DEMOLITION // LIVERPOOL DOCKS
CANADA DRY DOCK DEMO
Paul Argent reports on a tricky demolition job on a former warehouse in the Port of Liverpool he Port of Liverpool extends for 7.5 miles from the Brunswick Dock in Liverpool to the Seaforth Dock just to the north of the city. The first dock structure was built in 1715, and the site has expanding and developed ever since. Today it is the UK’s busiest west coast port, handling over 35m tonnes of cargo a year. The businesses located within the port are constantly evolving, and a major project is currently underway on the Canada Dock, adjacent to the new oil terminal. It involves the demolition of an imposing dockside dry goods warehouse, a two-storey reinforced concrete structure 300m long x 40m deep. The arisings from this building are to be processed and used as infill for an old dock, to provide additional land for a recycling business.
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Left and above: The first phase of the project was to undertake protection works for a live substation within the structure, then remove the adjoining three-storey office block.
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“DID WE MENTION THE ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION SITUATED WITHIN THE BUILDING, WHICH STAYS LIVE THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT?”
Undertaking the demolition of such a large concrete structure may sound like an inviting project, but working within this dockside environment has presented a number of challenges for Lancashire-based Howard Stott Demolition, which is undertaking this work in a short 12-week programme. NOVEMBER 2021
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