CASE STUDY - Ford Garages English Partnerships Project: Former Ford Garages & Workshops Client: English Partnerships, Arpley House, 110 Birchwood Boulevard, Birchwood, Warrington, WA3 7QH Planning Supervisor: Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick & Co Ltd, Scott House, Basing View, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 4JG Designer: Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick & Co Ltd, Queens Buildings, 24 Queens Avenue, Dale Street, Liverpool, L2 4TZ Principal Contractor: Walter Forshaw Ltd, 7 King Street, Westhoughton, Bolton, BL5 3AY WFL Engineer: The Healy Brown Partnership, Brunel House, 63 Dale Street, Milnrow, Rochdale, OL16 3NJ Contract Description: The asbestos removal, soft-strip and demolition of a disused petrol station, former showroom, body shop and central workshop. All floor slabs to be removed and foundations grubbed up to a depth of 0.3m. Value: £254,000 Timescale: 8 weeks – February 2006 to April 2006 Site Particulars: The workshop section of the site was adjacent to the mainline railway between Manchester and London and, as such, the gable elevation had to be deconstructed under the supervision of Network Rail staff. Demolition Method: Once the asbestos cement roof sheets had been removed, a full height scaffolding with debris netting and boards to 3 floors was erected at the gable elevation to facilitate the hand deconstruction. Once complete and the scaffolding removed, the remainder of the buildings were demolished using a Liebherr 954V Long Reach Excavator fitted with concrete pulverisor with 360o rotation. The section of the showroom which ran adjacent to Gorton Lane was demolished one Sunday morning under a “temporary road narrows” scheme controlled with stop-go boards, with liaison and agreement from the local Highways department. A further complication was the presence of large amounts of Japanese Knotweed which was dealt with using expertise form a specialist company. The contract was completed on time and to the satisfaction of the client. Reference Details: Name: Mr. Andrew Richardson Company: Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick & Co Ltd Address: as Planning Supervisor above Telephone: 01256 310 200 Fax: 01256 310 201 back to top