NIC continue to be one of the market leaders removing asbestos from schools in the local area.  It has been heavily documented for several years now the problems with asbestos in many schools throughout the country.

To date this year NIC have secured multiple contracts removing asbestos from schools in the northwest totalling over £1 million.

The HSE have not given an estimate of how many children have been exposed by asbestos at school and have died as a result. However if one considers the number of teachers who have died from asbestos related cancers, the greater numbers of children and their particular vulnerability to asbestos, then it is probable that a significant number of children are exposed to asbestos at school and die as a result. (www.asbestosexposureschools.co.uk).

NIC have recently completed a successful insulation and sheet metal cladding installation at the state of the art sludge treatment plant in Middlesborough.

NIC also supplied all the scaffolding for the contract through our sister company Northstar Industrial Services Ltd.

Cambi UK were awarded the contract for the supply of a Thermal Hydrolysis Process (THP) plant as part of the Bran Sands Advanced Digestion Project. NIC were awarded the insulation and scaffolding package for the plant, winning at competitive tender.

About the Plant ……..

Bran Sands is one of Northumbrian Water’s largest sites, and the current raw sludge drying
is maintenance and energy intensive. NWL therefore reviewed existing sludge treatment assets,
which led to the recommendation of an advanced sludge digestion treatment centre at Bran Sands, based on the Cambi THP technology.

The centre will treat sludge from the existing wastewater treatment plant at Bran Sands and raw
sludge delivered mainly as dewatered cake to the site from the southern half of NWL and can treat up to 40,000 dry tonnes of sludge per year.

The installation of the Cambi plant and subsequent digestion and dewatering will significantly reduce the overall amount of sludge cake to be dried and/or recycled directly to land as an enhanced treated product as well as greatly reducing NWL’s carbon footprint by about 50,000 tonnes and generating up to 4.7 MWs of renewable electricity from biogas.

NIC have recently completed an ongoing contract for the asbestos removal at Linley House, Manchester.

The Manchester office of Walker-Sime have overseen the project management of the development, while Buttress Fuller Alsopp Wilson are the appointed project architect.

The project was completed to programme. Mick Winterbottom a time served NIC Supervisor carried out the works – our thanks go out to Mick for yet another job well done; ‘Mick is an absolute asset to the company and is one of the best Supervisor’s we have’ said Paul Walsh, Contracts Manager.

Client: Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service
Site: Greater Manchester Fire Stations (Various)
Value: £200K Approx.

Over 2007 we have successfully completed the removal of asbestos from around 20 of the Greater Manchester Stations. We were able to offer a turnkey package which involved the safe removal and disposal of all types of asbestos and the speedy reinstatement of non-asbestos equivalents to high standard of finish. The fire stations were able to operate as normal during these essential works. We look forward to continuing to work with GMFRS over the coming years.

Client: Connolly Demolition / Bovis Lendlease
Site: Gloucester Quays
Value: £150K
Programme: 12 Weeks

We have successfully completed the removal of various types of asbestos from multiple buildings on the Gloucester Quays site so the buildings could be demolished to make way for an exciting new development. The works were completed in line with the tender price and to programme. (NIC are accredited contractors for Bovis Lendlease).

Client: WFL Ltd / Harrow Estates
Site: Goyt Works - Strines
Value: £650K

We have recently successfully completed the removal of all licensable asbestos products to Goyt Works in Strines (near Stockport) in order for the buildings to be demolished to make way for new houses.

The works involved the removal of asbestos insulation and asbestos insulation board to multiple locations. Much of the works involved working at height and manual handing issues. The works were carried out in close liaison with The Health & Safety Executive.