CASE STUDY - Lilac Court City of Salford Council Project: Lilac Court, Salford Client: City of Salford Council, Building Control Department, Salford Civic Centre, Chorley Road, Swinton, Salford, M27 5BW Planning Supervisor: City of Salford Development Services Project Manager: Mr. Jack Lee, City of Salford Council Building Control Project Engineer: City of Salford Engineering Services 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 demolition and site clearance of a 17 storey residential tower block and remedial landscaping works on completion. The building was of a Fran Concrete Panel Construction with additional strengthening at the gables. Value: £480,000 Timescale: March 1999 to November 1999 Building Dimensions: 48m high – 500m2 on plan Demolition Method: Demolition of a 17-storey pre-cast concrete panel structure using a tower crane and dismantling the structure floor-by-floor, panel-by-panel. The building had to be propped at 1m c/c to seven floors, to support the plant loading of 2 no. 3 tonne mini excavators. The wall panels were propped using push-pull props to each floor as the work progressed, prior to removing the wall panel’s support. The building was situated only 6.0m from a fully operational City Council Housing Office and was accessed through an existing residential estate. The post-demolition landscaping works included laying topsoil on the site, seeding the soil and providing a new boundary fence. We have also completed the demolition of several other tower blocks in Salford for the same client in recent years, namely, Ruthin Court; Walter Greenwood Court; Birley Court; Hanover Court; Plum Tree Court. Reference Details: Please contact WFL for reference contact details. Over the last few years we have demolished a total of 5 similar tower blocks for the same client and we are currently mid-way through a contract to demolish a 14-storey block in the Salford area. back to top