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In one of his first jobs Mr W, who later became a successful
architect and was awarded an OBE for his voluntary work and
services for access to buildings for disabled people,
worked for the Ministry of Housing on the “5M housing system” in
Sheffield, Leeds and Catterick. Mr W was able to
provide extensive details of the system from the Royal
Institute of British Architects.
These showed asbestos was extensively used in the
fascias, cladding, insulation and party walls. Mr W breathed in
asbestos during site visits. He was diagnosed with mesothelioma in
2008. Peter Williams conducted his action against the
Government which was settled for £250,000 without the necessity of
court action.
Peter says:
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The photo shows one of the housing
projects in Sheffield (where asbestos was extensively used) which
Mr W worked on.
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