Demolition Bristol- How does you demolition company demolish commercial buildings in Bristol?

Introduction

How you go about demolishing a commercial building, such as a large and vast steel building, is very different from how you would approach demolishing say brick-built residential structure such as a row of streets.

Every building is different, so a unique set of (RAM’s), which stands for “Risk Assessment and Method Statement is needed for every building we demolish.

Therefore, this article only gives an overview of how we approach demolishing most commercial buildings.

Site visit

First things first, the demolition contracts manager will need to visit the demolition site and walk around within and outside of the building.

These highly experienced demolition staff, that’s our demolition contract managers will quickly notice potential hazards and how they want to approach the demolition and then look at areas, such as how can we bring in a 30 ton excavator.

Therefore, there are 101 questions that the demolition manager will need to contemplate before offering a quote.

Writing out the demolition method statements and risk assessments

This allows you to think carefully about how we will go about demolishing that building. Every building presents a unique set of challenges, such as how close are neighbouring buildings- and how can we mitigate damage and inconvenience for these residents.

We will also need to know whether there is asbestos within the building, or is the building built close to a railway line or lets say other hazards such as overhead electricity cables, so a lot will need to be considered.

All of these need to be carefully considered before any demolition work starts.

Actual demolition

A suitable excavator must be used; for example, a small building might need a 10 ton excavator but a large building might need a 70 ton high reach excavator.

Clearing away the waste

All the metal and rubble, and plastics will need to be sent for recycling. The demolition contractor should use local recycling facilities to reduce the amount of road haulage to help protect the environment.

Metal buildings and recycling steel

We can recycle non-ferrous and ferrous metals. The good news is, if we are demolishing a steel building, often we can recycle close to 100% of the building.

Breaking up the concrete slab

Then, a large excavator fitted with a hydraulic hammer needs to break through the slab to break up the concrete into pieces, which needs to be fed into a crusher.

This then produces concrete hardcore, which can be resold, and therefore, the concrete is recycled.

Do you need a commercial demolition contractor within Bristol?

If you need the help of a demolition contractor in Bristol who can demolish warehouses, factories, and other commercial buildings, contact us today.

We have a large excavator fitted with demolition shear; which can cut-through steel. We can recycle both non-ferrous and ferrous metals. If you require the contents of a factory or warehouse to be cleared, such as old forklift, metal racking or internal buildings, then contact us.

We also offer internal demolition services throughout the city of Bristol.

Contact a highly experienced demolition company today, contact Stephen Walsh

If you need any building demolished, whether it be residential, industrial, or commercial. Do contact us today