Archive for July 2018
Taking Care of Asbestos – The importance of asbestos awareness for school caretakers
For a school caretaker, the working day can be pretty hectic. Emergency repairs and long-standing maintenance schedules are a never ending cycle of commitments. The caretaker is required to zoom in like Superman to clean up the spilled, tighten the loose, take away the unwanted and clean the un-cleanable. Unfortunately, as the school’s intrepid caretaking…
Read MoreDying for a good education – Is asbestos a real danger in schools?
In the decades following the Second World War and up to the turn of the century, hundreds of thousands of new homes, hospitals, commercial buildings and schools were constructed to accommodate the increasing population. Most of these building utilised asbestos to some degree in their construction. This means that for parents, children and teachers, the…
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