New branding for Burnfield’s Demolition vehicles
Our new fleet of vehicles have been branded with the Burnfield Demolition logo and website. All transits have the added safety feature of scotch lite chevrons which will make the vans highly visible. The reflective chevrons will be of particular benefit when attending late night, 24 hr emergencies – a service that Burnfield Demolition specialises in.
See some of our new fleet below -
Burnfield Demolition gives Tesco a little help
Burnfield Demolition were appointed by Patton Construction to undertake the partial demolition of a former Woolworths store. The works would allow for the construction of a new retail to be occupied by Tesco stores.
The demolition consisted of the removal of the rear of the building which was formally a cinema. Adjoining buildings caused restraints which forced all the debris to be removed by small plant through the existing shop front. All the demolition was completed by hand from mobile elevated work platforms (MEWPs) following removal of asbestos from the building.
Our six week programme was met and this included additional structural works necessary to maintain the integrity of the building which remains.
The historic nature of the former cinema became apparent when former Strathclyde University lecturer Dr Alistair Goldsmith appeared onsite to record images and physical evidence of the cinema for the National Library of Scotland/Scottish Screen Archive.
He has since emailed us :
”Thank you to your men at the locus for their time and trouble (assisting him) and for their courtesy and civility. This sounds pompous, but their friendliness and willingness to chat to a total stranger who knows nothing about the considerable skills involved in the work (demolition) was very much appreciated.”
Burnfield Demolition’s emergency team stops falling masonry danger
Burnfield Demolition’s 24 hour emergency call out team was alerted to an accident by Renfrewshire Council’s building control department. The incident occurred on Johnstone High Street where five tonnes of chimney masonry had collapsed through and off of a tenement roof, due to high winds.
Members of the public were extremely lucky to escape death or serious injury from the falling sandstone blocks, some of which slid down the roof onto to the street below where a car was badly crushed. See the below image.
From the images you can see the extent of the damage to both the roof, footpath and road which Strathclyde Police had closed off. Our emergency operatives who are extremely experienced in these situations, quickly secured and cleared the area of the dangerous unstable stonework and added weatherproof panels to protect the remaining building.
A local woman narrowly missed serious injury when her car was obliterated by the falling masonry. Read the full story here as covered by the Paisley Daily Express.
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