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Keltbray’s London escape
Close to 100workers escaped injury when a six storey building being selectively dismantled by one
of the UK's leading demolition contractors collapsed without warning on April 20. According to
news reports, the upper storeys collapsed to fall onto the lower floors, causing them in turn to fail.
Apparently some 100 personnel were on the site but happened to be elsewhere when the incident
occurred. Just one worker was hospitalised following the incident and the site and surrounding
buildings in Aldwych were evacuated as a precaution.
Paul Deacy, managing director of Keltbray Demolition & Civil Engineering said of the incident: “We
can confirm there has been an incident at Portugal Street in London on 20 April, where Keltbray
was working on the demolition of a building when part of the building and scaffolding collapsed. One
man was been taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries and is now recovering at home.
Fortunately nobody else was hurt. Emergency services were immediately called to the scene and all
people in the vicinity were evacuated. All operations on site have been suspended while we work with
all the relevant authorities to investigate and fully understand the circumstances of the incident.”
In a later statement, the company added: “With reference to the incident on 20 April in
Portugal Street, London, where Keltbray is working on the demolition of a building when part of the
building and the scaffolding collapsed, we can confirm that it was our machine driver, who is highly
experienced and respected, and has worked for Keltbray for over 20 years, who was injured."
“We are pleased to be able to report that having received hospital treatment, he was discharged
latemorning yesterday (Wednesday) and he is now recuperating at home. Fortunately nobody else
was hurt."
“Our prime focus at present remains both supporting themachine driver and his family, and
continuing our investigation of the incident with the relevant authorities.”
Erith strikes Gold
Project andat SugarQuay.
33KingWilliamStwas a10
storey reinforced concretebuilding
with threebasements located in
KingWilliamSt at thenorth side
of LondonBridge. The sitehas
sensitive surroundings, bounded
by theBank stationupgrade
works takingplace immediately
adjacent to theboundary. The
sitewas circular in layout,witha
perimeter lengthof 250m (820 ft).
Thebuildingwas situatedadjacent
toPrudential’sEuropeanoffice
and theheavy footfall of London
Bridge, therefore careful pedestrian
and trafficmovement had tobe
managedduringpeakhours and
in tandemwith the surrounding
businessesoperations.
TheLondonDevelopment
Project sawErithawarded the
demolitionof both theFleet
andPlumTreeCourt buildings
in earlyDecember2013. The
£11M redevelopment scheme,
whichwouldpaveway for the
constructionof ahighprofile
commercial officeblock, took
placeafter a rigorous sixmonth
pre-qualificationand tendering
process. Thedeconstruction
commencedat the endof February
2014andwas completed inMarch
2015. Employedasprincipal
contractor, Erith’s core services
were todeliver the strip-out,
asbestos removal and structural
demolitionofPlumtreeCourt
andTheFleetBuildings to the top
of basement slab level located in
FarringdonStreet.
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TheCityof Londonhas awarded
theErithGroup threeConsiderate
Contractor SchemeGoldAwards
for three separatedemolition
projectsunderway inside the
city. This is the first timeaUK
demolition contractorhas ever
achieved such recognition in
a singleyear. TheGoldAward
recognises that the requirementsof
theCity’sCodeofGoodPractice
havebeen consistently exceeded
and reflects a spirit of pride, an
awarenessof theneedsof the
passingpublicand regard for the
surrounding environment.
Erithgained theseaccolades for
workat 33KingWilliamStreet,
during theLondonDevelopment
One of Erith’s three awardswas for
thework it carried out as part of the
London Development Project
Erratum
In the last issue, in our site
report we incorrectly named
Coleman& Company’s site
manager at the Didcot A
power station demolition
project as being John Huston,
when in fact it should have
been John Foster. D&Ri
apologises to both John and
to Coleman& Company for
any confusion thismay have
caused.
