Projects

Demolition Services Ltd undertook the demolition of 200 000 square feet including unsuitable/not fit-for-purpose, single and 2-storey steel framed and brick-built buildings in Beeston Business Park, Nottingham. The project also included asbestos removal and the crushing of suitable brick and concrete, to be used as backfill for future construction of office and industrial units by property developer

• Secure site perimeter to prevent access by unauthorised personnel
• Installation of any temporary works necessary to enable the demolition to be carried out
• Demolition of buildings including foundations and slabs
• Removal of residual foundations, concrete slabs and hard standings
• Relocation of gatehouse
• Removal of trees, landscaping and topsoil across the site
• Protection of live services and drains crossing the site
• Crush suitable arisings to 6F2 specification
• Pump water from hidden basements. Remove hidden basements and backfill with crushed material obtained from site; compacted to 300mm layers
• Remove and dispose of asbestos identified in the R&D survey
• Backfill borehole identified on site
• Remove tarmac off of site
• Deal directly with Client with regards to live business park occupied throughout.

KEY SUB-CONTRACTOR ROLES:

• Asbestos sampling/monitoring

KEY SUB-CONTRACTOR ROLES:                              

• Design and installation of external scaffold/temporary works
• Environmental monitoring during asbestos removal works

SCOPE OF WORKS:

• Secure site perimeter to prevent access by unauthorised personnel
• Installation of any temporary works necessary to enable the demolition to be carried out
• Demolition of formaldehyde plant, including columns, cooling tower and boiler
• Asbestos removal and disposal from polyester plant, and demolition
• Demolition of canteen building and incinerator

KEY SUB-CONTRACTOR ROLES:

• Asbestos sampling/monitoring
• Ecological surveys

SCOPE OF WORKS:

• Secure site perimeter to prevent access by unauthorised personnel
• Installation of any temporary works necessary to enable the demolition to be carried out
• Soft strip
• Demolition of a selection of buildings occupying the front left-hand corner of the site down to ground floor slab level
• Grub up and remove 250mm deep ground floor slabs
• Crush material to 6F2 specification and stockpile on site for future reuse by others
• Backfill any voids created with the crushed arisings leaving any excess material stockpiled on site for future use by others
• Carry out environmental clean as specified
• Remove asbestos containing material as identified in the Pre-Demolition Asbestos Survey Report
• Transport and disposal of asbestos containing material

KEY SUB-CONTRACTOR ROLES:

• Traffic management
• Asbestos sampling/monitoring
• Testing of re-cycled crushed material                   

SCOPE OF WORKS

The site of the works was located in the curtilage of a former colliery site, which itself is located in a rural area of Warwickshire. The mine was Britain's biggest coal producer and the last remaining colliery in the West Midlands until it closed in 2013.

• Removal of asbestos containing materials as identified in the Asbestos Report.
• Demolition of the buildings down to ground floor slab. Other than some hand separation works carried out at the south western corner of the bath House, demolition of the buildings were carried out entirely by mechanical means using a 360⁰ excavator equipped with specialist demolition breaking attachments. 
• On site crushing of all suitable brick and concrete arisings to 6F2 specification, free of scrap metals and other deleterious materials, and leave stockpiled on site for future reuse by others.
• Remove all arisings from site.

KEY SUB-CONTRACTOR ROLES:                              

• Design and installation of external scaffold/temporary works
• Environmental monitoring during asbestos removal works
• Explosive engineering/design 

SCOPE OF WORKS:

The colliery, in Yorkshire in the north of England, was once the biggest deep mine in Europe and DSL worked on its demolition for almost two years after it closed at the end of 2015. The site in total covered more than 150 acres (60 ha) and the project also included asbestos removal, demolition of all buildings on the site, and soil remediation.

• Secure site perimeter to prevent access by unauthorised personnel
• Installation of any temporary works necessary to enable the demolition to be carried out
• Demolition of all redundant surface buildings and associated structures including winding towers, coal prep plant, rapid loading bunker, fan drifts, bathhouses, offices, stores, workshops, water towers, conveyors, gantries incorporating mechanical demolition and controlled use of explosives.
• Crush rubble on site and fill voids with remainder of stock pile aggregate
• Careful co-ordination with Harworth Estates site management as other areas were occupied by Harworth estates and other tenants
• Site clearance of colliery; discard spilt coal and MRS Cake from around coal prep plant and deposit on spoil heap.

