Peel Centre, Hendon
Client: Metropolitan Police

Working under CDM regulations direct to the Metropolitan Police, Caswell Environmental Services undertook a five week fast-track programme of asbestos abatement in this 500-bedroom residential centre for police cadets, which is part of the Met's training college complex in Hendon. The project followed an initial asbestos type 2 location and condition survey report highlighting the abatement work required on the site, which comprises 3 tower blocks of 14 floors each, with 10 flats per floor. The report found contamination to risers and electrical cupboards and advised encapsulation of all remaining asbestos products and decontamination of risers under fully controlled conditions.

The decontamination was achieved and a clearance/re-encapsulation certificate issued for each riser. The project required removals to one floor per day per block at the rate of 34 clearances per day. A particular challenge was that, because all 3 blocks remained occupied for the duration of the project, the work was required to be completed within normal hours, without zoning off areas and working around the occupants in 10 hour shifts. The whole project was completed within time and without hitches, to the full satisfaction of the client.

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