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DEMOLITION AWARDS SUPPLEMENT 2014
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Belgrave Flyover,
Leicester, UK
ARwas taskedwith the removal of the iconic quarter
of amile long Belgrave Flyover that spanned one
of themain transport routes that includedmultiple
arteries into Leicester City Centre withminimal
disruption to local residents, general public and
commuters. To achieve this, it built a strong
relationship of trust with the public. In addition, the
company had tominimise environmental impacts on
the surrounding residential area.
Included in theworkwas the removal of asbestos
products from the structure prior to structural
demolition, the need towork around and over
significant live services that had to be protected,
including high voltage oil filed cables, 600mm (2 ft)
cast iron gasmains, a live culvert and a sewer. It also
required AR toworkwithmultiple stakeholders.
Control measures had to be developed to reduce
the impact of the operations on the flora and fauna
and the company had to contendwith restricted time
periods for the removal of waste and deliveries.
The work was completedwith no time lost
incidents and a recycling rate of 99.4%was
achieved
DemolicionesMitre
Exhibition&ConventionCentreof
Buenos Aires, Argentina
DemolicionesMitres has been shortlisted for the work
it carried out during the clearance of the structures
that made up the old Exhibition and Convention
Centre of Buenoa Aires to clear the site for a new
build.
Themain structure was a 12m (39.4 ft single
floor buildingwith a double pitched roof and
freestandingmetal gutter steel plate and trapezoidal
gutter on top covering 21,000m
2
(226,000 ft
2
) with
steel supporting columns and beams.
There was also amezzanine level formed at the
bottom of ametal plate hat has in its upper part a
concrete slab covering 2,400m
2
(25,800 ft
2
) area.
Demolition on the site includes pavements of a
parking lot covering some 31,000m
2
(333,700 ft
2
).
ErithGroup
KingsgateHouse, London, UK
Erith has been shortlisted for the demolition of
Kingsgate House, undertakenwithin the heart of
Westminster. The project presented a number of
technical and logistical challenges, all of whichwere
overcome through careful project management and
strong lines of communication from the offset.
Kingsgate Housewas a 10 storey, reinforced
concrete buildingwith a basement, situated in
Victoria Street,Westminster. The site’s locality
posed a number of challenges in terms of sensitive
surroundings; particularly in relation to the partially
uncovered London UndergroundDistrict &Circle
Lines,Westminster City School andWestminster City
Hall.
The site footprint was 150m long by 40m (490
x 130 ft) wide, so consideration had to bemade for
the surrounding third parties such as students/staff
arriving at the school during peak times. Thiswas
managed in linewith Erith’s trafficmanagement plan
and site logistical arrangements to ensure the safety
of all those operatingwithin/around the site.
Keltbray
LondonBridge station,
London, UK
Keltbray’s work in a complex environment with
multiple trade interfaces to carry out large scale and
technical demolition, all within the live railway station
environment found at London Bridge station, has led
it to be shortlisted for the 2014 Civils Award.
The site is amajor transport hub for both
overground and underground rail services with
an annual throughput of 55million passengers
(150,000 per day). This, combinedwith the close
proximity of the iconic Shard building, busy bus
routes and sensitive neighboursmade this project
very challenging.
The overall project brief was to safely reconfigure
the whole station from six through and nine terminus
platforms, to nine through and six terminus, to
facilitate a larger throughput of trains - all of this
while keeping the station open. Strict environmental
controls were required in order tominimise disruption
to themillions of passengers while the stationwas
demolished and then reconstructed in a phased
sequence of nine stages. Cost and programme
were bothmet while an excellent safety recordwas
maintained.
Micor Ltd
LondonVictoria station,
London, UK
Micor has been shortlisted for the contract recently
completed at London’s Victoria station, London’s
second busiest. The project called for the demolition
of the East side of the existing London Underground
station including removal and disposal of identified
asbestos, identification, removal and disposal of
asbestos uncovered during the works, reinforced
concrete roof slabs, reinforced concrete infill and
steelwork roof comprising steel troughing, compound
and rolled steel beams and compound supporting
columns, basement retainingwalls and basement
slabs.
The demolition included the removal of a section
of the basement to the National Rail station building.
The final element was the removal of mass fill
between the Underground and Network Rail station
basements and the new ticket office perimeter piled
walls. The works also included other elements of
temporary works.
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