Before

Current

Thoresby Colliery was Nottinghamshire's last coal mine. Thoresby colliery opened in 1925 and closed in 2015. The first two shafts in 1925 were sunk to 690 metres. The shafts were deepend by 109 metres in the 1950s, making them the deepest shafts in the UK.

• Secure site perimeter to prevent access by unauthorised personnel
• Removal and disposal of asbestos containing material identified in the pre-demolition asbestos survey report
• Installation of any temporary works necessary to enable the demolition to be carried out
• Demolition of all redundant surface buildings and associated structures including winding towers, coal prep plant, rapid loading bunker, fan drifts, bathhouses, offices, stores, workshops, water towers, conveyors, gantries incorporating mechanical demolition and controlled use of explosives.
• Crush arisings to 6F2 specification, fill voids and stockpile remaining material
• Site clearance of colliery; discard spilt coal and MRS Cake from around coal prep plant and deposit on spoil heap.

Before

After

• Principal Contractor Role
• Secure site perimeter to prevent access by unauthorised personnel
• Removal and disposal of asbestos containing material
• Installation of any temporary works necessary to enable the
• demolition to be carried out
• Complete demolition of the car park superstructure down to level 2 slab and partial demolition of levels 1 and ground floor to maintain support to restaurant
• Demolition of single storey restaurant

KEY SUB-CONTRACTOR ROLES:

• Traffic management
• Asbestos sampling/monitoring
• Testing of re-cycled crushed material

SCOPE OF WORKS:

• Secure the site by the erection of a solid timber hoarding to the Wellington Street and Inner Ring Road boundaries and temporary Heras fencing to the River Aire boundary
• Protection of all surface water drainage to ensure that they remain operational after completion of the works
• Removal and disposal of all asbestos containing materials from site should any be identified in the survey
• Demolition of all buildings and structures on site down to ground floor slab including careful hand removal of the canopy adjacent to the Eastern boundary wall
• Backfilling of any below ground pits and voids with suitable crushed demolition arisings
• On site crushing of all suitable brick and concrete
• Remove all waste materials from site

KEY SUB-CONTRACTOR ROLES:

• Design/installation of external scaffold and cradles
• Traffic management
• Asbestos sampling/monitoring
• Structural surveys
• Ecological surveys

SCOPE OF WORKS:

• Carry out a preferential soft strip and clean-up of existing high-rise tower block and podium to allow for structural survey to be carried out
• Undertake a structural survey of tower and podium
• Undertake additional asbestos sampling in areas described as “presumed” in the R&D survey
• Undertake an ecological survey of the site
• Removal and disposal of all asbestos containing material identified in survey report and by additional sampling
• Strip out high-rise office block including removal of external windows and façade panels, leaving the remainder of the structure intact
• Carry out soft strip in a further 4 buildings
• Demolition of buildings down to top of ground floor slabs except for any perimeter walls that support adjacent footpath
• Secure any openings in the ground floor slab by infilling with clean demolition arisings
• Removal of all arisings from site
• Installation of temporary basement supports

KEY SUB-CONTRACTOR ROLES:

• Traffic management
• Asbestos sampling/monitoring
• Testing of re-cycled crushed material

SCOPE OF WORKS

The site was opened in 1972 and Aluminium production ceased in 2012. In the 40-year period, some 5 million tonnes of aluminium were produced

• 123-acre site.
• Variety of building, including 8 eighty-metre-high chimneys.
• Project required both mechanical and explosive demolition techniques.
• Soft strip, asbestos removal, full demolition, including removal of slabs & all hard standings.
• Materials recycled, all suitable arisings crushed and retained on site for future use.
• There were elements of design undertaken for the explosive demolition of the 8No chimneys. This was undertaken by the explosives contractor.

Before

After

• Principal Contractor role
• Demolition of 1960’s built Moss Side District Shopping Centre
• Demolition of 17 storey and 10 storey tower blocks
• Working within a densely populated, ‘live’ residential area
• Significant noise and dust monitoring undertaken
• Extensive public consultations
• Extensive removal of asbestos
• Long reach demolition techniques employed
• Explosive demolition of 17 storey tower block
• Removal of slabs, foundations and basements across site
• Crushing, screening and stockpiling of demolition arisings for re-use
• Recycling of 95% of demolition waste
• 150,000 tonnes of crushed aggregate recycled
• Preparation of development platform

