News Articles

Here at D-marc we’re in the business of making work at height, namely roofing work, safer with our innovative rooftop barrier solutions.  As such, we keep a close eye on the news for stories about roof work and working at height in general so that we can provide our readers with useful and relevant information that will keep them up to date with what’s going on in our industry.  Once a month, we’ll publish a roundup of the news that affects our sector in one easy place so that readers can get a quick overview of the most important happenings over the past month.  If you have anything to add

Last week we published an article on the dangers of asbestos exposure when carrying out roofing work.  As promised, today we bring you more information about the dangers of asbestos.  Every building in the UK that was built before the year 2000 is likely to contain asbestos which means that an Asbestos Refurbishment and Demolition Survey must be undertaken before any demolition or refurbishment/remodelling work can be carried out.  With so many flat roofs in the UK featuring asbestos and so many parts of roofs (soffits, asbestos roof tiles, etc.) roofing work often involves a Refurb and Dem