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Demolition work ordered to stop on former St Joseph's Orphanage site over asbestos fears
Lancashire Evening Post
|May 31, 2025
Demolition of a historic building in Preston city centre has been forced to stop due to 'unsafe work practices'.
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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) - the UK's national regulator for workplace health and safety - has ordered all work be suspended at the St Joseph's Orphanage site in Mount Street.
The agency said enforcement action was taken to protect those working on the site and accused Lancashire-based contractor 151 Demolition of failing to prevent exposure of employees to asbestos.
It also claimed the firm had failed to dispose of the hazardous materials with a licensed asbestos contractor.
The HSE served two prohibition notices on the demolition firm on April 10, detailing its concerns and calling an immediate halt to work at the Mount Street site.
This story is from the May 31, 2025 edition of Lancashire Evening Post.
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