KKB won a competitive tender to deliver the demolition of the former Rolls Royce Leisure and Gym facilities in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire. The site is being redeveloped to create a new housing development as part of a larger effort to revitalise the area and provide new residential options for the town.
Following removal of asbestos-contaminated floor tiles and gaskets by one of our approved subcontractors the buildings were stripped of all non-structural elements including redundant fixtures and fittings, floor coverings, non-load bearing partition walls, M&E installations and furniture.
Following this we commenced structural demolition of the social club, leisure complex and former gatehouse which covered a footprint of over 2500 sqm. All the buildings were single-story, constructed from brick walls with a mixture of steel framed roofs and flat wooden roofs. These were carefully deconstructed using a 20 tonne excavator using hydraulic grabs and shears.
There was a lot of interface on this project as it was surrounded by local housing, live factories and a trading industrial estate. The gatehouse was demolished out-of-hours (over a weekend) to minimise disruption to the neighboring factory. We employed low impact, non-percussive equipment to limit noise and vibration. External walls were demolished last to act as a temporary sound and dust barrier while a mobile pressure washer was employed to suppress dust emissions.
All wastes generated by the project were segregated on-site. This included more than 700 tonnes of concrete/hardcore and over 30 skips of plasterboard, timber and mixed construction waste which were removed to a local Materials Recycling Facility. A small number of bricks were donated to the local Heritage Centre for re-use.