it located in buildings

    Finding Asbestos – a guide to where it is located

    Common materials that may contain asbestos

    Asbestos can found in a many of the common materials used in the building trade.

    Some of these materials should only be worked on by a licensed contractor and include:

    • Loose asbestos in ceiling or floor cavity
    • Lagging
    • Sprayed coatings on ceilings, walls and beams/columns
    • Asbestos insulating board
    • Floortiles, textiles and composites
    • Textured coatings
    • Asbestos cement products
    • Roofing felt
    • Rope seals and gaskets

    It hides in all sorts of places Internally in an Industrial building

    • Sprayed coatings on ceilings, walls, beams and columns
    • Asbestos cement water tank
    • Loose fill insulation
    • Lagging on boilers and pipes
    • (Asbestos Insulating board) ceiling tiles
    • Toilet seat and cistern
    • (Asbestos Insulating board) partition walls
    • (Asbestos Insulating board)panels in fire doors
    • Asbestos rope seals, gaskets and paper
    • Vinyl floor tiles
    • (Asbestos Insulating board) around boilers
    • Textiles eg fire blankets
    • Textured decorating coatings on walls and ceilings eg artex

    It is found externally in

    • Asbestos cement roof
    • Asbestos cement panels
    • Asbestos cement gutters and downpipes
    • Soffits – Asbestos Insulating Borad or asbestos cement
    • Asbestos cement flue

    Is is also present in

    Residental buildings
    Internally

    • Asbestos cement Water tank
    • Pipe lagging
    • Loose fill insulation
    • Textured decorative coating eg artex
    • AIB ceiling tiles
    • AIB bath panel
    • Toilet seat and cistern
    • AIB behind fuse box AIB airing cupboard and/or sprayed insulation coating boiler
    • AIB partition wall
    • AIB interior window panel
    • AIB around boiler
    • Vinyl floor tiles
    • AIB behind fire

    Externally

    • Gutters andAsbestos cement downpipes
    • Soffits – AIB or asbestos cement
    • AIB exterior window panel
    • Asbestos cement roof
    • Asbestos cement panels
    • Roofing felt
    • Asbestos Insulating Board

    AIB = Asbestos Insulating Board

  • Progress, Arla Dairy Asbestos Removal

    Progress, Arla Dairy Asbestos Removal

    We are coming to the end of the 1st week at our project for Hughes & Salvidge at the Arla dairy in Chelmsford.

    We have been appointed as the asbestos removal contractor, to assure that the site is free of ACM’s prior to redevelopment.

    The site is currently being cleared of all the old dairy equipment, which is being sold via auctions over the coming weeks.Our operatives are currently removing all of the different ACM’s from the buildings. There are areas of asbestos insulation board (AIB) which are getting removed under fully controlled conditions, including some that is inconveniently sandwiched between the walls and a layer of foam. There also various cement corrugated cement roofs that are to be removed under semi controlled conditions. We will be on site for a further 5 weeks before handing the site back to Hughes & Salvidge so that they can continue with the demolition.