Clifford Devlin was appointed to carry out the strip- out works following a competitive tender, to prepare the building for a full re-fit. Known colloquially as the "Little Adelphi", the 13- storey commercial premises is situated on London's Embankment just a few hundred yards from its better known namesake, the Adelphi Theatre, in Covent Garden. The original scope of works included removal of fixtures, fittings and non-structural elements. However, considerable quantities of unexpected asbestos containing materials were encountered within the fabric of the building once the strip-out commenced. This included pipe lagging buried within the screed, redundant pipework in window recesses and debris exposed as the column cladding was removed. Clifford Devlin's Asbestos Division was appointed t

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