Over a 2-month period in 2019, Shield undertook work for Windermere Lake Cruises, to remove notifiable asbestos material from the engine room of one of their boats – MV Teal. The Teal is a three deck design, and at full capacity can hold up to 533 passengers.

The removal works were required, so that planned maintenance and upgrading works could be carried out within the engine room by the client’s own engineers. It was imperative that the engines and associated systems were not damaged during the removal works. Therefore, to mitigate the risk of any unintentional damage whilst still adhering to the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012, the engines were fully boxed out using ¾’’ply board to protect them.

Following further investigations at the pre-planning stage, circa 1,800m2 of Asbestos Insulating Board (AIB) panels were also identified, in the rear frame housing of the façade, forming part of the original fabric of the building. This was also included as a part of Shield’s scope of removal.

The project ran from July 2021 through to December 2023.