Demolition, clearance and ground preparation of over 30 buildings (comprising warehouses, offices, tank farms, process & production plants) on the former 30 acre chemical plant in Huddersfield

• Constrained site by adjacent roads, industrial premises and commercial office properties
• Extensive removal of asbestos including AIB, asbestos limpet, vessel lagging and asbestos lagged pipe work
• Dismantling, including craneage lifts, of plant and equipment
• Explosive demolition of 40m chimney
• Removal of slabs, foundations and basements across site
• Crushing, screening and stockpiling of demolition arisings for re-use

• Principal Contractor role
• Demolition, site clearance and remediation of a 4Ha former water treatment site
• Historical uses included industry, quarrying, landfill and waste water treatment
• Significant environmental monitoring due to proximity to River Don Navigation Canal and adjacent agricultural land
• Protection of existing drains and gullies
• Removal of asbestos containing materials
• Decontamination and decommissioning of facilities
• Recycling of demolition waste
• Removal of above and below ground storage tanks
• Removal of slabs, foundations and basements across site
• Crushing, screening and stockpiling of demolition arisings for re-use
• Significant earthworks and preparation of development platform

• Principal Contractor role
• Demolition and site clearance of former Leeds International Pool built in 1967
• Extremely confined site in Leeds City Centre adjacent to A58 Motoray
• Temporary road closures required
• Full height scaffolding and monarflex protection
• Dismantling and removal of plant and equipment
• High reach demolition techniques employed
• By hand’ demolition required adjacent to existing buildings
• Complex roof structure involving precise demolition sequencing and temporary works
• Removal of boiler house and 25m concrete chimney with High Reach demolition technique
• Removal of slabs, foundations and basements across site
• Recycling of demolition waste
• Crushing, screening and stockpiling of demolition arisings for re-use
• Preparation of development platform

• Principal Contractor role
• Demolition and site clearance of a 12 acre & 15 acre sites formerly used for chemical dye production
• Installation of temporary works
• Significant environmental monitoring due to proximity to River Aire and Leeds Liverpool Canal
• Disconnection and termination of all live services
• Protection of existing drains and gullies
• Extensive removal of asbestos and other contaminated materials
• Dismantling of plant and equipment
• Recycling of demolition waste
• Long reach demolition techniques employed
• Removal of slabs, foundations and basements across site
• Crushing, screening and stockpiling of demolition arisings for re-use

• Principal Contractor role
• Demolition and site clearance of former 40m high flour milling building built in 1938
• Demolition of 96 individual grain silos, capable of holding 40,000 Tonnes of grain
• Significant environmental monitoring due to proximity to River Tyne
• Security clearance required as working adjacent to Royal Marines facility
• Extensive removal of asbestos including AIB, asbestos sprayed limpet, vessel lagging and asbestos lagged pipe work
• Dismantling of milling plant and equipment
• Recycling of demolition waste
• High reach demolition techniques employed
• Removal of slabs, foundations and basements across site
• Removal of pile caps
• Crushing, screening and stockpiling of 15,000 tonnes of demolition arisings for re-use
• Preparation of development platform

• Principal Contractor role
• Demolition of 1960’s disused hospital buildings within a ‘live’ hospital environment
• RDS asbestos surveys undertaken
• Archaeological watching brief
• Significant noise and dust monitoring undertaken
• Extensive removal of asbestos
• Recycling of demolition waste
• High reach demolition techniques employed
• Removal of slabs, foundations and basements across site
• Crushing, screening and stockpiling of demolition arisings for re-use
• 10,000 tonnes of crushed aggregate recycled
• Preparation of development platform

Principal Contractor role

·          Removal and disposal of all asbestos containing materials identified in the Type 3 Asbestos Survey Reports

·          Deplanting all equipment, pipes, cables and tanks; including removal by crane from on top of various buildings. 

·          Soft strip works comprising the safe removal and removal from site of all non-structural items, including plant and machinery, false floors and ceilings, signage, general and animal waste, from the various buildings on site. 

·          Demolish down to and including ground floor slabs, basements and foundations of selected buildings. 

·          Crush all suitable brick and concrete arisings to MOT 6F2 or Type 1 specification as specified by the client.

·          Stripping, dismantling and removal of lift shaft to the south elevation of the Multi-storey Factory, as indicated on the drawing, with all intact external brickwork being salvaged from the area marked on the drawing and stored on site for reuse.

Site left secure and safe with the appropriate falls protection measures in place.