Newbold Bulk Haulage Pty Ltd is a WorkCover NSW Licensed Restricted Demolition (DE2), Bonded Asbestos (ASB) & Friable Asbestos (ASA) Removal Company.  We can assist in providing the safest removal of all your demolition, bonded asbestos, friable asbestos, hazardous building materials, concrete and metals, big or small.

 

Licensed asbestos removal contractors are to be used for the safe removal of asbestos for amounts greater than 10m2.

 

With our team of talented and specialised demolition personnel and excellent waste minimisation techniques, we provide valued clients with excellent service and competitive quotes.

 

Our services:

 

• All types of asbestos removal - Non-friable and Friable asbestos

 

• Emergency response clean up from fires, storms and other events

 

• Investigate contaminated sites

 

• Clean up contaminated sites/soil

 

• Encapsulation of asbestos lined walls

 

• Arrange to have samples analysed for asbestos fibres

 

Some of our clients for whom we conduct demolition and asbestos removal:

 

• NSW Land and Housing

 

• Teacher Housing Authority

 

• Various insurance companies

 

Newbold Bulk Haulage Pty Ltd has a certified WHS Management System in place for every job. This ensures our clients that every effort is made to protect our environment, the safety of our clients, our employees and others and comply with the Work Health and Safety Act.

 

 

What is Asbestos?

 

Asbestos is a group name for a number of naturally forming fibrous silicate rock-forming minerals. When asbestos was mined it was broken down from mineral clumps into small loose fibres. When Asbestos fibres are airborne they are small, odorless and tasteless. When airborne, the fine fibres are breathed into the lungs creating a health risk.

 

Types of Asbestos

 

                                                                      -                         -  all forms of asbestos other than friable asbestos. Non--friable asbestos is when the asbestos is bonded into a matrix such as cement, vinyl and resin and not easily crumbled or pulverised by hand pressure. If non-friable asbestos is damaged or degraded it may become friable and will then pose a higher risk of fibre release. Non-friable (bonded) asbestos is the most common type of asbestos removal.

 

 

                                               -  asbestos containing material that when dry, may become crumbled and reduced to small fibres by hand pressure. This includes asbestos containing material that have been exposed to the elements or other physical damage. Friable asbestos is the most dangerous type of asbestos because of its ability to become airborne.

 

Where is Asbestos found?

 

Buildings erected before 1988 may contain asbestos. Asbestos is often found within the soil where buildings and houses have been demolished.

 

Examples of where asbestos may be commonly found in buildings include:

 

• Fibro sheeting: commonly found in older garages, bathrooms, kitchens, laundries and external walls.

 

• Hardiplank wall cladding

 

• Roofs

 

• Corrugated 'super six' roof sheeting used as fencing and often buried in the ground as its base

 

• Sprayed insulation

 

• Vinyl tiles and backing

 

• Guttering

 

• Drainage and flue pipes

 

• Formwork beneath slabs

 

• Zelimite backing boards in Electrical switchboards

 

• Telecommunication pits

 

 

Other Hazardous Materials

 

A number of other hazardous materials may be present in older buildings that may present health risks if disturbed during renovation or demolition work.

 

An example of these materials include:

 

• Lead paint: often used in houses prior to 1970

 

• Synthetic Mineral Fibre (SMF): used for insulation

 

• Polchlorinated Biphenyl (PCB): found in older fluorescent light fittings, transformers and capacitors.