Facebook Twitter YouTube FAQs 01843 821 555 Home About Us Demolition Services Demolition Case Studies Demolition Videos News & Blog Contact Us Sovereign Court – top down demolition of 8 storey office block The top down demolition of a 8-storey office block and high reach demolition of multi-storey car park Multi-Storey Car Parks Top Down Tower Block & Office Block Demolition project background Sovereign Court is a St George West London Development, offering an exclusive collection of superbly appointed apartments and penthouses that represent the epitome of relaxed, contemporary London Living. To facilitate the construction phase of this development, DDS were commissioned for the top down demolition of 8 storey office block, the former West 45 and King Mall Shopping Centre Multi-Storey car park. The West 45 Office Block was 8-storeys high; it had undergone refurbishment a few years previously which was left incomplete. The multi-storey car park was a 5-storey RC frame structure – part cast in-situ, part pre-cast. The first phase of the project was to raze the office block and half of the multi-storey car park, including the grubbing up of all slabs and foundations. Project Specification Achievements and Successes Client St George West London Location Hammersmith, London Date completed January 2014 Project Man Hours 42315 Recycling Rate 97% Demolition services Asbestos Removal Crushing & Screening Cutting & Sawing Demolition Dismantling High Reach Mechanical Top Down/Deconstruction Waste Management Specification Achievements and Successes ON SITE MOBILISATION (KINGS MALL CAR PARK) Establish welfare & office accommodation. Install pedestrian walkways / vehicle signage. Install noise, dust and vibration monitoring stations. Erect secure timber hoarding to site boundary. KINGS MALL CAR PARK Install 54db acoustic rated jumbo stud wall along cut line of car park. Install Berry Systems vehicle barrier along car park cut line. Erect protection scaffold to north & south elevations. Erect working / protection scaffold to east core. Design and install temporary works propping for link bridge structure. De-commission / de-gas M&E plant & equipment. Remove asbestos containing materials. Demolish car park down to underside of slab. Break out / grub up foundations. Clear & grade over-site. PHASE 1 – WEST 45 Design and install Luffing Crane foundations. Erect Luffing Crane. Erect protection / working scaffold, around all elevations including pedestrian gantry. De-commission / de-gas M&E plant & equipment Complete internal soft stripping. Remove curtain walling. Demolish Block 45 down to underside of slab. Break out / grub up foundations. Clear & grade over-site. NETWORK RAIL VIADUCT Liaise with LUL, ecologist & agree demolition method (Bats). Erect protection scaffold. Design and install temporary works propping. Saw cut along separation line. Demolish viaduct structure down to slab level. Break out / grub up foundations. Clear & grade over-site. Post navigation Dismantling: Weatherlees WWTW Horsham Kiln DDS Demolition Charles Anthony House, Manston Road, Margate, Kent. CT9 4JW Contact Us Tel: 01843 821 555 Email: info@dds-demolition.co.uk Where We Work London Kent Surrey Essex Sussex © 2021. All rights reserved. Web design by Oak Creative.