"Experts" clear brown asbestos from Harcourt School site

Bored "experts" half-heartedly and unscientifically remove brown asbestos from Harcourt Street school site. Would you send your children there?

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• Harcourt Street
• amalgamated school
• North Reddish
• brown asbestos
• asbestos in schools
• Stockport Council
• Councillor Mark Weldon
• Fir Tree School
• North Reddish School

[SheilaJOliver]

Naomi Harries, of Greater Manchester Geological Unit, Urban Vision, Salford Council, told a diversion of footpath public inquiry on 06/01/10 that there were changes in legislation which meant that work was done which led to the contamination subsequently being found after she had stated that the school area was safe. Andrew Webb, Director of Children and Young People's Department, repeated this claim to local parents. The Council are refusing to say what changes in legislation.

[SheilaJOliver]

I asked Trevor Hough, site manager, for details of his firm's insurers, as future claims may be made against his company, BAM Construction Ltd, from people living around the site who may well have been exposed to brown asbestos fibres during construction - and it appears from the clip that correct safety procedures were not followed. He has not responded.

[SheilaJOliver]

See what will happen to the babies and young children's lungs:-

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[SheilaJOliver]

Stockport Council is insisting that all questions regarding this issue are vexatious, yet they tried to do no contamination investigations, knowing full well, as Councillor Mark Weldon admitted recently in the Manchester Evening News, that the site was likely to be contaminated with brown asbestos. Councillor Weldon even had a photo-opportunity recently with young children sitting on the contaminated land whilst he dug the first sod of earth from the site with a shovel.

[SheilaJOliver]

GMGU's proof of evidence from David Woorich to the public inquiry in 2006 regarding the Adswood former Jackson's Brickyards stated:- "The general thrust of guidance is that, ideally, gassing landfill sites should not be developed for 'hard' end uses until they have stabilised but should be developed instead for open space use. Stabilized in this sense means a methane level of below 1%v/v .. and a CO2 level below 1.5%v/v." The school site is gassing over 14%v/v CO2 .

[SheilaJOliver]

From the GMGU proof of evidence to the public inquiry 2006 - "The only suitable forms of hard deveopments are large scale commercial developments such as offices, supermarkets etc. Schemes to protect buildings in these situations need to provide multiple levels of protetction e.g., extraction wells, sealing techniques, ventilation voids and extensive monitoring." This is not happening for the 550 primary school pupils in the school though. Why not?

[rollaphat1]

@Intravenusdimilo You're an idiot if you believe them...

[Intravenusdimilo]

@SheilaJOliver very experthas said it's safe, even the Labour party say it's safe

[SheilaJOliver]

From GMGU's proof of evidence to the 2006 public inquiry regarding the sister site at Adswood:- ..Waste Management Paper 27 states that housing (and presumably by extension schools) should not be constructed on landfill sites ..where the CO2 levels are in excess of 1.5%v/v. Asphyxia can occur if there is sufficient concentration to give significant oxygen depletion. - The school site is gassing 14%v/v, but there was no mention of that concern with regards to the children.

[SheilaJOliver]

From GMGU's proof of evidence from David Woolrich at the public inquiry in 2006 regarding the sister site at Adswood:- "Very few sites are so badly contaminated that they cannot be reused at all, but the choice of a new use may be restricted by contamination as well as other planning considerations and the consequent financial implication. That .....must include the longterm financial consequences for the site occupants. No mention of this problem for the school site.