Sick Buildings & Workplace Diseases Seminar

Speaker: Anthony Grieve

Topic: “Asbestos claims and expert witness reports”

Proposed lecture outline

The lecture will address the following issues:

• Brief history of asbestos materials used in buildings in the Sydney area.
• Legislative response to the past and future use of asbestos in buildings.
• Approaches to managing the asbestos problem:
• Assessing the risk – measuring asbestos pollution in a building.
• The critical question – fix it now or postpone action until later?
• Safety protocols for asbestos removal during demolition or refurbishment.
• Issues specifically relevant to the expert witness.