Queen’s Wharf workers return to site after asbestos scare
Hundreds of workers are back at the Queen’s Wharf site in Brisbane after an asbestos scare shut down the $3.6bn project.
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Workers have returned to the Queen’s Wharf site in Brisbane after a major asbestos scare shut down the $3.6 billion project.
Hundreds of workers walked off the job on Tuesday after traces of asbestos were found in Chinese-sourced vermiculite used by building products giant USG Boral to make fire-rated plasterboard.
Builders downed tools on Queensland’s biggest project amid fears contaminated plasterboard may have been installed in the on-site lunchrooms. Other major worksites around Queensland were also impacted.
However, Queen’s Wharf builder Multiplex late Tuesday said test results at the site had revealed no traces of asbestos.
Workers returned to the site on Wednesday morning.
USG Boral said it had quarantined all supplies of fire-rated plasterboard made from Chinese-sourced vermiculite and has told customers not to use it until further notice.
The company has also said it is switching to another vermiculite supplier.
It’s understood investigations are still being carried out at USG Boral facilities, including one at Pinkenba in Brisbane.
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